Makro - Free Text Expander w/Rewrite & Encryption Autor: TechHQUSA

The text expander that respects your privacy. Unlimited macros, 44 placeholders, and local AI on the free tier, with no account.

How it works: Type a short trigger word (like "sig") and Makro replaces it with the full text you defined (like your complete email signature). Works in any text field on any website.

Where Makro Differs

• Unlimited macros on the free tier - no 20-snippet cap, no paywall to start.
• Zero-knowledge sync - your macros are encrypted with AES-256-GCM on your device before they sync. Our servers never receive your encryption keys and cannot read what they store. Cloud AI is the exception, and it sees only the text you send it for that one request; choose a local AI provider and even that stays on your machine.
• No account required - install and start expanding immediately. No email, no sign-up.
• Free local AI - use Ollama for Smart Rewrite without sending a single byte to the cloud.
• Switch easily - one-click importer brings your existing snippets across from 11 popular text expander formats, with built-in converters that preserve placeholders, dates, and clipboard tokens.

Key Features

• Text Expansion - Create hotwords that expand into full text snippets. Works in plain text fields, rich text editors, and contenteditable elements. Optional preview before insertion.
• 44 Placeholders on the Free Tier - Insert today's date, clipboard content, selected text, prompted input, counters, dropdown choices, text transforms, and more. Pro adds 6 advanced placeholders: math calculations [$CALC], regex find/replace [$REGEX], nested macros [$MACRO:hotword], day counts [$DAYSUNTIL:date] and [$DAYSSINCE:date], and [$OCR_RESULT] paired with Smart Copy. On Pro the free [$DATE] token also takes a custom format [$DATE:format] and date math [$DATE+Nd]. One more is in beta: the [$IF:cond]...[$ENDIF] conditional.
• Category Organization - Organize macros into categories and subcategories. Drag, move, rename, and restructure as your library grows.
• Markdown Editor - Write macro bodies in Markdown with a full formatting toolbar: bold, italic, headings, lists, code blocks, tables, images, and live preview.
• Browser Spell Check - Native browser spell checking in the macro editor. Catches typos as you type, with right-click suggestions. Runs entirely in your browser - text never leaves your device.
• Keyboard Shortcuts - Assign custom key combinations to any macro for instant expansion without typing a hotword.
• Quick Search (Ctrl+Shift+Space) - Find and insert any macro from a global search popup without opening the extension.
• Clipboard History - Automatically saves recent clipboard entries for quick access. Password-like entries can be auto-excluded. Auto-clear wipes entries flagged as sensitive 30 seconds after capture.
• Smart Copy (OCR) - Extract text from any image on-device via tesseract-wasm. Free on every tier. Optional AI cleanup and structured extraction route through your configured AI provider and are metered against your Makro Credits (local Ollama / LM Studio stay on-device and cost nothing).
• Smart Translate - Translate a macro body or a selection into 12 languages. Available on every tier, 1 credit per translation.
• Right-Click Context Menu - Access your macros from any page via the right-click menu, orgaer structure.
• Macro Favorites & Tags - Star important macros and add tags for quick filtering and organization.
• Usage Statistics - Track per-macro usage with charts, heatmaps, usage insights, and catego
• Import & Export - Back up your whole library to a password-encrypted file you keep. Built-in importer covers 11 popular text expander formats (full list shown in the in-app importer) and still reads older
plain-text Makro exports.
• Bulk Operations - Select, move, or delete multiple macros at once.
• Dark, Light & Auto Themes - Choose dark or light mode, or let it follow your system prefer
• Localization - Available in English, Spanish, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), and Korean.

Pro Features (Cloud Sync + Smart Rewrite) - 1 month free trial

• Sync macros across up to 2 devices with end-to-end encryption (same zero-knowledge AES-256-GCM architecture).
• Smart Rewrite (500 Makro Credits/month) - Rewrite text in different tones: professional, cor custom. Runs on Cloudflare Workers AI through our own proxy, so your text never reaches athird-party AI vendor.
• Semantic Search - Find a macro from what it means, for when you remember the idea but not er.
• Version History - Track changes to individual macros over time.
• Auto-Backup - Scheduled backups (daily, weekly, or monthly) downloaded to your device.
• Shareable Packs - Export macro collections as portable packs and share them with teammates.
• Manage connected devices and resolve sync conflicts.

Premium Features (More Credits + Everything in Pro) - 1 month free trial

• 10,000 Makro Credits per month (vs 500 in Pro).
• Sync across up to 3 devices.
• Priority support.

Beta Features (Early Access) - sign up at makroexpander.com/beta

Open to Pro and Premium subscribers via the beta program. Beta access is granted by signing as-is and may change.

• Smart Variants - context-aware macro bodies that change depending on the site you're on, tge, field type, or operating system. One hotword, multiple expansions.
• Suggest with AI - let Smart Rewrite propose variant bodies for an existing macro, sanitized to your tier and conditions.
• Conditional placeholders [$IF:cond]...[$ELSE]...[$ENDIF] for inline conditional text insid
• Page Variables - capture a value from a page and recall it later with [%VarName].
• Smart Fill - Makro remembers how you filled a form and fills it again next time, on-deviceu filled it on.

What Leaves Your Device

Most text expanders encrypt your snippets on their own servers and hold the keys, so the vens. Makro is built so that it cannot:

• Free tier: all data stays on your device, encrypted at rest. No ads, no third-party analyt
• Cloud sync uses zero-knowledge encryption (AES-256-GCM) - our servers never receive your encryption keys and cannot read your macros. Only devices with your key can decrypt them.
• Local AI option available (Ollama / LM Studio) - get AI features without sending anything ers are the default; Makro Cloud is opt-in.
• Transparent telemetry - every privacy toggle in Settings has an (i) button that shows you the exact mock JSON payload that would be sent before you opt in. Two independent tiers (basic counts, detailed feature
usage), each separately toggleable.
• Minimal data - on first install we record your extension version, platform, locale, and a build-type flag (so our own test installs don't inflate the counts). A weekly heartbeat adds your plan tier and which
of the two UI surfaces you use. Neither carries a device identifier unless you turn on basico, the device ID is one-way hashed (SHA-256) before transmission, so heartbeats cannot belinked to your identity.
• Open privacy policy: https://makroexpander.com/privacy
• Terms of Service: https://makroexpander.com/terms
• Public roadmap & feature voting: https://feedback.makroexpander.com

Free vs Pro vs Premium

Free - Unlimited macros, unlimited categories, clipboard history with sensitive-data filterieholders, on-device Smart Copy (OCR), Smart Translate, usage statistics with heatmap,keyboard shortcuts, favorites & tags, bulk operations, right-click context menu, Markdown editor, dark/light/auto themes, local AI (Ollama / LM Studio), 25 Makro Credits/month for cloud Smart Rewrite and
Translation, spell check, 7 languages, 1 device. No account required.

Pro ($2.99/mo) - Everything in Free + cloud sync (2 devices, E2E encrypted), 500 Makro Credicro version history, auto-backup, shareable packs, 6 advanced placeholders (calc, regex,nested macros, two day counts, and [$OCR_RESULT]) plus custom date formats and date math on [$DATE], and eligibility for the beta program. 1 month free trial.

Premium ($5.99/mo) - Everything in Pro + 10,000 Makro Credits/month, 3 devices, priority support. 1 month free trial.

Beta program (free for Pro+ subscribers) - Smart Variants, Suggest with AI, Page Variables, Smart Fill, and conditional placeholders [$IF:]. Sign up at makroexpander.com/beta. Beta features are provided as-is.