Made a free macOS menu bar app that fixes typing in the wrong keyboard layout

# FlicKey - stop typing gibberish Source: [https://flickey.site/](https://flickey.site/) macOS menu\-bar utility ## Always typing in the right language\. FlicKey learns your input language for**every app, every website, even each browser tab**, then switches the instant you focus\. It's the auto\-switching macOS never quite got right\. And if you ever slip, one shortcut fixes the gibberish instantly\. **EN**→**HE**akuo⇧⇧ 01 \- See it, try it ## It follows you between apps \-try it yourself\. FlicKey arms the right input language for each app \- watch the menu\-bar badge as it switches\. Open the**FlicKey**app from the dock to fix some gibberish yourself\. Terminal tal@mac~/code/flickey% git commit \-m "ship it" \[main 9f3c2a1\] ship it 1 file changed, 12 insertions\(\+\), 3 deletions\(\-\) tal@mac~/code/flickey% Double\-tap⇧⇧ A playground to show the idea, not the actual app\. 03 \- Features ## It just keeps the languageright\. macOS has a per\-app input setting\. It forgets, lags, and resets\. FlicKey is what it should have been\. CORE ### Per\-app language memory Remembers the right input language for every app and switches the moment you focus it\. Terminal stays Latin, chat stays Hebrew\. ### Per\-site memory Your browser remembers the language for each website, so the right script is armed before you press a single key\. ### Fix wrong\-layout text Slipped anyway? Double\-tap ⇧ and the gibberish becomes what you meant \- any two layouts, any app\. EN ### Menu\-bar indicator A live language badge sits in your menu bar, so you always know the active layout at a glance\. 04 \- How it works ## Up and running in30 seconds\. 1 ### Download Grab the 4\.8 MB app and drag it to Applications\. No account, no installer wizard\. 2 ### Grant Accessibility Turn on one toggle in System Settings so FlicKey can read and rewrite the text you type\. 3 ### It just works Type away\.**Double\-tap ⇧**whenever you slip, and let auto\-switching handle the rest\. 05 \- Privacy & security ## Privateby design\. It's a tiny local utility\. Nothing about you ever leaves your Mac\. ### Stays on your Mac It only stores tiny preferences \- which layout you like per app, website, and chat\. No documents, no messages, no keystrokes\. ### No account, no tracking No sign\-in, no analytics, no telemetry\. It never reports what you do \- there's no server to report to\. ### One network call The only connection it makes is a version check to GitHub \- and it sends nothing about you\. ### Permissions, explained Two macOS permissions, each for one clear job\. Tap a row to see exactly what it does \- and doesn't\. 06 \- Pricing Free\.Forever\. ### 100% free Download it, use it, keep it\. Every feature works for everyone \- no account, no cost, no catch\. ### The "7\-day trial" Almost nothing\. After a week, FlicKey may gently ask whether you'd like to chip in\. It never stops working and nothing is taken away\. ### Support is optional If FlicKey saves you time, you can support the project\. Entirely optional \- the app is fully yours either way\. 💙 ## Never retype a sentence again\. Free, tiny, and native\. Built for everyone who lives across two keyboards \- or five\. [Download for macOS](https://github.com/alfital2/flickey-app/releases/latest/download/FlicKey.dmg)