Which apps work with Typeahead

Typeahead uses the macOS Accessibility API to work system-wide. The short answer: if you can type in it on a Mac, Typeahead almost certainly works.

Native macOS apps

All standard Apple apps work, including:

• Mail and Messages
• Apple Notes
• Pages, Numbers and Keynote text fields
• Calendar event titles and notes
• Spotlight search and Finder rename

Electron apps

• Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams
• Notion, Obsidian, Bear
• VS Code, Cursor and other Electron editors
• Linear and similar productivity tools

Browsers (web apps)

Typeahead works in any browser text field in Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Arc:

• Gmail and Apple Mail Web
• Google Docs
• Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Reddit compose boxes
• Notion Web
• Most forms and comment boxes

Terminal and code editors

• Terminal.app, iTerm2, Warp (local sessions)
• VS Code, BBEdit, Sublime Text
• Xcode

Apps that do not work

Remote desktop and virtualisation apps cannot expose a native text field:

• Microsoft Remote Desktop
• Parallels and VMware virtual machine windows
• Chrome Remote Desktop

SSH sessions inside a terminal emulator work at the local input level, but autocomplete applies to what you type locally before it is sent to the remote session.

If a specific app is not working, email hello@typeahead.ai with the app name and we will investigate.