Autocomplete :emoji: everywhere on macOS. Type a colon and search any emoji, symbol, or shortcode in seconds — in TextEdit, iMessage, Terminal, anywhere. Slack and a few other apps have this — type :heart: and you get ❤️. It makes finding emoji easy. I wanted it everywhere on my Mac, so I built Mojito. It works just like you'd expect, and it's smart enough to ignore apps and sites that already support it. And it's free, open-source donationware.
I originally tried to build this app 11 years ago. Back then, I thought "this is such an obvious idea... if I don't make it, someone else surely will."
Welp.
Looking back at old projects, I decided that this is one I really wanted to pick up. So I built it.
I added a fun little easter egg—if you type :mojito:, a little animation plays. And then I added another... and another.... so now there are about 30 easter eggs for you to find. They range from simple to incredibly elaborate.
I hope you find this app as useful as I do, and have as much fun with it as I had making it.
The symbol search part is what gets me finding the right arrow or math symbol without copying from Wikipedia is painful. Does it work system-wide in any app or only specific ones?
@wellsriley For the easter eggs: is there a way to discover them organically, or is it purely exploratory? Asking because I love delightful micro-interactions, and a mojito sounds like fun.
Cool idea but how do I attach GIFs? For example, if I want to add the famous 'Michael Jackson eating popcorn' GIF, what should I type?
Looks nice - what about GIFs? You mentioned them in the description, and I didn't see anything specifically about it
Love this, always found myself typing :emoji: in apps expecting something but receiving nothing. How did you build the demo video on the site?
It's fun 🎉 something I've legit wanted ✅️ for some time 🕰️, I'm shocked 😱 that more comments aren't using emojis... 🤔 Nice work @wellsriley
Does it complete emojis only within the Mac system apps, or in general, also in the browser, websites, social media etc.?
About Mojito on Product Hunt
“Type to search for any emoji, symbol, or gif in seconds”
Mojito launched on Product Hunt on May 27th, 2026 and earned 154 upvotes and 28 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. Autocomplete :emoji: everywhere on macOS. Type a colon and search any emoji, symbol, or shortcode in seconds — in TextEdit, iMessage, Terminal, anywhere. Slack and a few other apps have this — type :heart: and you get ❤️. It makes finding emoji easy. I wanted it everywhere on my Mac, so I built Mojito. It works just like you'd expect, and it's smart enough to ignore apps and sites that already support it. And it's free, open-source donationware.
Mojito was featured in Emoji (11.7k followers), Open Source (68.5k followers), GIFs (25.3k followers), GitHub (41.2k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 38.4k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Mojito?
Mojito was hunted by Wells Riley. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Wells Riley
I originally tried to build this app 11 years ago. Back then, I thought "this is such an obvious idea... if I don't make it, someone else surely will."
Welp.
Looking back at old projects, I decided that this is one I really wanted to pick up. So I built it.
I added a fun little easter egg—if you type :mojito:, a little animation plays. And then I added another... and another.... so now there are about 30 easter eggs for you to find. They range from simple to incredibly elaborate.
I hope you find this app as useful as I do, and have as much fun with it as I had making it.