Text Expander: Snippets & Shortcuts

Type a short shortcut and it expands into your saved text snippet on any website. No account — everything stays on your device.

Text Expander: Snippets & Shortcuts turns the phrases you type every day into two-keystroke shortcuts. Save any text as a snippet, give it a short trigger like ;sig or ;addr, and the instant you type that trigger in a text field on any website it expands into your full saved text. Email signatures, mailing addresses, canned responses, meeting links, code snippets, AI prompts — type two characters instead of two paragraphs. It is a snippet manager, autotext tool, abbreviation expander and auto text engine in one tiny, private extension. ⚡ BUILT TO EXPAND WHERE OTHERS FAIL Text expansion tools usually break exactly where you need them most: rich-text editors, chat apps, and modern sites that redraw the page as you use them. This text expander was engineered for the modern web: • Works in Gmail compose, Slack web, Discord web and other rich-text editors • Works in plain inputs, textareas, search boxes, comment forms, CRMs and help desks • Survives single-page apps: brand-new fields expand instantly — no page refresh, ever • Plays nicely with React and Vue sites, so the page really registers your expanded text and nothing is lost when you hit Send or Submit • Works inside embedded editor frames on classic websites • Never expands in password fields, and never interferes with fields it cannot help in • Typed a shortcut by accident? Press Backspace or Ctrl+Z once and your original text is back ✅ NO ACCOUNT. NO SIGN-UP. NO NAGGING. Install and start expanding in seconds — no account, no sign-up wall, no onboarding hoops. Create ten text snippets or ten thousand: this extension does not count, meter or nag, and your shortcut library grows right along with you. 🔒 100% LOCAL AND PRIVATE Your snippets live in your browser's local storage on your own device — and nowhere else. No server, no cloud, no sync account, no telemetry, no analytics, no network requests. Nothing you type is ever collected or transmitted. If a text expander is going to sit in your keyboard's path all day, it should be one that keeps everything on your machine. This one does. ✨ DYNAMIC SNIPPETS Make your text snippets smart with variables: • {cursor} — the caret lands exactly there after expansion, ready to keep typing • {date} and {time} — today's date and the current time, in your local format • {date+7} — a date N days from now, perfect for follow-ups and deadlines • {date:YYYY-MM-DD} — custom date formats with YYYY, MM, DD, MMM, ddd, HH, mm tokens • {clipboard} — pastes your current clipboard contents into the snippet • {ask:Name} — fill-in prompts: a small dialog asks you for values as the snippet expands, so one template becomes a personalized message. Tab between fields, Enter inserts, Esc cancels. 📁 YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS One-click export of all snippets to JSON or CSV for backup. Import from JSON or CSV — including CSV files exported from other text expansion tools, with a preview of exactly what will be imported. Duplicates are skipped and conflicting shortcuts are renamed automatically, so migrating your macros takes a minute and loses nothing. ⚙️ IN CONTROL, ALWAYS • Expand immediately on match, or only after a space, Enter or punctuation — your choice • Disable expansion on specific sites with one click from the popup • Global on/off switch for when you need to type a shortcut literally • Instant search across all your shortcuts and their contents • Dark mode included • Featherweight: one small content script, no background polling 💼 WHO SAVES HOURS WITH A TEXT EXPANDER • Customer support: canned responses and troubleshooting steps in one keystroke • Sales and outreach: personalized templates with {ask:} fill-ins for each prospect • Recruiters: candidate outreach, scheduling messages, rejection and offer letters • Healthcare professionals: charting phrases and patient instructions typed once, reused safely • Developers: code snippets, terminal commands, commit message templates, bug-report boilerplate • Students and writers: citations, standard paragraphs, email etiquette • AI power users: a prompt manager for ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude — store your best prompts as shortcuts like ;summarize and fire them into any chat box instantly 🚀 START IN 30 SECONDS 1. Install, then try the practice box on the welcome page — type ;hello and watch it expand. 2. Click the toolbar icon → New snippet. Give it a shortcut like ;sig and the text it expands to. 3. Type your shortcut anywhere on the web. Done — the snippet appears in place, caret positioned and ready. A good shortcut starts with a character you rarely type, like a semicolon: ;me for your bio, ;tel for your phone number, ;inv for an invoice note, ;gpt for your favorite AI prompt. 🌐 WORKS WITH YOUR BROWSER Runs on Chrome and Chromium-based browsers including Edge, Brave and Opera. Note: canvas-based editors such as Google Docs are not supported. ❓ FREQUENTLY ASKED Do I need an account? No. Install it and start typing shortcuts right away — there is nothing to sign up for and no account to manage. Where is my data? In your browser's local extension storage, on your device. Export to JSON or CSV anytime for backup — import on a new machine and keep working. Does it slow pages down? No. It is a tiny script that only watches for your shortcuts as you type in a text field. No network requests, no background tasks, no lag. Will it fight my keyboard shortcuts? No. It only reacts to the shortcut text you define, and an accidental expansion is one Backspace away from undone. Stop retyping the same words. Install Text Expander: Snippets & Shortcuts — the private, reliable auto text and snippet manager that types the boring parts for you.