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CLUSTER INPUT-CHINESE-MACOS · 21 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-13

Chinese typing input methods

This cluster comprises Chinese input methods for desktop and iOS, covering pinyin, Bopomofo, Boshiamy, voice typing, and mixed Chinese-English entry, with an emphasis on local-first processing and customizability. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from—it predates the index or its members are undated. Traction leaders among these products are TriFecta (21 stars), MSIME-Apple (18 stars), and zhijeida (7 stars).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 4SEP 2026: 10OCT 2026: 7
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Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 3 hand-coded · 16 unlabelled

Operator · 16 hobby · 4 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01AquaType55★2 days—hobbyMac input method that turns mistyped Zhuyin keystrokes into intended Traditional Chinese text and remembers personal word choices.
  2. 02MSIME-Apple38★15 dayslivehand-codedhobbyChinese input method for macOS and iOS that provides pinyin typing with candidate selection and full-width mode.
  3. 03ohmybias7★22 days—macOS input method for typing Chinese using the Boshiamy scheme.
  4. 04TriFecta25★1 mo—hobbyCustomized macOS Chinese input method that groups candidates by color for efficient selection and supports quick shortcut keys.
  5. 05VietLotus-IM5★12 dayslivehobbyVietnamese keyboard input method for macOS that converts Telex and VNI keystrokes into accented text without underline artifacts.
  6. 06yiju-ime3★8 dayslivehobbyWindows input method that translates complete Chinese sentences into English as you type, supporting multiple target languages.
  7. 07retype2★12 days—hobbyAI input method that provides local-first Chinese pinyin typing, cloud-refined candidates, and Chinese-English switching, starting with Windows.
  8. 08SailKing2★6 dayslivehobbyInput method that supports Chinese pinyin typing, direct English input, and on-device translation across macOS and Windows.
  9. 09zhijeida8★1 mo—MacOS input method that lets users type English directly while in Chinese input mode by automatically detecting the language.
  10. 10alfred-youdao-translation1★2 days—hobbyAlfred workflow for macOS that translates between Chinese and English with dictionary definitions, phonetics, and audio pronunciation.
  11. 11chatou3★29 dayslivehobbyWindows input method that rewrites typed Chinese text in place into another language or tone with a single hotkey.
  12. 12xiaozhuan-ime0★today—hobbyInput method that turns pinyin typing into small-seal script candidates on macOS, with component reverse lookup and Rime support for other platforms.
  13. 13xpier-input-method0★23 days—hobbyLocal Wubi input method for macOS that supports simplified-traditional output, wildcard matching, and rare characters without cloud services.
  14. 14jev-ime-ja0★20 days—hobbyJapanese input method for macOS that merges unconfirmed text into a single conversion unit when an external judgment service determines it, while falling back to standard conversion.
  15. 15hanautomata0★3 dayslivehobbyWindows keyboard input tool that automatically detects and corrects Korean/English typing, learning from personal usage over time.
  16. 16q-ime0★5 days—hobbyDesktop input method that provides local-first Simplified Chinese Pinyin typing by converting pinyin to Chinese characters on-device.
  17. 17VoiceFly0★12 days—ai-builthobbyNative macOS input method that combines local Chinese-English speech dictation with Rime keyboard typing and shared personal vocabulary.
  18. 18yanbi0★25 days—hand-codedhobbyA Chinese voice typing input method for Windows using streaming ASR and LLM text polish.
  19. 19ZIME0★27 days—hand-codedInput method for macOS that provides bilingual Chinese-English typing with local-first offline translation and predictions.
  20. 20BlendKey1★1 molivemacOS input method that enables seamless Chinese-English mixed typing with Bopomofo, eliminating the need to switch input sources.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.