Custom Cyrillic keyboard layouts for macOS

This repository contains customized Cyrillic/ Russian transliteration keyboard layouts for ISO and ANSI physical keyboards, for use on macOS.

It started from the fact that I didn't know how to touch-type in Russian and ocasionally used Nordic (ISO) and US (ANSI) physical keyboards.

Features

• Both layouts mostly follow "ГОСТ 16876-71" as implemented on e.g. Translit web-site.

• Layouts were modified to allow entering Cyrillic/ Russian symbols on both standard ANSI and Nordic (Finnish/ Swedish) ISO keyboards.

  • "ch" -> "ч"
  • "zh" -> "ж"
  • "sh" -> "ш"
  • "shh" -> "щ"
  • "j" -> "й"
  • "je" -> "э"
  • "jo" -> "ё"
  • "ju" -> "ю"
  • "jа" -> "я"

• Keymap

  • ANSI
  • Nordic ISO

• Each layout has a corresponding icon with double flags.

  

• Standard macOS shortcuts (like ⌘-c) work correctly

• Tested on macOS Big Sur and Ventura

Installation

1. Clone this repository.

2. Copy the .bundle or ./source/*.keylayout file(s) to the ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/ folder and restart your mac.

   E.g. from the repo folder run the command in Terminal:

   cp -R "./ru_us-and-ru_fi_translit_AK.bundle" ~/Library/Keyboard\ Layouts/

3. Add the new keyboard layout(s) via System Preferences. If not listed under Russian language, try Others section.

Related

• YouType: display the current keyboard layout in the status bar as flags in macOS.

Credits

Created using Ukelele.