Compatibility
What works.
What does not yet.
Hamburger corrects what you type system-wide, so where it works depends on your Mac, your keyboard layout, and the app you are typing into. This page says exactly which.
Mac and
keyboard.
- macOS
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
- Keyboard hardware
- Any keyboard your Mac already uses: built-in, Apple, or third party, wired or wireless. There is nothing to buy.
- Keyboard layout
- Your layout needs its letters in QWERTY positions. Supported in this release: US, ABC, or British QWERTY. The mirror pairs the two halves of a QWERTY keyboard, so layouts that move the letters, such as AZERTY, QWERTZ, Dvorak, and Colemak, would produce the wrong letters, or none. Instead, Hamburger notices and pauses corrections automatically, and says so in its menu bar popover. Corrections resume on their own when you switch to a supported layout.
- Input methods
- Chinese, Japanese, and Korean input methods are not supported. Hamburger would rewrite the letters you type before the input method reads them, so corrections pause automatically while one is active and resume when you switch back.
- Accessibility keyboard settings
- Sticky Keys, Slow Keys, and Full Keyboard Access all work with Hamburger. With Sticky Keys on, tap a shortcut's modifier keys one after another, then the letter, as you would for any other shortcut. With Slow Keys on, press a shortcut's keys one at a time and keep each held until macOS accepts it; pressing two at once, or letting go too soon, types the plain letter instead.
Tested before
every release.
These apps are part of our automated test run, which types into each one in a clean copy of macOS and checks the text that lands. It runs before every release. Apps that are not listed here may work too, but we do not check them.
- Apple apps
- TextEdit, Notes, Mail, Pages, and Numbers.
- Microsoft Office
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Browsers and web editors
- Safari, Chrome, and Google Docs in Chrome.
- Other apps
- Spark and Raycast Notes.
- Terminals
- Terminal and iTerm2, once you turn correction on for them (see Terminals below).
Apps and
text fields.
- Native Mac apps
- Mail, Notes, Pages, TextEdit, and other apps built on the standard Mac text system are where Hamburger works best.
- Browsers and Electron apps
- Correction works in Safari and Chrome, and both are tested before every release. Other browsers, such as Firefox, and apps built on Electron or the web, such as Slack and Discord, are not part of those checks. Hamburger can correct text in them, but each one draws its own text fields instead of using the standard Mac text system, so a field can behave a little differently, and accuracy there is not measured the way it is in native apps. Arc is not covered. If a field ever misbehaves, add that app in Settings › Paused Apps.
- Password fields
- Never touched. When macOS marks a field as secure input, correction switches off and your keystrokes pass straight through.
- Terminals
- Commands are not words, so corrections in a terminal are usually wrong, and Hamburger starts paused in Terminal, iTerm2, Ghostty, and other common terminals. To use it in one, remove that terminal from the list in Settings › Paused Apps. Corrections then work in Terminal, iTerm2, and Ghostty. Terminals do not share where your cursor is, so suggestions show in a fixed strip instead of next to the cursor.
- Code editors and remote desktops
- Code is not words either, so Hamburger also starts paused in VS Code, Xcode, and other common code editors. Remote desktops are not on that list. If you type into one, add it with Add an app in Settings › Paused Apps.
When something
misfires.
A correction you did not want can be reversed on the spot, and holding Option while you press Space types the word exactly as you keyed it. Pausing from the menu bar stops correction everywhere until you resume. To stop it in one app only, add that app in Settings › Paused Apps.
If a layout, input method, or app you rely on is missing from this page, email hello@hamburgerkeyboard.com. Support for more layouts is planned, and knowing which ones matter to you decides the order.