The Free, Private Text Expander for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox

Published March 25, 2026 · Updated July 1, 2026

Repetitive tasks eat up time, whether you're a student, a professional, or just someone who types a lot. Automating those recurring phrases, sentences, or entire paragraphs with a simple hotword saves that time, and you can do it while keeping your data completely private.

Makro is a text expansion browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, built as a privacy-first tool for the modern web.

Unlimited Macros, Unbreakable Privacy, and Smarter Rewrites

Makro's free tier lets you define an unlimited number of macros and perform unlimited expansions. You can create shortcuts for everything - email signatures, common code snippets, frequently used responses, and more. Simply set a hotword (like /sig for your signature), and Makro automatically expands it into its full form whenever you type it in any text field. None of your data ever leaves your device if you don't want it to.

Privacy is central to how Makro works. We employ zero-knowledge encryption using AES-256-GCM with device-derived keys. Your macros are stored as encrypted blobs on our servers (pro/premium), meaning we can never access or read their content. Your license keys are hashed using SHA-256 before any network request, so they are never sent in plain text. We don't track your behavior, and any anonymous telemetry is opt-in.

Makro also gives you control over your AI. For advanced features like AI Smart Rewrite, you have the option to process locally using Ollama, keeping your data entirely offline. For those who prefer cloud convenience, our paid plans offer AI processing proxied through Makro's own servers, never through third-party services.

Key Features:

Hotword Text Expansion: Insert pre-defined text snippets with customizable hotwords.
Rich Formatting: Your expanded text can include formatting, just like you typed it.
Dynamic Placeholders: Use syntax like [$Name], [$Date], or [$Clipboard] to insert dynamic information.
Category Organization: Keep your macros tidy with up to 3 levels of category organization.
AI Smart Rewrite: Rephrase, shorten, or formalize text with optional local or proxied AI processing.
Clipboard History (Opt-in): A helpful, local-only feature to recall previous copied items.
Smart Copy (Beta): Extract text from images directly within your browser.
Import Options: Migrate your existing snippets from TextExpander, Espanso, aText, CSV, and JSON.
Multi-Language Support: Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese.

Getting Started is Simple:

Makro is available on the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons. The free tier works without even needing an account - download it, define your first macro, and start saving time immediately. If you're looking for advanced features like cloud sync across devices or unlimited OCR, our Pro and Premium plans include a 30-day free trial.

Makro is a text expander for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox that keeps your macros private. Download it to define your first macro and start saving time.