The model runs on your PC.
Your keystrokes stay there too.
Most AI writing tools work by sending what you type to a server. Typeahead was built the opposite way: the language model runs locally through llama.cpp, suggestions are generated and discarded in memory, and there's no server that ever sees your text.
How Cloud Writing Assistants Work
The typical browser-extension writing assistant intercepts what you type, sends it to a remote server for processing, and streams a suggestion back. That round-trip means your draft, your emails, and your messages pass through infrastructure you don't control.
- Text is transmitted off-device for every suggestion generated
- An account is usually required, tying your writing to an identity
- Vendor privacy policies vary, and can change after you've started using the tool
- No connection means no suggestions — the tool stops working offline
How Typeahead Works
Typeahead downloads a compact language model once, then runs it locally through llama.cpp every time it generates a suggestion. There is no server in the suggestion loop at all.
- The only network calls Typeahead makes are downloading the model and checking for app updates
- No keystroke logging — suggestions are computed and discarded in memory, not stored or transmitted
- No account, no sign-in, no analytics tied to what you write
- Works with Wi-Fi off, once the model is on disk
Nothing here needs to be configured to be safe — these protections are on out of the box.
Password fields are always ignored
Typeahead never generates or shows suggestions in a password input, and there's no setting that turns this protection off.
Password managers & finance apps protected
These app categories are excluded by default, so Typeahead doesn't read or suggest inside them without you explicitly changing that.
No server in the suggestion path
The model runs through llama.cpp on your own hardware. Generating a suggestion never involves a network request.
No text telemetry, no account
There's nothing to sign into and nothing tracking what you type. The app doesn't know who you are beyond a Microsoft Store license check.
The category is full of browser extensions that route your keystrokes through a server. Typeahead doesn't.
| Typeahead | Cloud writing assistants | |
|---|---|---|
| Where text is processed | On your device | Sent to a server |
| Account required | No | Usually yes |
| Works offline | Yes | No |
| Password field protection | Always on, no toggle | Varies by vendor |
| Typing telemetry | None | Varies by vendor |
| Pricing | $9.99 once | Monthly subscription |
Does any of my typed text leave my computer?
Does Typeahead log my keystrokes?
Do I need an account to use it?
Is it safe to use around passwords and financial apps?
What model does it run, and where does it run?
An autocomplete tool with no server to trust
One-time purchase, no subscription. Windows 10 / Windows 11.