用户词库日志存的是调频写下的绝对权重。词库升级换了权重量级后(msime-dictionary 把拼音词频对齐万象,「了 le」从 348 万变成 5200 万),安装时的回放仍把旧词库上 调出来的 650 万写回去,打 l 时「了」排到「来」「里」后面。 回放现在用数据目录里 dictionary-manifest.json 记的 msime.db SHA-256 认出厂词库, 并在日志新增的 dictionary_state 表记下回放到哪份。同一份词库照旧原样写回;换了 词库(或日志还没有记录)时,自动调频的行只在高过新出厂权重时写回,否则保留新 权重并把日志改记成新权重。用户手动加的词和删除不变。 设置页改权重改走新的 record_weight_edit,记在新增的 weight_edited 列里,换词库时 照写不让位;之后的自动调频覆盖同一行时清掉这个标记。
Metasequoia IME for Windows
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A free and open-source Chinese and Japanese input method for Windows 10 and 11, built on TSF with no legacy IMM32 path.
This repository is the whole Windows product: the TSF text service DLL, the resident server, the conversion engine, a self-written native GUI framework, the HTML surfaces and the installer. The engine was imported from MSIME-Engine and specialized for Windows; it now lives in engine/ as a first-party component, so a plain clone builds the product. See engine/UPSTREAM.md.
This is a public beta. Expect rough edges and read the release notes before upgrading.
Install
Download the installer from Releases or the download page, run it, then switch with Win + Space.
Current builds are not code signed. SmartScreen will block them and uiAccess is unavailable, which means the candidate window cannot float above elevated applications. Verify the download with the SHA256 published on the download page.
You need the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 Redistributable (x64). The server and settings app are 64-bit; the x86 redistributable is a separate package and does not substitute for it. If you cannot switch to the IME, the server keeps exiting, or the settings window closes immediately, install that first.
What it does
- Chinese input: full pinyin, double pinyin (Xiaohe / Ziranma / Shoudao / Microsoft / Sogou / Ziguang / Zhineng ABC / Guobiao / Pinyin Jiajia), Wubi 86
- Japanese input: romaji, with hiragana, katakana and dictionary candidates; also available as a temporary mode from Chinese
- Helpcode (形码) filtering on pinyin schemes: six tables, single- and double-code
- Optional cloud candidates, and AI suggestions via DeepSeek / OpenAI / SiliconFlow / Groq
- English-Chinese glosses in the vertical candidate window
- Mixed Chinese-English input, emoji and kaomoji, a dedicated English candidate mode
- Local input statistics (off by default): character counts and active time stay on this machine; view and clean them under Settings → Statistics
- Voice input with streaming recognition and optional cleanup
- Handwriting, on-screen keyboard, floating toolbar, clipboard history
- User dictionary management, candidate frequency tuning, skins with light and dark variants
Privacy
An input method sees every keystroke, so the boundaries are stated explicitly in PRIVACY.md: which features reach the network, what each one sends, what the defaults are, and how to turn each off.
Two things worth knowing up front. Cloud candidates are on by default — the composition spelling goes to Google's input-tools service, and it is the only network feature that works without you supplying a credential. API tokens are stored in plain text in config.toml, unlike macOS and Linux which use the Keychain and Secret Service.
There is no telemetry, analytics or crash reporting of any kind.
Building and contributing
CONTRIBUTING.md has the environment, the build order and what to run before opening a pull request. Contributions do not have to be code — dictionary entries, documentation, icons and compatibility testing all count, and the recruiting page lists them by area.
Note that most issues, documentation and code comments are in Chinese. English pull requests and issues are welcome.
Code signing policy
Free code signing provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.
What is signed, who the committers, reviewers and approvers are, the build and release process and the current status are in the code signing policy. The privacy policy is PRIVACY.md.
Licence
GPL-3.0. See LICENSE and THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt.