Squirrel
Squirrel is the desktop input method frontend for Rime, a free and open-source Chinese and Japanese text input engine. It provides a modern user interface for accessing Rime's input methods on macOS, allowing users to type in multiple input schemas with customizable dictionaries, phrases, and input styles. The app is developed and maintained by the Rime community as a native macOS application.
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1 suggestionSquirrel is actively maintained by the Rime project and supports native Apple Silicon builds. The developer explicitly provides build instructions for creating Universal Binaries (arm64 and x86_64) as part of the standard compilation process. If you are running an older Intel-only version, the recommended path is to download or rebuild Squirrel as a Universal application. For most users, the simplest approach is to check the official Rime GitHub releases page for a pre-built Universal Binary installer of Squirrel, or use Homebrew if it offers a native formula. Rebuilding from source with the BUILD_UNIVERSAL environment variable set (as documented at https://hantang.github.io/rime-docs/en/macos/INSTALL/) will create a native arm64 build. Contact the Rime project directly if pre-built binaries are not yet available for your specific version.
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