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É, Ç, À are a struggle
Capital accented letters are required in proper French — but the traditional AZERTY gives you no key for them. With AZERTY Global, Caps Lock + é types É. Done.
Type French properly —
and your own language too
The improved French keyboard layout for everyone living in France.
Easy accented capitals •
Perfect French typography • Smart Caps Lock
International accents •
Developer-friendly symbols
Accented capitals
Smart Caps Lock
Perfect typography
International accents
Dev-friendly symbols
Free and open source • Windows, macOS, Linux • No hardware required
Sound familiar?
You live in France, you use a French AZERTY keyboard — and some things just don't work.
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Your language is missing
No ñ, ü, ã, ì or ø on a French keyboard. AZERTY Global adds simple dead keys for the accents of Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian and many more languages.
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No time to relearn
You finally got used to AZERTY — switching to another layout is not an option. AZERTY Global keeps 99% of your habits: same letters, same numbers, near-zero relearning.
5 improvements, 99% of your habits preserved
The same AZERTY base, with the fixes it always needed.
| Character | With AZERTY Global | On the traditional AZERTY |
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| É È Ç À (accented capitals) | Caps Lock + é 🤯 | Alt codes or copy-paste |
| . (period) | . direct access 🤩 | Shift + ; |
| @ (at sign) | @ top-left key ⚡ | AltGr + 0 |
| á í ó (Spanish, Hungarian…) | ´ then the letter | Alt codes or copy-paste |
| ñ ã õ (Spanish, Portuguese) | ~ then the letter | Alt codes or copy-paste |
| { } (braces) | AltGr + D / F on the home row | AltGr + 4 / = 😤 |
| « » (French quotation marks) | AltGr + W / X | Special character menus |
| œ Œ (as in "cœur") | AltGr + O | Alt codes or copy-paste |
The 5 changes in detail — Smart Caps Lock, direct period access, @ and # on the top-left key, programming symbols on the home row, international accents: see the quick guide.
Your language too
One layout for French and the languages you actually live with.
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Spanish
ñ, á, í, ó, ú, ¿, ¡ — acute accent and tilde as simple dead keys.
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German
ä, ö, ü with the diaeresis key you already know, plus ß.
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Portuguese
ã, õ with the tilde dead key, ç directly on its usual French key.
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Italian
à, è, ì, ò, ù — the grave accent works on every vowel.
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Nordic languages
ø, å, æ and more for Danish, Norwegian and Swedish.
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And many more
Polish, Czech, Turkish, Wolof, Yoruba… AZERTY Global covers the characters of well over one hundred Latin-script languages.
Already adopted
1,000+
cumulative downloads since April 2026
Frequently asked questions
Will I have to relearn how to type?
No. AZERTY Global keeps 99% of your habits: all the letters, the numbers and most symbols stay exactly where they are on a French AZERTY keyboard. Only 5 things change, and each one makes typing easier. A few hours are enough to memorize the main changes.
Do I need to buy a new keyboard?
No. AZERTY Global is a purely software keyboard layout: your current keyboard works as is. It only changes what the keys produce on screen. Printable reference cards are included in the download to help during the first days.
Can I type my own language with a French keyboard?
Yes. AZERTY Global adds dead keys for international accents: á, í, ó for Spanish, ñ and ã for Spanish and Portuguese, ü, ö, ä and ß for German, ì and ò for Italian, ø and å for Nordic languages, and many more — while keeping the French AZERTY base you already use in France.