Frequently asked questions
Short answers to what people ask first. The details are in the guide and the privacy policy.
Is it a keylogger?
No. The keyboard hook looks at each key only to see whether it is one of your chords; nothing is recorded, nothing is sent to the developer, and there is no telemetry. The only text CyrFlip keeps is what you switch on yourself - the clipboard history and the quick notes (both off by default, both encrypted with Windows DPAPI). Two optional features send something, both off by default and only when you press a button: the translator (the selected text, to the Ollama address you set - by default a program on your own computer) and the clipboard on the server (what is on the clipboard, encrypted for your own devices, to the exchange server you signed in to). The privacy policy is published in all 13 interface languages.
Does it switch the layout by itself?
No, and on purpose. It acts only on your chord, so it cannot misfire in an IDE, a terminal, a game or a password field, and there is no exclusion list to maintain. The one automatic thing is the indicator, which only shows the layout.
Why does the translator need Ollama?
It does not, unless you turn the translator on. It is off by default and, while it is off, CyrFlip opens no network socket. When on, CyrFlip hands the selected text to Ollama running on your own computer and the model translates it - CyrFlip sends the text, it does not translate, and it makes no promise about which languages a given model handles. No account, no key, nothing goes to the developer or to a cloud service.
Why does Windows warn about the ZIP?
The ZIP from GitHub, and the one winget installs, is not code-signed, so SmartScreen or an antivirus may stop it until that file has a reputation. Why Windows or an antivirus may warn says what the warning means and exactly what to click. The Microsoft Store build is signed by Microsoft and avoids it.
Not answered here? See Support.