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Mahou

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Mahou - Magic layout switcher.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application type

Country of Origin

  • International

Platforms

  • Windows
4 / 5 Avg rating (11)
38likes
10comments
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Customizable

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Portable
  3.  No registration required
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  Snippets
  6.  Change language by one key
  7.  Error Logging
  8.  Auto Update

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Mahou information

  • Developed by

    BladeMight
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4 (11 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    15 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 10 comments and reviews about Mahou, and it has gotten 38 likes

Mahou was added to AlternativeTo by BladeMight on Mar 31, 2016 and this page was last updated Mar 22, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Diamond00744
Oct 1, 2017
4

Best layout switcher for Windows

BladeMight
Feb 17, 2018

Nice!

Top Negative Comment
h13Bishop
Jan 17, 2023
0

Dead and abandoned

coth
Sep 18, 2023

I can see plenty of commits this and last year.

Korwin
Sep 5, 2023
0

Pros: a huge number of settings, open source, the author responds to private messages. Cons: chaotic arrangement of settings by tabs, lack of up-to-date documentation, no quick search for settings, no updates since mid-2019.

Guest
Aug 20, 2022
1

Fast, clean, without trackers

Dimetrio
Jan 15, 2021
0

Many functions and one-button language switching

Red Fox
Sep 25, 2019
1

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!

pdmitryst
Oct 9, 2018
1

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

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What is Mahou?

Mahou- The magic Layout Switcher

How it works

Mahou works completely different from other Layout Swtichers, it switches not by next layout, but by specified in settings layouts. Even selected text switches just between selected layouts, though if you liked cycling through, starting from v1.0.2.9 there is Cycle Mode. Mahou requires .Net 4.5 or greater to work properly. Begining from v1.4.3.9 error when running on .Net 4.0 were fixed. Features

How to use:

  • To convert selection hit Scroll when select text.
  • To convert input hit Pause when typing.
  • To convert line hit Shift+Pause.
  • To change layout by one key press CapsLock.
  • Starting from v1.0.4.4 in Convert selection unrecognized text by all selected layout in settings (example: ?) just rewrites.

More about functions read at Wiki https://gitea.com/BladeMight/wiki

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