Inline AI suggestions are not just for the Mac. TypeBlink brings the same experience to Windows 10 and 11 and to Ubuntu: grey text that continues your sentence wherever you type, accepted with Tab, made by a model running on your own PC.
The same app on every computer
Suggestions, shortcuts and settings work the same way on all three systems, so you do not relearn anything when you switch between a work laptop and a home PC. Each system reaches your apps in its own way, which is the only real difference.
On Windows
TypeBlink runs in the system tray and reads the text box you are typing in through Windows' accessibility interface. Windows needs no extra permission for this. One limit comes from Windows itself: apps that run as administrator are protected from other apps, so suggestions do not appear inside them.
What you need
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
- 8 GB of memory recommended.
- About 3 GB of free disk space for the standard model.
Setting it up
- Download the installer (TypeBlink-Setup-x64.exe).
- Run it. Windows may say “Windows protected your PC” because the installer is not signed yet: click More info, then Run anyway. It installs for your user only, with no administrator password.
- The setup assistant downloads the model and asks how you write.
- Find TypeBlink in the system tray (click ^ on the taskbar if it is hidden) and start typing.
On Ubuntu
Linux desktops do not give apps one shared way to read other apps' text boxes. So on Ubuntu, TypeBlink works as a keyboard input source, the same mechanism used for typing other languages. It sees what you type, shows the suggestion at your cursor, and passes every key through with your usual keyboard layout.
What you need
- Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04, 64-bit.
- 8 GB of memory recommended.
- About 3 GB of free disk space for the standard model.
Setting it up
- Download the package (TypeBlink_amd64.deb) and double-click it, or run
sudo apt install ./TypeBlink_amd64.deb. - Open TypeBlink from the app grid. The setup assistant adds it as an input source under Settings › Keyboard › Input Sources.
- Select it in the top bar's keyboard menu, or press Super + Space, whenever you want suggestions.
- The tray icon appears in the top bar; Ubuntu's AppIndicator extension, included by default, shows it.
Shortcuts on Windows and Ubuntu
- Tab takes the next word; hold it to keep going. → does the same.
- `, the key above Tab, takes the whole suggestion.
- Esc dismisses it.
- Ctrl + ` asks for a suggestion where TypeBlink stays quiet, such as a terminal.
- Ctrl + Shift + ` pauses or resumes it in the current app for five minutes.
Private on every system
On Windows and Ubuntu, as on the Mac, the language model runs on your own computer. What you type is not sent to a server, and suggestions keep working without an internet connection once the model is downloaded. See private, offline AI autocomplete for details, or the Mac guide if you also use a Mac.