Desktop assistant for AI coding

Write clearer prompts. Read AI output faster.

LingoKey is a small system-level window for developers who think in Chinese, work with English AI coding tools, and want less copy-paste friction.

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Open-source desktop app for AI coding

What It Does

One compact window, a complete language loop.

LingoKey keeps the product narrow: polish before you send, explain after you read, save what matters, and review useful expressions later.

Prompt Polish

Turn Chinese or mixed-language drafts into direct, natural prompts for Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI coding assistant.

Conservative and enhanced rewrite modes
Diff highlighting for every change
Keyboard-first copy and quick submit

Instant Explain

Select unfamiliar English from AI output and open a lightweight explanation with meaning, context, and alternate phrasing.

Meaning in your native language
Technical context instead of generic translation
Hotkey trigger with clipboard fallback

History and Reuse

Copied and confirmed results are saved to your history so useful phrasing, explanations, and favorites stay close at hand.

Recent prompt polish and explain items
Favorites that can guide future prompt polish
Account-backed remote storage for history and review

Flashcards

Turn explanations into a small review deck for the phrases, sentence patterns, and technical wording you actually met while coding.

Add explained expressions from history
Review with Again / Know feedback
Due cards surface first when you return

Product Introduction

A small language layer between you and AI coding tools.

LingoKey lives at the system level, appears when you need it, and helps turn everyday coding friction into reusable language memory.

Think in Chinese, send in clear English

Draft naturally in Chinese, English, or both. LingoKey preserves the technical intent and rewrites it into a prompt that is ready for coding agents.

Understand output without leaving flow

Select unfamiliar wording from AI output and get a focused explanation with meaning, technical context, and useful alternatives.

Keep expressions you will use again

History, favorites, and flashcards turn polished prompts and explanations into a lightweight personal phrasebook.

How It Works

A shorter loop around AI coding.

Summon LingoKey

Press the main hotkey. A compact always-on-top window opens with the input already focused.

Ctrl + Shift + L

Polish the Prompt

Write in Chinese, English, or a mix. LingoKey rewrites it into your configured learning language while preserving technical intent.

Copy, Send, and Save

Copy the result into your AI coding assistant. Confirmed results are added to local history, and favorites can shape matching future rewrites.

Explain on Demand

When AI output contains an unfamiliar phrase, select it and press the explain hotkey for native-language context.

Ctrl + Shift + E

Review What Stuck

Send important explanations to flashcards so the wording you struggled with can come back for a quick review.

Built for keyboard-first developers

Main, explain, and settings shortcuts are customizable. The app also supports history, flashcards, theme, opacity, always-on-top, auto-start, language pair, and provider settings.

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