This edition highlights the latest Keyman product and keyboard development updates from 8 — 19 June 2026, describing recent progress across the project and contributions from the community.
Stay up-to-date with ongoing development at github.com/keymanapp/keyman, and you may follow our progress on the Keyman Development Status Site at status.keyman.com, where you’ll find it both interesting and slightly overwhelming!
A dose of testimony
Thank you so much – both for this great product and the excellent support. Very much appreciated.
– Esther_S (SIL Community)
Keyman minor releases
Keyman 19.0.243-alpha through 19.0.247-alpha were released in this cycle:
- Keyman Developer
- Add information and logs for project validation (#16076)
- Keyman for Web
- Keyman for Windows
- Advanced options documentation in Contextual help (#16089)
The full list of updates can be viewed in the version history.
Keyboard releases
New keyboards
- Thanks to Caliph3ubaidUrRe7man for:
- The Anglish keyboard is designed for Ænglish (Old English), only has the Old English Original Alphabets, and not Modern English Ones (#4014, #4021)
- The Anglish Dvorak keyboard is created to type Ænglish (Old English). Unlike, the other Old English Keyboards on Keyman, this one only has the Old English Original Alphabets, and not Modern English Ones. (#4019, #4024, #4025)
Enhanced keyboards
- The Krung keyboard v1.1 adds key hints for touch layouts and Khmer pointers in the document (#3938)
- Credit goes to Laitei40 for updating Mara keyboard v1.0.7 (#4011, #4026, #4027):
- Smart Shift behavior for J key
- New AltGr, Alt Shift, and Caps lock layers
- Improved documentation
- Fix backspace and space keys
- The Tham Lanna (Thai Layout) keyboard v1.1 changes from “Tai Lanna” to “Tham Lanna” (#4016)
- The Hindi Flick keyboard v1.1 has added rules for desktop layout and copyright information (#4017)
- The MADHURÂH (SIL) keyboard v1.1 has a new name and updated document (#4018)
- The Hong Kong keyboard v2.2.1 improves codes for letter generation, removes uncommon letters, and completes the vowel chart (#4030) – thanks to Cathaylaboratory.
- Credits to Caliph3ubaidUrRe7man for:
- The Punjabi Flick keyboard v1.1.1 fixes Gurmukhi characters (#4010, #4032)
- The Arabic W/O Dots keyboard v1.4 adds Caps lock layer (#4031)
New contributors
We welcome two new contributors to the team page. Thank you for helping Keyman to serve everyone better! During this release cycle, we recognize:
- Caliph3ubaidUrRe7man contributed to the Arabic W/O Dots keyboard, Punjabi Flick keyboard, Anglish keyboard, and Anglish Dvorak keyboard.
- KevinPNG helped updating the Numanggang keyboard.