The cloud way
- × Every keystroke round-trips to a server
- × Latency varies with your Wi-Fi
- × Your writing trains someone else's model
- × Monthly subscription forever
- × Stops working on a plane
Type once. Foretype the rest.
On-device AI autocompletion for every app you type in. Ghost predictions appear as you type. Press Tab to accept. No cloud. No waiting. No data leaving your machine.
macOS 14+ Windows & Linux coming next
- 100% on-device
- 40+ languages
- Per-app overrides
- Free, no account
How it works
Three keys. That's the whole product.
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Install & pick a model
Install once on your machine. Pick Compact, Balanced, or Smart depending on your hardware. Or bring your own.
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Type anywhere
Email, chat, code editors, docs, browser fields, any text input. A ghost prediction trails your caret.
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Press Tab
Accept the full line, take one word with ⌥Tab, or force a fresh suggestion with ⌃Space.
Why local matters
Cloud autocomplete is yesterday's idea.
The Foretype way
- ✓ Predictions decoded on your own CPU/GPU
- ✓ ~120 ms keystroke-to-suggestion
- ✓ Your text never leaves the machine
- ✓ One install. Bring your own GGUF.
- ✓ Works on the plane, in a tunnel, anywhere
Every detail
What you actually get.
100% on-device
No network calls. Your draft stays on your SSD. Auditable by Little Snitch.
Per-app overrides
On in your inbox, off in your IDE, a different tone in chat. Configure per app or per browser domain.
40+ languages
Type Bonjour, get a French completion. Type 你好, get Mandarin. No setting to flip.
Custom voice
Tell Foretype how you write. Plus per-app custom instructions for the cases where one voice doesn't fit.
Rebindable shortcuts
Don't like Tab? Pick your own keys for accept, accept-word, force, and global toggle.
Mid-line completions
Predictions even when text follows your cursor (opt-in via Labs). Continues your sentence forward.
Inline autocorrect
teh → the, right at the caret. Tab swaps it in place.
Force-activate
⌃Space demands a suggestion right now, skipping the debounce. Useful for short prompts.
Stats that respect you
Daily completions, words, characters with Day / Week / Month grouping. All local, no telemetry.
Bring your own model
Any GGUF you trust. Symlinked, never copied. Use the model that fits your machine and taste.
Where it earns its keep
A keystroke saved is a thought finished.
Email
Polite closings, follow-ups, "thanks for catching that". The boilerplate disappears.
Slack & iMessage
Standing meeting reminders, "on it", "let me check and circle back".
Code comments
JSDoc summaries, inline TODOs that read like English not stenography.
Design briefs
Acceptance criteria, "out of scope" lists, edge-case enumerations.
Support replies
Apology phrasing, troubleshooting steps, follow-up if-this-then-that.
Long-form writing
Bridge sentences, transitions, the second half of an idea you already had.
Pricing
Cheaper than the cloud. Lighter than a subscription.
Start free — 200 words a day, no account, forever. Need more? Pro is a few dollars a month, or pay once and own it. Every tier runs 100% on your Mac.
Free
200words / day
No card, no account. Forever — not a trial.
- On-device autocomplete in every text field
- Twice the free quota of Cotypist (100/day)
- 40+ languages, word-by-word accept
- Spell-corrections always free
- 1 Mac
Pro
$3/mo
or $29/yr (save 19%). Cancel anytime.
- Unlimited completions
- Per-app overrides & custom voice
- Full autocorrect & mid-line completion
- Largest local model tiers
- Up to 3 Macs · all updates while subscribed
Best value · own it
Lifetime
$59once
Intro $49 for early users. One payment, yours to keep.
- Everything in Pro, forever
- Free updates & new models this major version
- Up to 3 Macs
- No subscription, ever
- The buy-once option Cotypist won't sell you
Compare: Cotypist is subscription-only — $6/mo ($72/yr) Plus, $9/mo ($108/yr) Pro, and 100 free words a day. Foretype gives you twice the free quota, Pro from $3/mo, and a buy-once licence they don't offer — all 100% on-device.
Built for people who type a lot
Who it's for.
Foretype just launched, so no testimonials yet, only the folks we built it for. See if one sounds like you.
Engineers
Daily PR descriptions, RFCs, code comments. Per-app override so Xcode stays clean, Slack stays helpful.
Multilingual writers
Switch from English emails to a German Slack thread mid-flow. No language picker. The model follows.
Support & success
200 replies a day where 70% of each one is a phrase you've typed before. Tab them away.
Privacy-cautious
Lawyers, doctors, founders. Drafts that cannot fly to a third-party server. No exceptions.
FAQ
Honest answers.
How is this different from the OS's built-in autocomplete?
Built-in autocomplete suggests single words from a fixed dictionary. Foretype runs a real language model on your machine and predicts full phrases that fit the sentence you're already writing, in any language, in any app.
Does it work offline?
Yes. After the initial model download, nothing requires a network. Foretype works on a plane, in a tunnel, in an air-gapped office.
Which apps does it work in?
Anywhere the OS exposes a text field via its accessibility layer: mail clients, chat apps, browsers, code editors, note-takers, terminals, most things. You can disable it per-app from Settings → App Settings.
What languages are supported?
40+ languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Vietnamese, and more. No language picker. Foretype follows the language you're already typing in.
Does it learn from my writing?
Optionally, and only locally. Personalization can bias suggestions toward word choices you use, stored in `~/Library/Application Support/Foretype/`. There is no opt-in that sends data off your machine.
Hardware requirements?
Today: macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon (Intel Macs work but slower). Windows and Linux builds are next on the roadmap, same on-device model. 8 GB RAM minimum (Compact model); 16 GB+ for Balanced / Smart. Foretype auto-picks the right model for your machine.
When are Windows and Linux coming?
The engine (llama.cpp under the hood) already runs on both. The macOS app shipped first because it's where the author writes most. Cross-platform Foretype clients are next. Follow the GitHub repo for release notes.
What about privacy?
The completion runs entirely in-process. The app does not phone home, does not collect telemetry by default, and the "Share anonymous stats" toggle ships off by default. Source is open for inspection.
Pricing?
Free forever for 200 accepted words a day — no card, no account (that's twice Cotypist's 100/day). Want unlimited plus per-app voice, full autocorrect and the largest models? Pro is $3 / month or $29 / year. Prefer to pay once? Lifetime is a single $59 (intro $49 for early users) and never renews — an option Cotypist, which is subscription-only, doesn't offer. Every tier runs 100% on your Mac.
Try Foretype.
Two-minute install. The first ghost suggestion shows up in the next message you write.
Download ForetypemacOS 14+ today · Windows & Linux next · ~12 MB without model · open source friendly