Keyman 19 is now in beta

Published by Marc Durdin on

We are happy to announce that Keyman 19 was released to beta on 6 Oct 2026. During this time, we will be working on stability and documentation, in preparation for a full 19.0 release early in 2027.

This release includes over 1400 changes and 5 major new features:

  • A brand new experience for installing and configuring Keyman for Mac
  • Autocorrect for high probability typos in Keyman for Android and Keyman for iPhone and iPad
  • A new keyboard conversion tool from macOS’s (and Ukelele’s) .keylayout format to Keyman’s .kmn
  • Keyman for Windows now fully supports Windows ARM devices
  • Localization of the keyboard download experience on all platforms into a number of languages

Downloads

Download the latest beta version from keyman.com/beta.

What’s New?

Here are some of the major changes, selected from over 1400 changes in the 19.0 alpha development cycle.

Keyman for Android

  • Autocorrect is now available for over 70 languages
  • Keyman now supports Dark mode
  • Configuration and menus have been refreshed and reorganized, making Keyman easier to use
  • Keyboard search pages are now available in more languages
  • And about 220 more changes

Keyman for iPhone and iPad

  • Autocorrect is now available for over 70 languages
  • Keyboard search pages are now available in more languages
  • And about 150 more changes

Keyman for Linux

  • Diagnostic reports to assist with compatibility issues
  • Keyboard search pages are now available in more languages
  • And about 275 more changes

Keyman for Mac

  • Brand new installer and configuration app — a much smoother install experience
  • Keyboard search pages are now available in more languages
  • And about 180 more changes

Keyman for Windows

  • Full support for Windows on ARM64 processors
  • Keyboard search pages are now available in more languages
  • Improved startup time
  • Improved stability on heavily loaded systems
  • Improvements to selection of base keyboard for mnemonic layouts
  • And about 250 more changes

Keyman Developer

  • Support for line numbers in LDML keyboard compiler messages
  • Convert from .keylayout (macOS keyboards, Ukelele) into .kmn
  • And about 400 other changes

Keyman Engine

Known issues

  • Keyman for Linux – onboard-keyman package no longer gets installed automatically when installing keyman. The reason is that it doesn’t work properly with Wayland and is not available in the official Debian/Ubuntu repos (#14769). It is still possible to install it manually in your package manager, or in a terminal window with sudo apt install onboard-keyman.

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