# aardio/ImTip

IᵐTⁱᵖ  桌面助手：超级热键 · AI 集成 · 输入跟踪，仅 906 KB

Repository: https://github.com/aardio/ImTip
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/imtip
Homepage: https://imtip.aardio.com
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: aardio, ime, input-method, input-method-editor, win32, windows, windows10, imtip
Last push: 2026-07-22T14:59:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1567, "days_push": 42, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2610, forks 139 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:04.296128+00:00)

## What it is
ImTip is a lightweight (under 1 MB) Windows desktop assistant that shows real-time input method and keyboard state indicators at the text cursor, plus a programmable 'super hotkey' system. It also integrates LLM APIs into a customizable desktop AI assistant for translation, dictionary lookups, and other tasks.

## Use cases
- show current input method state near the cursor
- avoid typing in the wrong language or full/half-width mode
- set up global hotkeys for translation and dictionary lookup
- turn an LLM API into a desktop AI assistant
- quickly convert numbers to financial uppercase Chinese characters
- hide the input method status bar for a cleaner screen

## When to choose
- you're on Windows and constantly mistype due to IME state confusion
- you want a tiny, dependency-free utility with very low CPU usage
- you want hotkey-triggered AI translation or dictionary on any application
- you use multiple input methods or keyboard layouts and need visual feedback

## When to avoid
- you're on macOS or Linux - it is Windows-only (XP through Win11)
- you need a full-featured AI chat client rather than a lightweight assistant
- you don't use input methods or want hotkey/AI features at all

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: llm-inference, chatbot, developer-tools, gui, nlp
- domain: developer-tools, windows, large-language-models
- platform: windows
- tags: input-method, ime, hotkeys, translation, desktop-assistant, aardio, input-tracking, lightweight, localization, desktop

## Member repositories
- aardio/ImTip (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.296128+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:20:52.512234+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aardio/ImTip (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:04.296128+00:00, sha 43bcdf709ede)
  - homepage: https://imtip.aardio.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:03:59.319480+00:00, sha fc170117a27a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.