What it is

Miso is a lightweight macOS menu bar utility that lives quietly in your system menu bar and gives you a fast way to change input methods. Instead of digging through system menus, you get a floating HUD overlay listing your input methods — click one to switch immediately. Because it relies on the macOS Text Input Source APIs, Miso needs zero special permissions to work.

Features

Floating HUD overlay — see your available input methods at a glance and switch with a click
Menu bar integration — toggle the overlay on or off straight from the menu bar icon
Zero permissions required — uses standard Text Input Source APIs, no accessibility access to grant
Draggable interface — reposition the overlay anywhere on screen
Configurable — choose which input methods appear in the overlay from Preferences

How to use

Install with Homebrew, or grab a build from the GitHub Releases page:

brew tap hewigovens/tap
brew install --cask miso

Launch Miso from the menu bar, pick the input methods you want in Preferences, then toggle the floating overlay and drag it wherever suits your workflow. Miso runs on macOS 12.0 or later.

Why

Switching between input methods on macOS is more fiddly than it should be, especially when you juggle several languages. Miso keeps the choice visible and one click away — without asking for the kind of system access most switching tools demand.