YOUR MAC. YOUR VOCABULARY.

Goodbye, finger
gymnastics.

Do more with a few letters. Memorable, multi-letter shortcuts for your Mac, built around the way you think.

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Made for macOS · Open source · Yours to customize

CHORD MODEPREVIEW

FinderACTIVE CONTEXT

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⌘ ⇧ H

A LITTLE LEARNING. A LOT LESS CLICKING.KEEP YOUR EXISTING SHORTCUTS.

THE DOCUMENTATION

Find your flow.

Explore the docs

THE ESSENTIALS

Start with a chord

Install Chord and run your first key sequence.

MAKE IT YOURS

Find your toolkit

Add ready-made chords for the apps you use.

GO A LITTLE FURTHER

Write your own

Turn a simple TOML file into your next workflow.

SMALL FILES. BIG POSSIBILITIES.

A language for
your everyday.

Start with a shortcut. Add a shell command. Build something entirely your own with JavaScript and Bun.

Meet the scripting API

chords/macos.toml

# A little vocabulary for your Mac.
name = 'My Chords'

[chords]
# Available from any application.
',t' = {
  name = 'Open Terminal',
  shell = 'open -a Terminal'
}

Plain TOML. No build step for simple chords.