A productivity app that substitutes words, phrases, and paragraphs with keyboard shortcuts to speed up typing.
Quickwords is a desktop productivity application that allows users to define custom keyboard shortcuts to automatically expand into longer words, phrases, or paragraphs. It solves the problem of repetitive typing by enabling faster text entry across any application on the system.
Professionals, students, and anyone who types frequently and wants to streamline their workflow by reducing repetitive text entry, particularly on macOS.
Developers choose Quickwords for its simplicity, privacy-focused design that doesn't store typing data, and its ability to work globally across all applications with minimal system impact.
Quickwords is a productivity app, to get on with your work quicker.
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Stores only the last 20 keystrokes in memory without saving data to disk, minimizing exposure of sensitive typing information as highlighted in the README.
Registers global keyboard events to work seamlessly across all desktop applications, eliminating the need for per-app integration.
For macOS, installation involves downloading a release and dragging the app to the Applications folder, making setup straightforward for users.
Licensed under MIT, allowing full code inspection and modification, which aligns with the project's initial community-driven approach.
Authors have discontinued development, with no security updates for an extended period, leaving potential vulnerabilities unaddressed as warned in the disclaimer.
Only functional on macOS, with planned Linux and Windows versions never released, and known bugs on newer macOS versions requiring restarts or login screen workarounds.
Requires manual accessibility permissions and may need system restarts to function correctly, as noted in the FAQ for macOS Mojave and Catalina, adding friction to initial use.