Langouste

Input source switcher · macOS & Windows

Switch layouts.
Only the ones you mean.

Give every shortcut its own short list of keyboard layouts. Fn flips between English and Spanish. Need French or German too? They get a shortcut of their own, and never get in the way.

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macOS 12+ and Windows 10+ · Apple silicon, Intel, x64 and ARM64

English
Ukrainian

Press again for the next layout

Untitled
UK → EN
Привіт! це langouste
Menu bar
No window, no Dock icon
Offline
No account for the free app; the only request is the update check
Universal
Apple silicon and Intel in one app
Native feel
The familiar switcher plate on screen

One shortcut, one short loop

  1. 01

    Cycle groups

    A group is an ordered list of layouts with a shortcut. Press it and Langouste moves to the next layout in the list, wrapping around at the end.

  2. 02

    Outside the list? Start at the top

    If you are typing in a layout that is not in the group, the shortcut brings you to its first one. A group with one layout simply selects it.

  3. 03

    As many groups as you like

    Keep Fn for the pair you use all day and put the rest on shortcuts of their own. Switch Langouste off and the system shortcuts are back.

Settings

Record a shortcut. Pick the layouts.

Press the field and then the keys you want. Add layouts from the ones enabled in macOS, reorder them with the arrows, and add another group when you need one.

Langouste
Active
LayoutsTextGeneral
Groups
FnEnglish, Spanish
⇧⌘SpaceFrench
Input sources
ShortcutFn
1English
2Spanish
Add source

Questions

Does it replace the system shortcut?

While Langouste is active it takes the keys you recorded. Set “Press 🌐 key to” to Do Nothing in System Settings › Keyboard, and turn off any system shortcut that uses the same keys, so the two do not fight.

Why does it need Accessibility?

To see the shortcut keys before other apps do. Langouste reads nothing you type; it only matches the shortcuts you recorded.

What if I switch it off?

Choose Active in the menu bar menu. Langouste then passes every key through and the system shortcuts work as before.

Put your layouts in order.

Download for free macOS 12+ and Windows 10+ · Apple silicon, Intel, x64 and ARM64