Music in every keystroke

Plink lives in your Mac's menu bar. Each key you press plays a note inside the current chord, in any app, so everything you type comes out in key.

One purchase, no subscription.
macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.

This is a small web sketch. The app plays sampled instruments with voice-led chords and adaptive dynamics.

Pick a voice

Three of the twelve, roughed in for the browser.

Built like an instrument

Always in keyNotes come from the current chord. Clashes are impossible by construction.

Real sampled instrumentsA concert grand, tenor sax, electric piano, drawbar organ, and more.

Chords follow your paceSlow typing blooms into voicings. Fast bursts stay a clean line.

Voice-led melodyOctaves bend toward the last note, so typing produces stepwise phrases.

Mechanical keys tooPer-key recorded switch sounds, with no two keyboards alike per session.

SoundscapesRain that swells while you work. A distant front. A vintage typewriter.

Menu bar nativeA small Swift app. No Electron, near-zero CPU when idle.

Private by designNothing you type is recorded, stored, or sent anywhere.

Twelve vibes, one keyboard

A vibe is an instrument plus a musical brain. Switch from the menu bar as the mood changes.

Dream PianoA concert grand, sampled note by note. The full 1.2 GB piano downloads itself after install.

EtherealDetuned unison sines on a 16-voice synth. Weightless.

JazzA breathy tenor sax that plays connected, legato phrases.

Gospel OrganDrawbar organ chords that swell under your hands.

LofiDusty descending sevenths over a swung boom-bap kit that starts when you type.

InspirationalPipe-organ ranks, a slow swell, cathedral reverb.

KalimbaSmall, bright, close. Good for late nights.

NK CreamA mechanical keyboard, recorded key by key. No notes, all thock.

Foamless ClackBright clicky switches for people who like to be heard.

TypewriterVintage keys, a bell on Enter.

RainstormRain that swells while you type, with distant thunder. Meditation mode.

Distant WarFar-off artillery answers your keystrokes. For deadline week.

How it works

InstallDownload the app, drag it to Applications, open it. It lives in your menu bar.
Allow AccessibilityPlink listens for keystrokes through the macOS Accessibility permission. You switch it on once in System Settings.
Type anywhereDocs, email, code, chat. Pick a vibe, set the volume, get to work.

It never records or stores what you type. Keystrokes map to notes by key position and timing, then they are gone.

Everything runs on your Mac. No account, no analytics, no network calls except the one-time instrument download.

One price, everything included

$5.99

Pay once, keep it. Use it on every Mac you own.

Buy Plink for $5.99

Direct download, about 90 MB. The grand piano fetches itself later.

All twelve vibes included, plus every update we ship.

macOS 15 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.

Broken for you? Email within 14 days and we refund it.