This blog reports on significant Keyman product and keyboard development updates over the period from 11th — 22nd May 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 19.0.229-alpha through 19.0.236-alpha were released in this cycle:
- Keyman for Linux
- Add dependency for Debian (#15967)
- Keyman for Windows
- Fix Caps lock behavior (#15867)
- Help Documentation
- Recommend Keyman Cloud as the primary method of distribution for lexical model (#15974)
The full list of updates can be viewed in the version history.
Keyboard releases
New Keyboards
- The Zou Script and Numerals keyboard for the Zou community from Tibeto Burman (#3978)
- The Mising keyboard fully accommodates the standard Mising Agom Kébang (MAK) orthography while providing streamlined access to specialised phonetic characters and diacritics. Thanks to Vivian5G56 (#3986)
Improved Keyboards
- The Lac Viet keyboard v3.0 has rules for generating Zhuang, redefined new consonants and vowels, and completed documentation. Credit goes to Cathaylaboratory (#3984)
New Contributors
Welcome two new contributors to the team page. Thank you for helping Keyman to serve everyone better! During this release cycle, we recognize:
- Dr. T Marvin Zou contributed to the Zou Script and Numerals keyboard.
- Vivian5G56 submitted the Mising keyboard.