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Local Offline Model-Powered AI Input Assistant: Millisecond Real-time Completion/Rewriting/Translation/Grammar Check All-in-One!

Have you ever encountered these frustrations when writing daily?

  • Can't think of appropriate vocabulary to express yourself
  • Uncertain if foreign language grammar is correct
  • Frequent context switching with AI tools interrupts your train of thought

TypeBuddy was born to solve these problems!

TypeBuddy is an AI text input Copilot developed based on local models, supporting intelligent completion, grammar correction, real-time translation/rewriting, making your daily text input more accurate and efficient!

Quick Preview

  • Real-time translation in system input boxes

  • Writing email subjects based on body content

  • Generating Redis commands

  • Internet buzzword master?!

For more features & usage methods, visit the official website: https://typebuddy.ai/

Ready to Try?

TypeBuddy is currently in public beta. Everyone is welcome to download and experience it!

Download link: https://typebuddy.ai/download/latest

After launching the app and completing the configuration as prompted, you can invoke the input box using hotkeys. For detailed operation steps, see the documentation

Currently, the initial version only supports macOS devices with ARM chips. We are working on adapting to macOS x86 architecture and Windows systems.

Features

  • 🌍 Globally Available: Can be invoked in any text input box throughout the system
  • ⚡ Efficiency First: Common operations can be completed via hotkeys, continuous input without interruption
  • 🧠 Smart Context: AI automatically optimizes output results based on current context, no manual copy-paste needed
  • 💻 Lightweight: Developed based on Shaft UI framework with extremely low system resource usage

Apple Intelligence!

In addition to the built-in models within the app, TypeBuddy has also been adapted for Apple Intelligence. On macOS 26 systems, you can call the AI models built into macOS to generate responses.

Enable Apple Intelligence in your system and turn it on in TypeBuddy's settings interface to experience it:

Note: Chinese Mac devices cannot use Apple Intelligence by default. You can refer to this project to try unlocking it

Conclusion

TypeBuddy is now officially open for testing. Everyone is welcome to try it out~

Discussion group: Link

Ideas/suggestions/usage feedback are also welcome in the comments👏