OpenInput

macOS native floating input panel for awkward single-line fields (URL bars, chat boxes, subject lines, etc.). Edit comfortably in a small window, then press Return to paste back into the original field.

Display name: 智能输入小窗

简体中文

• Global hotkey show / hide (default ⌥⌘I)
• Remembers focus target and pastes on submit
• Voice dictation on macOS 26+ (on-device; older systems show the control disabled)
• Optional on-device cleanup at submit; revert from the menu bar if cleanup changed the text
• Newline with ⇧↩, Tab as tab character
• History browse (↑↓), search, delete
• Per-app memory: auto-open after you use it in an app; active close disables auto-open for that app
• Resizable panel with remembered size, border color, opacity
• Launch at login (optional)
• Hide the menu bar icon; a small recovery window can show it again

Download and open the signed, notarized installer, then drag OpenInput to Applications:

curl -fL https://github.com/x0c/OpenInput/releases/download/v1.1.5/OpenInput-1.1.5.dmg -o /tmp/OpenInput.dmg && open /tmp/OpenInput.dmg

Other releases. Future updates are offered inside the app automatically.

Requirements: macOS 14+. Voice dictation requires macOS 26 or later.

git clone https://github.com/x0c/OpenInput.git
cd OpenInput
xcodegen generate
open OpenInput.xcodeproj

Or from the CLI:

xcodegen generate
xcodebuild -scheme OpenInput -configuration Debug build

1. Run the app — a menu bar icon appears (no Dock icon).
2. Grant Accessibility in Settings → Privacy & Security (needed to paste into other apps). Voice dictation also needs the Microphone; the system asks the first time you turn it on.
3. Default hotkey: ⌥⌘I.
4. In the panel: ↩ insert & close, ⇧↩ newline, esc close, ↑↓ history when empty / browsing. The microphone button, when on, starts listening every time the panel opens.

• Accessibility is required to inject text via paste (⌘V) into other apps.
• Microphone is used only to turn speech into text on this Mac. Dictation and cleanup do not send audio or text to a network service.
• History and app-memory are stored locally under Application Support.
• The app is intentionally not sandboxed for global hotkeys and cross-app paste.

MIT — see LICENSE.