Keyman Update for 13 Mar 2026

This blog reports on significant Keyman product and keyboard development updates over the period from 2 March 2026 — 13 March 2026.

As always, you can follow all of our development online at github.com/keymanapp/keyman, and you may find the Keyman Development Status Site at status.keyman.com both interesting and slightly overwhelming!

Keyman minor releases

Keyman 18.0.247-stable and 18.0.248-stable was released in this cycle to include:

• Keyman Developer
  • Handle CRLF as CR internally in LDML debugger (#15660)
  • Apply keyboard description in Windows keyboard import (#15668)
  • Prevent new projects from overwriting existing projects (#15694)
  • Improve UI feedback for ‘Check for Updates’ (#15686)
  • Resolve input project path for kmc copy (#15703)

The full list of updates can be viewed in the version history.

Keyman 19.0.203-alpha through 19.0.215-alpha were also released in this cycle:

• Documentation
  • Key handling API (#15629)
  • New content structure for Keyman Developer tutorials (#15712)
• Keyman Developer
  • Handle CRLF as CR internally in LDML debugger (#15616)
  • Apply keyboard description in Windows keyboard import (#15667)
  • Prevent new projects from overwriting existing projects (#15669)
  • Improve UI feedback for ‘Check for Updates’ (#15670)
  • Resolve input project path for kmc copy (#15700)
• Keyman for Linux
  • New diagnostic report (#15576)

The full list of updates can be viewed in the version history.

Keyboard releases

New keyboards

• The Bambara keyboard types Bambara (Bamanankan) accurately on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. This keyboard puts the full alphabet-Including special characters(Ɛɛ, Ŋŋ, Ɔɔ) (#3898). Appreciation to sekumaliangoro-glitch.
• The experimental Chuvash keyboard is designed for the Chuvash language. It is loosely based on the Russian (Basic) layout, but it includes the characters required for Chuvash (#3903).
• The experimental Mathematical Bold Script keyboard is for Mathematical Bold Script Alphanumeric Symbols (#3896). Contributed by Cathaylaboratory.
• The Farsi Phonetic keyboard is a Persian phonetic keyboard which also supports related languages (#3897).

Enhanced keyboards

• The Lao on Thai layout keyboard v1.2 moves from legacy to release with touch layout (#3883).
• The Pa-Oh keyboard v1.1 adds touch layout and enhances documentation (#3904).
• The Moro keyboard v1.0.1 fixes touch layout for capital Ñ Ë Ḏ (#3901).
• The Odia/Oriya Phonetic (ITRANS) keyboard v1.2.0 adds 4 remaining characters from Oriya/Odia block (ଢ଼୍, ଡ଼୍, ୟ୍, U+0B55) (#3908).
• The Dazaga Gourane Karra keyboard v1.0.2 fixes on-screen keyboard file reference (#3909).
• The slp1_roman keyboard v1.1.0 adds support for o/e macron (#3910).

New Contributors

Welcome to two new contributors to the team page. Thank you for helping Keyman to serve everyone better! During this release cycle, we recognize:

• sekumaliangoro-glitch and morocose for bringing the Bambara keyboard to type Bambara (Bamanankan) accurately on Desktop and Mobile devices.