Free · Windows 10 & 11 · No account required

A faster text expander
for Windows.

A text expander for Windows that also covers hotkeys, macros, and clipboard history. All in one app. Free during beta.

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Signed by Node Group Ltd Snippets stay on your machine. No accounts, no cloud Used daily by a 10-person engineering team

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01 Compare

Switching from TextExpander?

Keyfire is more than a text expander, and it's free during beta.

Feature	Keyfire	TextExpander
Price	Free (beta)	$40+/year
Platform	Windows	Mac, Win, iOS
Text snippets	✓	✓
Placeholders / fill-ins	✓	✓
Hotkeys	✓	—
Macros	✓	—
Clipboard manager	✓	—
Radial menus	✓	—
Account required	No	Yes
Data stays on device	Yes	Cloud sync
Source code public	Yes	No

Comparison based on publicly listed TextExpander pricing and features, June 2026.

02 Text expansion

Everything a text expander should do.

Type a short trigger anywhere in Windows and Keyfire replaces it with the full text, instantly.

Snippets with placeholders

Drop {name}, {date}, or {clipboard} into any snippet and Keyfire fills them in at the moment it fires.

Fill-in fields

Snippets can pause for input. A small pop-up form asks for the variable parts, then pastes the finished text in one go.

App-specific profiles

Different hotkey setups per app, switched automatically as you change windows. Your CAD shortcuts never fire in Outlook.

Works in any Windows app

Expansion happens at the input layer, not through per-app plugins. Snippets fire in Word, Outlook, browsers, IDEs, and terminals.

Local-first

Your snippets live in a local file on your machine and never leave it. No account, no sync service. The only usage data sent is an anonymous daily count, with an off switch in Settings.

Visual editor

Rich-text snippet editor with an insert menu for placeholders. No scripting language, no config files to learn.

03 Trust

Built for real work, in the open.

Used daily on real projects

Keyfire is used every day at Node Group, a 10-person civil engineering consultancy, for project documentation, RFI responses, and drawing markups.

Signed installer

Every release is code-signed by Node Group Ltd through Microsoft Trusted Signing, so Windows can verify the publisher before you run it.

Public source code

The complete source is published on GitHub. Anyone can read exactly what the app does with their keystrokes.

04 FAQ

Questions, answered.

Can I import my TextExpander snippets?

Not automatically yet; an importer for competitor formats is on the roadmap. Snippets are quick to re-create in the visual editor, and you can paste your existing snippet text straight in.

Does it work in Word, Outlook, Chrome, and VS Code?

Yes. Keyfire watches typing at the Windows input layer rather than through per-app plugins, so expansions fire in any app that accepts text: Office, browsers, IDEs, terminals, and chat apps.

Is my data sent to the cloud?

No. Snippets, settings, and clipboard history are stored in local files on your machine. There is no account and no sync service. The app makes two kinds of network call: an update check against GitHub, and a once-daily anonymous usage summary (counts of fired expansions and macros plus the app version, no content, no identifiers) that you can turn off in Settings.

Why is it free?

Keyfire is in public beta. Feedback is worth more than revenue right now, so the full feature set, including Pro features, is free while the beta runs.

What happens when v1.0 ships? Will I have to pay?

The core feature set stays free, including text expansion. At v1.0 an optional Pro licence adds extras like advanced analytics and shared snippet libraries. Anyone who joins during the beta gets Pro at half price for their first year.

Is the source code public?

Yes. The full source is on GitHub under the Keyfire Source-Available Licence: free to read and audit, not to redistribute. The installer you download is built from that source and signed by Node Group Ltd.

A faster text expanderfor Windows.