Typeahead is the writing assistant that writes with you, not for you. It works in every text field on your Mac, helping you type faster and smarter with inline suggestions that appear as you write. It runs on a local AI model, works offline and keeps your writing on your device.
We built it because most AI writing tools still take you away from the place writing actually happens. You open a chatbot, paste text into a box, get something back, then spend time trying to make it sound like you.
That never felt like the right interface for writing.
Typeahead works inline in every text field on your Mac. As you type, it instantly suggests words and sentences right at the cursor, so you can move faster and think less about the tool. It feels more like your computer helping you write than using a separate AI product.
A big part of the product for us was making this local. Typeahead runs on a local AI model, works offline and keeps your writing on your device. We also wanted it to feel like software you own, which is why it's a one-time purchase rather than another subscription.
A few things that make it different:
inline suggestions, right where you already type
works across your Mac instead of inside one app
built to write with you, not for you
runs locally, your writing stays on your device
one-time purchase, free updates for life
Would love to hear what you think, especially from people who have tried chat-style AI for writing and found it broke their flow.
very cool! did the idea start with building something local or did it start with the use case?
Does the app offer an option to limit the maximum length of text autocomplete? Is it possible to set a specific word count in the settings for how much the AI generates at a time?
The fact it's running a local model is a huge upsell for me. Excited to see how the product evolves - It works great, easy af to install. I do lots of dictation these days, but I find a totally different thought pattern when typing - this is a cool addition to the stack.
M1 air 8gb. chrome and cursor already hurt. does the model sit in ram all day or only spin up when i'm typing?
Really like the "writes with you, not for you" angle — that's the line I
keep coming back to when building my own AI writing tool. Most autocomplete
products try to take over and end up feeling pushy.
Two genuine questions :
1. How did you balance suggestion frequency vs friction? My biggest worry
with always-on autocomplete is that it interrupts flow when you actually
know what you want to type. Did you implement a "quiet mode" threshold or
is it always live?
2. The on-device model is a strong sell for privacy — what model size are
you running, and does performance scale with M-series Macs?
Bookmarked. Looks like one of the cleanest implementations I've seen in
this space.
The interesting edge case with system-wide autocomplete is how it handles context switching. does it know you're writing a Slack message versus a legal doc in Word and actually shift register accordingly, or is it one tone fits all? Also curious whether it reads the surrounding text in a field or just the last few words, because that gap is usually what makes suggestions feel off.
Really impressed by this. Congrats on the launch. I’m kind of amazed at how fast the suggestions show up. They feel instant, and more importantly they’re actually useful. A lot of AI writing tools are slow or get in the way, but this genuinely helps me type faster.
Nice launch. What got me is that it runs locally and works in every text field instead of pulling me into a separate chat window just to rewrite a sentence. The writes with you not for you angle feels right. Congrats Sam, followed you on X too.
About Typeahead on Product Hunt
“AI autocomplete for every app on your Mac”
Typeahead launched on Product Hunt on June 1st, 2026 and earned 188 upvotes and 24 comments, placing #6 on the daily leaderboard. Typeahead is the writing assistant that writes with you, not for you. It works in every text field on your Mac, helping you type faster and smarter with inline suggestions that appear as you write. It runs on a local AI model, works offline and keeps your writing on your device.
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Hiten Shah
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I’m Sam, co-founder of Typeahead.
We built it because most AI writing tools still take you away from the place writing actually happens. You open a chatbot, paste text into a box, get something back, then spend time trying to make it sound like you.
That never felt like the right interface for writing.
Typeahead works inline in every text field on your Mac. As you type, it instantly suggests words and sentences right at the cursor, so you can move faster and think less about the tool. It feels more like your computer helping you write than using a separate AI product.
A big part of the product for us was making this local. Typeahead runs on a local AI model, works offline and keeps your writing on your device. We also wanted it to feel like software you own, which is why it's a one-time purchase rather than another subscription.
A few things that make it different:
inline suggestions, right where you already type
works across your Mac instead of inside one app
built to write with you, not for you
runs locally, your writing stays on your device
one-time purchase, free updates for life
Would love to hear what you think, especially from people who have tried chat-style AI for writing and found it broke their flow.
I'll be around all day replying to comments.