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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@alexandru_bodea Thanks Alexandru, glad it's working great! It's light because it works in short bursts, drawing power only for the moment it's generating a suggestion, then settling to almost nothing at rest and unloading the model when you step away. That on-demand approach keeps energy usage minimal, and your M5 Pro will handle it with ease 😃
Does Typeahead has ability to change writing styles across work emails, Slack messages, and other apps?
@himani_sah1 Yes! Set a style per app and Typeahead switches automatically, so work emails stay formal and Slack stays conversational.
One BIG red flag is a lack of a trial! If if it's the perfect tool, I wouldn't spend a penny on something that doesn't offer a trial!
the local model approach is such a thoughtful choice, especially the way it keeps suggestions inline without that jarring popup feel. really nice craft on something most assistants get wrong.
@nurullahbekik Thanks for the kind words! A lot of care went into that inline feel. The ghost text matches each app's font and sits exactly at the cursor, so it always feels like it belongs in the app you're in. You can even customize how the suggestions look, pick a color, make them bolder or keep them subtle. Really glad the craft comes through 😃
How well does it actually handle context across longer pieces, or does it just predict a few words ahead like basic autocomplete?
@hasankzlasnnhs This goes well beyond basic autocomplete! Most other tools simply guess the next word from your last few keystrokes. Typeahead understands what you've written, where you're writing and the tone you're using. You can also fine-tune your suggestions with custom writing styles and instructions per app. It's very good at knowing exactly what you're going to write next.
One thing I'd love is the ability to create custom tone presets — like "work email," "casual chat," or "academic" — so I can switch how suggestions sound depending on where I'm typing instead of getting the same default voice everywhere.
@ekelikilkn72240 Good news, this is already here in V2! It's exactly what Writing Styles do. You can create named presets like Work Email, Casual Chat or Academic, each with its own tone and instructions, and Typeahead switches between them automatically as you move from app to app. Your email stays formal, your chats stay casual, no default voice everywhere. There are even a few ready-made styles to get you started (Professional, Friendly, Concise) ✍️
This is neat. Does context capture work differently in apps that load content dynamically, like web CRMs?
@dhiraj_patel5 Thanks Dhiraj! It handles those really well. The context engine intelligently captures relevant text from the window as you type, so content that loads in dynamically gets picked up in real time. Suggestions stay accurate, even in busy web apps like CRMs.
The part that stays with me is that it slowly starts sounding like me, @samasante . Most writing helpers flatten everyone into the same polite voice, so something that leans into how I actually write really lands, and keeping it all on my own machine puts me at ease.
@emmanuel_costa5 Thanks Emmanuel! Sounding like you instead of flattening your writing into the same generic voice is exactly what we set out to do, so it's great to hear that clicked for you. And it all staying on your machine means your writing is always yours, which matters to us just as much. Really appreciate you sharing this 🙏
Running locally instead of pinging a cloud API is the right call for soemthing reading every keystroke. Does it learn your writing style over time, or does each app get generic suggestions no matter what you've written before?
@christian_knaut Glad you appreciate the local angle! You get full control over how Typeahead writes through custom styles and instructions you set per app. On top of that, our context engine reads what you're actively writing to match your voice in the moment, so suggestions feel sharp and personal right away rather than after weeks of training. And it's fully private: no telemetry, no analytics, nothing ever leaves your Mac 🔒
the per-app writing style that switches automatically is the 2.0 headline — keeping Mail formal while Slack stays casual removes a whole layer of mental overhead. does it switch on app focus alone or does it read the window/thread title too?
@sabber_ahamed Great distinction! It switches on app focus. You can assign a style to each app and Typeahead loads it automatically as you move between them. The window or thread title doesn't trigger the switch, but it's read as context to keep suggestions relevant. So the app sets your voice and writing guidelines, and the context sharpens what it writes.
@samasante that's a smarter split than I expected — style from app focus, context from the thread title. so suggestions adapt to both what app you're in and what you're actually writing about. does the context window update as you type or only when you switch?
@sabber_ahamed Live, as you type. Every suggestion works from the current state of what you're writing, so the context stays fresh in the moment rather than freezing when you entered the app. Switching apps is just what swaps the style on top of that.
@samasante live context as you type solves the stale suggestion problem cleanly. does it handle long-form writing, or does the context window cap at some paragraph length?