Holdkey Alternatives

Holdkey is described as 'Windows program that makes it easy to type characters with accents' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Holdkey for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPhone, BSD and PortableApps.com. The best alternative is WinCompose, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Holdkey are BabelMap, Character Map, Rocket and PopChar.

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Holdkey

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Holdkey is a Windows program that makes it easy to type characters with accents.

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WinCompose
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Free • Open Source
Windows
31 alternatives to WinCompose
WinCompose is a compose key for Windows. It allows to easily write special characters such as é ž à û ø ð ¤ Ø « = µ, and many more using short and often very intuitive key combinations.
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WinCompose Features
Support for Unicode
Symbols
Multiple languages
Emoji Text support
Customizable
Unicode Math Support
BabelMap
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
PortableApps.com
32 alternatives to BabelMap
BabelMap is a free character map application for Windows that allows you to browse through the entire Unicode character repertoire of over 107,000 characters, or search for a particular character by name or by code point.
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1. PortableBabelMap can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Support for Unicode
Character Map
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
36 alternatives to Character Map
Character Map (Charmap.exe) is a utility included with Microsoft Windows operating systems and is used to view the characters in any installed font, to check what keyboard input (Alt code) is used to enter those characters, and to copy characters to the clipboard in lieu of...
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Rocket
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Freemium • Proprietary
Mac
24 alternatives to Rocket
Rocket is a free Mac app that makes typing emoji faster and easier using Slack-style shortcuts.
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1. Dark ModeRocket supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
Keyboard Shortcuts
PopChar
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
38 alternatives to PopChar
The character map that works! PopChar is an application that lets you insert special characters, umlauts and foreign letters into any document. With this character map, there is no need to search for or remember complex keystrokes.

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SymbSearch
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Free • Open Source
Windows
27 alternatives to SymbSearch
A tool for searching unicode-symbols and copying it to the clipboard.
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SymbSearch Features
1. PortableSymbSearch can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Symbols
Extra Keys
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
25 alternatives to Extra Keys
Extra Keys is a software input panel for typing international accented and other special characters.
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Extra Keys Features
1. LightweightExtra Keys consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Ad-freeExtra Keys doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
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Multiple languages
Support for Unicode
SymWin
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Free • Open Source
Windows
14 alternatives to SymWin
A small and quick tool for typing special symbols.
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Symbols
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Support for Unicode
WizKey
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
20 alternatives to WizKey
WizKey makes it easy to type accented and other special Unicode characters using a standard US/UK keyboard with easy to remember keyboard shortcuts.
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Support for Unicode
Integrated Search
Multiple languages
Keyboard Shortcuts
Gucharmap
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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BSD
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XQuartz
30 alternatives to Gucharmap
Open source character map for the GNOME desktop environment.
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WinCompose Features

BabelMap Features

Character Map Features

Rocket Features

SymbSearch Features

Extra Keys Features

SymWin Features

WizKey Features

Gucharmap Features