A holiday-quiet cycle focused on keyboard improvements. Thai Kedmanee (Mattix) v2.0 adds mobile touch layouts; Hong Kong and Cantonese Telex update their character sets. Eight new contributors join, primarily for upcoming Android UI redesign work.
Keyman 18.0.249-stable introduces support for complex words in predictive text within Keyman Developer, accompanied by a technical blog explaining the feature. This release cycle also includes Keyman 19 alpha updates with improved backspace behavior on macOS, along with several keyboard enhancements, including updates to GeezWord, Vietnam, EuroLatin (SIL), Baybayin, and Vai Typewriter keyboards thanks to contributions from the community.
The latest Keyman release cycle brings improvements across Keyman Developer, Linux, and documentation, along with four new keyboards and enhancements to several existing layouts. Community contributors also introduced the Bambara keyboard and joined the growing list of Keyman contributors. Which new keyboard or development update are you most excited to explore?
The latest Keyman roadmap outlines planned features for versions 19 through 22, including CLDR/LDML keyboard support, ARM64 compatibility, predictive text improvements, internationalization, and new keyboard authoring tools. As the project's future development depends on community support and funding, the roadmap also highlights ways to get involved and help shape what's next. Which upcoming feature are you most excited to see become a reality?
This release expands Keyman's keyboard collection with eight new layouts supporting languages across Asia, including Manchu, Bunong, Pan Kachin, Akha, Lahu, Tày, Geba Karen, and Jumjum. These community-driven contributions continue to improve digital access for diverse language communities and writing systems. Which new keyboard or language would you like to explore first?
Keyman for Windows Alpha now includes native support for Windows on ARM (ARM64), allowing it to run seamlessly with native ARM applications on Windows 11 devices. Scheduled for the official Keyman 19 release in late 2026, this milestone improves compatibility for modern Windows hardware and marks another step forward for the project. Are you using Windows on ARM, or planning to try it with Keyman?
Please join us for a webinar update on Keyman! Topic: Keyman 19.0 update and 2026 roadmap Presenter: Marc Durdin When: 26 February 2026 8:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada, UTC-5) 1:00 PM UTC (UK) 8:00 PM ICT (Thailand, UTC+7) Duration: 90 minutes Description: Keyman is a keyboard layout creation tool Read more…
This blog reports on significant Keyman product and keyboard development updates over the period from 2 February 2026 — 13 February 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! Read more…
This blog reports on significant Keyman product and keyboard development updates over the period from 22 December 2025 — 30 January 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! Read more…
This blog reports on significant Keyman product and keyboard development updates over the period from 8 December 2025 — 19 December 2025. 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! Read more…