Typeahead 2.0 - Private AI autocomplete for every app on your Mac
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Typeahead 2.0 is private AI autocomplete for every app on your Mac, with writing styles per app, support for any language, and smarter context that adapts to how you work. It now feels more customizable and more useful every day, while staying lighter on memory and faster in the background. You also get private Insights to see your time saved. One-time $79 purchase, free updates, no subscription.
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Typeahead
Hey Product Hunt 👋
Sam here, co-founder of Typeahead.
We launched the first version here a few weeks ago. Since then, we have shipped 8 releases. Today we are back with the biggest update yet.
Typeahead 2.0.
If you are new to it, Typeahead is AI autocomplete for every app on your Mac. As you type, it suggests what comes next right at the cursor. Press Tab to accept.
The autocomplete runs on your Mac, so it works offline and your writing stays on your device.
It is a one-time $79 purchase with no subscription.
What is new in 2.0
Writing styles and custom instructions per app. Keep Mail professional and Slack casual, or tell Typeahead to keep things short and friendly in plain English. It switches automatically as you move between apps.
Support for any language you write in. Suggestions follow the language you are typing, and the app itself is now localized into 16 languages.
Smarter context. Typeahead picks up the conversation you are in so suggestions fit what is actually being said. All on-device.
More control over pacing. Choose instant, balanced, or relaxed suggestion timing, and decide exactly where Typeahead shows up. Terminals and code editors are supported too, opt-in per app.
Private by default. Typeahead is auto-disabled in password managers, wallets, and finance apps. You control what it can read, app by app.
Lighter and faster. The new engine frees up hundreds of MB of memory when you step away.
Insights. See how much time you are getting back, computed on your Mac and staying there.
Every one of those 8 releases went to our earliest buyers for free.
That is the whole point of one-time pricing. You buy Typeahead once, and it keeps getting better.
Would love your feedback. I will be here all day answering questions.
Sam
@samasante @hnshah Many congratulations to Sam and Hiten on shipping the second version of Typeahead. The AppSumo team and I were really impressed with v1, and it’s great to see so many exciting updates in v2. The LTD is a steal deal, hope the community grabs it. :)
Typeahead
@hnshah @rohanrecommends Thanks Rohan, your support means a lot, great to have you following along from the start!
Buy it once and it keeps getting better, that's exactly what we're going for. Everyone who grabbed V1 just got all of this free, and we have plenty more features on the way 😃
Compared Wispr Flow which is voice first, this feels more like a quiet typing companion than a dictation replacement. Different use case, similar "get out of our way" philosophy though.
@samasante This is amazing, especially for fast responses and replies. If it runs on a local LLM, does it also run offline?
Typeahead
@roopesh_donde Thanks Roopesh! Yes, fully offline. The model lives on your Mac, so once it's downloaded you can write on a plane with zero connection. You only need internet to grab the model the first time or pull an update.
Crazy Egg
@roopesh_donde yes it also runs fully offline!
"Insights" that stay on your Mac... so how do I actually see them, carrier pigeon?
Curious how Typeahead behaves across different kinds of Mac apps. Since the pitch is AI autocomplete for every app on your Mac, does it work through the standard text fields only, or can it also suggest inside places like design tools, chat apps, terminals, and browser-based editors? The edge cases there would be interesting for dev and creative workflows.
Typeahead
@crystalmei Great question. It works anywhere the app has a real text field, native apps, chat apps like Slack and Discord, browsers and web editors, Electron apps included. Smart context capture reads the conversation you're in so suggestions fit what's actually being said, in whatever app you're writing. Terminals and code editors are fully supported too (you can opt in per app in 2.0)!
How reliable is the auto disable in password managers and finance apps? That's kind of feature that needs to be bulletproof, not just "mostly works."
The per app writing style thing is smart. Most people don't write in Slack the way they write emails, glad someone finally built for that.
Tried couple of local autocomplete tools before and battery drain always the dealbreaker. Curious if Typehead handles that better since it's marketed as lighter now.
Isn't there a risk that autocomplete for everything, Slack, Mail, terminals, ends up homogenizing how people write? Half the point of switching tone between apps is doing it yourself.