Every keystroke, a note.
Each key you press sends a glow up from your screen — right where that key sits. Writing, coding and chatting get a little more rhythm.
A tiny, delightful keyboard visualizer
Lives in your menu bar. No Dock icon. Never in your way.
Follows your keys
Press a key on the left, light rises on the left. Press one on the right, it rises on the right. Your keyboard becomes an instrument.
8 animation styles
Equalizer, Ripple, Flow, Meteor, Blossom, Sapling, Deep Sea and Cat Paw — one for every mood.
8 themes
Spectral, Fire, Aurora, Ocean, Sakura, Matrix, Moonlight and Neon, flowing across your keyboard.
Typing sounds
Click, Mechanical or Melody. In Melody mode keys play a scale from low to high — every sentence becomes a tune.
Typing stats
Today's count live in your menu bar, plus keys per minute, day streak and a 7-day chart. Share a poster in one click.
Battery friendly
Animations sleep when you stop typing. Multi-display, full screen, launch at login and one-click pause.
Bottom or menu bar
Show the animation along the bottom of your screen, or let it dance under the menu bar.
Fine-tune everything
Height, glow, keyboard width and offset — with presets for every MacBook from 13" to 16".
Reads keys, never words
Only which key was pressed — never what you type. Nothing recorded, nothing uploaded, no internet.
Download Happy Type
Choose your platform.
Windows
Windows 10 / 11 · 64-bit · about 2 MB
Download installer (.exe)- Top or bottom of the screen, click-through
- Equalizer, Deep Sea bubbles, Cat paws and more
- Themes update online, no reinstall
If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click “More info” → “Run anyway”. The installer is not code-signed yet.
macOS
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon & Intel · about 3 MB
Download installer (.dmg)- Lives in the menu bar, no Dock icon
- 8 animation styles · 8 themes
- Free tier + one-time Pro purchase (WeChat Pay)
Notarized by Apple, opens normally. On first launch, grant access in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Input Monitoring.
Free to download. Pay once.
No subscription. No ads.
Free
- Equalizer, Ripple and Flow
- All 8 themes
- Typing sounds & typing stats
- Bottom or menu bar placement
- Every setting
Happy Type Pro
- Everything in Free
- Unlocks Meteor, Blossom, Sapling, Deep Sea, Cat Paw
- All future styles included
- Try any style free for 30 seconds
- Family Sharing & Restore Purchases
Price shown in USD; your local App Store price may vary.
What you type stays yours
Happy Type needs macOS Input Monitoring — and uses it for exactly one thing.
- Only reads which key you pressUsed solely to decide where on screen the animation appears.
- Never reads your textNo characters, no history, nothing recorded or uploaded.
- No data collection, no trackingNo analytics or tracking SDKs. The Mac App Store edition runs in the sandbox and never goes online; the direct-download edition connects only to buy Pro and to update themes, and never sends keystrokes or usage data.