Mahou

Best layout switcher for Windows

Especially it has useful snippets and Caps Lock layout switch for Windows.

Many functions and one-button language switching

One of the best keyboard layout switchers and, I think, the most customizable. You can customize practically each parameter of this layout switcher from it's decoration to behavior. Also the big advantage that program is open-source, so you can be sure, that it will not steal your passwords or any valuable information. Five stars and I personally declare that my quest for the best layout switcher is over, I found it!

Very needed application for cases when more than 2 languages installed. Windows built-it switcher is suxx. Unfortunately, number of features in Mahout, most of which are unneded for me, was prioritized over quality: program often hangs and glitches.

Similar program with only advanced keyborad switching capability would be appreciated.

Configuration UI is overloaded and feature-creep. Some feature implementations are pretty naive. I had it crashed silently few times.
But all in all it's the best we have so far for layout switching in Windows.

2020 update: It started to give me headaches with spurious layout switches when switching between apps.
Since the only feature I use constantly is the layout switching on Caps Lock, and I removed any layouts besides the two I need the most, I settled upon finding a replacement that would just do the layout switch on Caps Lock for me. Looks like there is no stable application specific for the task, but I realized the new Microsoft PowerToys offer a quality key remapping tool. So I will go with that for now.

[Edited by Killy, December 04, 2020]

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