Replace a bare Rime installation with a fully configured Chinese input experience by copying in the config files and redeploying
Switch between Pinyin, double-pinyin, Wubi, and nine-grid input schemas with a single keyboard shortcut
Apply a pre-built visual theme to your Chinese input method or create your own using the override file approach
Use large built-in dictionaries like Wanxiang and Frost that auto-update via GitHub Actions for better word prediction
Requires Rime (Squirrel on macOS, Weasel on Windows, or IBus/Fcitx5 on Linux) to be installed first, documentation is primarily written in Chinese.
Oh-my-rime is a ready-to-use configuration package for Rime, an open-source input method engine used to type Chinese characters on computers and phones. Rime itself is a powerful but largely unconfigured framework: it works on Windows (as Weasel), macOS (as Squirrel), and Linux (as IBus or Fcitx5), but setting it up well takes time. This project provides a complete starting configuration so users can get a polished Chinese input experience by copying in the files and redeploying Rime, without building the settings from scratch. The README is written primarily in Chinese. The package includes several different input method schemas that users can switch between. The default is Mint Pinyin full-pinyin input, which suits the broadest range of Chinese typists. Other included options are a Xiahe double-pinyin variant (a more compact pinyin system), a mixed input mode combining full pinyin with double-pinyin, an Earth Pinyin variant with a larger vocabulary, and two Wubi stroke-based input methods (the 98 and 86 versions). A nine-grid layout for iOS users is also included. After installation, pressing Ctrl and tilde together lets users cycle through the available schemas. Word dictionaries are a major part of what makes a Chinese input method useful. Oh-my-rime bundles several large dictionaries including the Wanxiang dictionary (used as the primary pinyin dictionary since July 2025), the Rime Ice dictionary for correction assistance, and the Frost dictionary for English words. Most of these are automatically refreshed by GitHub Actions so the word lists stay current without manual updates. Users can also add their own custom vocabulary file alongside the provided ones. Two visual themes come pre-installed: a duckling series and a green pudding series. Users can switch themes through the Squirrel (Mac) or Weasel (Windows) configuration files, or create their own color scheme using an override file approach the documentation recommends. The project links to video tutorials on Bilibili and YouTube, and to written guides covering installation, configuration overrides, and connecting a language model for sentence completion.
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