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, Web-based, iPhone and BSD apps. The best Holdkey alternative is WinCompose, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Holdkey are Retro Typer, Rocket, BabelMap and Character Map.

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  1. Gucharmap icon

    Gucharmap

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    Open source character map for the GNOME desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
    • GNOME
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    • Gucharmap is the most popular Linux alternative to Holdkey.

    • Gucharmap is Free and Open SourceHoldkey is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. WizKey icon

    WizKey

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    WizKey makes it easy to type accented and other special Unicode characters using a standard US/UK keyboard with easy to remember keyboard shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Extra Keys icon

    Extra Keys

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    Extra Keys is a software input panel for typing international accented and other special characters.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Copypastecharacter icon

    Copypastecharacter

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    Use Copy Paste Character to insert proper typographic characters, such as “quotation marks” and the interrobang ?, or simply use it to spice up your e-mail messages, tweets, or text messages with h?ppy faces, sn?wmen or ? arrows ?.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
     
  6. FujiMoji icon

    FujiMoji

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    Type any emoji, text snippet, or media by name from anywhere on your Mac. FujiMoji is a lightweight menu bar app that listens for your trigger key, shows fast suggestions, and pastes the selected result directly into the active text field.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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