MacishType

A macOS input method that replicates the native input experience — a system-look candidate window, built-in input methods (currently Array 行列), and user extension through external JavaScript engines and drop-in .cin tables.

The JavaScript engine contract is cross-platform: the same engine folder runs unmodified on the Linux host, a fcitx5 addon in fcitx5/.

Repository layout

• macos/ — the macOS input method: InputMethodKit host, candidate window, Settings UI, and build system
• fcitx5/ — the Linux input method: fcitx5 addon, QuickJS engine host, and build system
• engines/ — cross-platform JavaScript engines and the engine contract (README.md, mirrored in TypeScript by utils/MacishType.d.ts)
• runtime/ — the JavaScript runtime bootstrap every host loads before an engine
• scripts/ — the shared external-resources pipeline; make prepare on either platform downloads the pinned data tables into tables/ at the repo root (gitignored)
• artwork/ — archival originals of the app icon, kept for reference

Start here

• Installing or developing on macOS: macos/README.md
• Installing or developing on Linux: fcitx5/README.md (note: fcitx5/ needs the quickjs-ng submodule — clone with --recurse-submodules)
• Writing an engine: engines/README.md

Acknowledgments

Data tables downloaded and bundled by make prepare (each upstream's license, if any, ships alongside its data):

• Associated-phrase and per-character frequency tables — derived from the phrase corpus of McBopomofo, under its MIT License.
• Symbol-name table — derived from Unicode CLDR annotations, under the Unicode License.
• Array30 code tables — derived from gontera/array30, under its license for use by third-party input methods.

License

See LICENSE.