Keyman Update for 28 August 2026

This edition highlights the latest Keyman product and keyboard development updates from 17 — 28 August 2026, describing recent progress across the project and contributions from the community.

A few links

• Learn how to create and share a keyboard
• GitHub home for Keyman, where the source code is shared
• Our internal development status site

A dose of testimony

I want to express my sincere gratitude for the wonderful work you have done in making the Ntcham AZERTY keyboard available. Your expertise, patience, and attention to detail have resulted in a tool that will greatly benefit our community and strengthen our efforts in language development and Scripture engagement.

This keyboard is more than a technical achievement—it is a meaningful contribution to the preservation and accessibility of Ntcham.

I will also inform other colleagues and partners so they can try the keyboard and provide feedback. Their input will help us refine its use and ensure it serves the community even better.

Thank you once again for your dedication and for walking with us through each step of the process.

— Samuel (Forum)

Keyman minor releases

Keyman 19.0.268-alpha through 19.0.276-alpha were released in this cycle. The following major features are included:

• Autocorrect is now available for high probability suggestions (#12893)

Here are some other significant changes:

• Keyman for Windows
  • Use display language for keyboard search (#16364)
  • Support for PNG format keyboard icons (#16362)
  • Track caps lock state correctly when switching between Keyman and non-Keyman keyboards (#16423)
• Keyman for Linux
  • Use display language for keyboard search (#16393)
• Keyman Developer
  • Fix unsaved layer name after applying Touch Layout’s template (#16370)
  • Follow-up on kmc-convert (#16412, #16420)
• Keyman for iPhone and iPad
  • Pass primary language to the keyboard download page (#16401)
  • Document autocorrect toggle within the app (#16406)
  • Fix for repeated backspace bug (#16384)
• Keyman for Android
  • Document autocorrect toggle within the app (#16405)
  • Fix for repeated backspace bug (#16384)
• KeymanWeb
  • Improve offer of suggestion ‘undo’ when backspacing
  • Improve memory-usage
  • Handles suggestions near word-breaks more cleanly
  • Latin-script languages
    • auto-removes spaces from suggestions when punctuation is typed
    • can apply suggestions with punctuation keys, in addition to the space bar

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

Keyboard Updates

New keyboards

• The Ligurian keyboard is a touch keyboard for Ligurian – thanks to jeanm (#4111)
• The Ntcham (AZERTY) keyboard supports the Ntcham language of Togo for an AZERTY (French) Keyboard (#4091)
• The Medžuslovjansky (latinica) keyboard Tipkovnica za medžuslovjansky jezyk — standardna ortografija: č š ž ě. Interslavic keyboard — standard orthography: č š ž ě – much thanks to radoslove (#4092)
• The kachin keyboard is created for the Jinghpaw language – appreciation to Cathaylaboratory (#4107)

Improved keyboard

• The Laz keyboard v1.0.7 replaces capital Ť with T̆ – credits to okandale (#4110)

New contributors

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

• Jean submitted the Ligurian keyboard.
• Radosław Kaczmarczyk has contributed to Medžuslovjansky (latinica) keyboard.
• Monitvilla committed on the CauNon keyboard for the Mon language (mnw) to type Mon & Burmese Unicode.