Mahou Alternatives

Mahou is described as '- Magic layout switcher' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Mahou for Windows, Mac, Linux and Adobe Flash Player. The best alternative is Punto Switcher, which is free. Other great apps like Mahou are Caramba Switcher, MLSwitcher, EveryLang and LangOver.

Mahou alternatives are mainly Translators but may also be Dictionaries. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Mahou.

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Mahou

Free • Open Source
Windows

Mahou - Magic layout switcher.

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Punto Switcher
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
15 alternatives to Punto Switcher
Punto Switcher allows easy change keyboard layout for text that was just input automatically or by pressing a hotkey.
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Punto Switcher Features
Configurable
Discontinued
The last version released on March 2019 and some of it's features are incompatible with current Windows versions.
Bundleware
Installer includes Yandex.Browser and hijacks home pages

Punto Switcher vs Mahou opinions
This alternative is disputed. Punto Switcher is still a legitimate alternative to Mahou, but it might have issues that some users think are important.
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Mahou has way more features than Punto Switcher, and it also portable, small, without any malware etc. I think that Mahou is really best in program of that type.
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Caramba Switcher
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
11 alternatives to Caramba Switcher
Caramba Switcher is a Windows application that automatically corrects keyboard layout when you are typing in English and Russian. If you start typing in wrong layout, Caramba Switcher will automatically fix it.
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Caramba Switcher Features
Layout Switch
Auto Correction
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MLSwitcher
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Free • Proprietary
Mac
14 alternatives to MLSwitcher
MLSwitcher makes life easier for those of us who have to deal with multiple input languages or share their time between OS X and Windows by providing two features:
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MLSwitcher Features
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
EveryLang
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
15 alternatives to EveryLang
Translater, Check spelling, Keyboard layout switcher and Layout indicator, Clipboard manager, Diary, SmartClick, Text recognizing (OCR).
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EveryLang Features
Layout
Auto Correction
Click to call
LangOver
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Free • Proprietary
Translator
Dictionary
Windows
Adobe Flash Player
27 alternatives to LangOver
Have you ever tried to type in one language but the result was in another? Annoying, eh?!
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LangOver Features
Multiple languages
Built-in translation
Change language by one key
Global hotkey
Keyla
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Free • Open Source
Windows
8 alternatives to Keyla
Keyla is a program that enables you to set keyboard shortcuts for switching keyboard layout.
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Keyla Features
Layout
Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.1.9, released in November 2012, can be still downloaded from Google Code Archive.
Key Switcher
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows
15 alternatives to Key Switcher
Key Switcher is monitoring the keystrokes and detects the language of each word that you type. If the keyboard is set to a different language, it automatically switches it to the correct language and fixes the typed word.
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Key Switcher Features
Layout
loloswitcher
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Free • Open Source
Linux
12 alternatives to loloswitcher
Low-level keyboard switcher (runs as a daemon, no GUI interface) that allows you to bind single key (including modifier keys such as Ctrl, Fn, and CapsLock) to a language.
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loloswitcher Features
Low level
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dotSwitcher
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Free • Open Source
Windows
11 alternatives to dotSwitcher
Simple keyboard layout switcher. As lightweight as you can easily ensure it doesn't contain any spyware, even if you're not a programming guru.
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dotSwitcher Features
1. PortabledotSwitcher can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Pause button
Discontinued
Latest commit e1e72a9 on Nov 22, 2015. See https://github.com/kurumpa/dotSwitcher
Aml Maple
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
6 alternatives to Aml Maple
Aml Maple is a new point of view at keyboard layout indicators: simple, modern, flexible.
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Aml Maple Features
1. PortableAml Maple can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.