Open Source · Free · Bring Your Own Key

Improve your English
in any app

Select text, press a hotkey, pick a preset. Text Better rewrites your English to sound natural, correct, or professional — right inside Outlook, Slack, Word, or any application.

Download for free
Windows & macOS · No account needed · Your API key stays on your machine

How it works

01

Select text

Highlight the text you want to improve in any application — email, chat, document, or browser.

02

Press the hotkey

Hit Ctrl+Alt+R (or your custom shortcut). A floating popup appears with your captured text.

03

Pick a preset

Choose from 7 presets like Fix Grammar, Make Formal, or Translate to EN. Hit Enter to rewrite, then Replace to swap it in.

Built for non-native English speakers

Works everywhere

Uses OS accessibility APIs (UI Automation on Windows, AXUIElement on macOS) to capture text from any app. Clipboard fallback included.

Streaming rewrites

Watch the improved text arrive token by token. Cancel anytime if the rewrite goes in the wrong direction.

Diff view

See exactly what changed. The original and improved text sit side by side with deletions and additions highlighted.

Undo replace

Replaced the wrong thing? Hit Ctrl+Z to instantly undo and restore the original text in the source app.

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API key in OS keychain

Your API key is stored in the Windows Credential Manager or macOS Keychain — never in a plain-text config file.

Bring your own provider

Use OpenRouter, Ollama Cloud, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Swap models anytime — Claude, GPT, Gemini, open-source models, your call.

7 built-in presets

Each with a carefully tuned system prompt. Customize them in Settings.

Improve English
Fix Grammar
Make Formal
~ Make Casual
Simplify
Translate to EN
Make Polite

Start writing better today

Free, open-source, and runs quietly in your system tray.

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