Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- MacPorts
- XQuartz
- GNOME


WizKey is described as 'Makes it easy to type accented and other special Unicode characters using a standard US/UK keyboard with easy to remember keyboard shortcuts' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to WizKey for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web-based, iPhone and BSD apps. The best WizKey alternative is WinCompose, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WizKey are Retro Typer, Rocket, BabelMap and Character Map.


Holdkey is a Windows program that makes it easy to type characters with accents.

Mac OS X application to explore Unicode. Analyse and convert Unicode strings for HTML or programming. Supports UniHan, Services, AppleScript and more.


Extra Keys is a software input panel for typing international accented and other special characters.

Use Copy Paste Character to insert proper typographic characters, such as “quotation marks” and the interrobang ?, or simply use it to spice up your e-mail messages, tweets, or text messages with h?ppy faces, sn?wmen or ? arrows ?.
Splice brings Slack-style emoji triggers and GIF search to macOS, so the right reaction is always a few keystrokes away.



