TextGO
TextGO is a cross-platform text processing app that lets you trigger actions on selected text, such as conversions, searches, translations, and custom workflows.
What is TextGO?
TextGO is a text processing and automation app for macOS and Windows. It helps users act on selected text without switching between multiple tools, making it useful for writing, research, development, and everyday text cleanup. You can trigger actions with hotkeys, double-click, Shift-click, or drag selection, then run a command immediately or choose from a floating toolbar. The app supports built-in text actions as well as custom rules, scripts, regular expressions, web searches, and AI-powered actions. It also includes history, appearance controls, and import or export options for settings, which can help users build repeatable text workflows across different tasks. Published by Xylitol, TextGO is best suited for people who frequently transform, inspect, search, translate, or reuse text across apps on their desktop.
Key features
- Trigger actions from selected text using hotkeys, double-click, Shift-click, or drag-select
- Convert, inspect, search, translate, or reformat text with built-in actions
- Choose between immediate execution and a floating toolbar for multi-step workflows
- Create custom rules with regular expressions, scripts, and recognition logic
- Use local or cloud AI actions for text processing tasks
- Save results to history for later review or reuse
- Customize themes, toolbar appearance, and popup behavior
- Import and export settings to move workflows between setups
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
TextGO performs actions on text you select, so it may request Accessibility access on macOS to read selections and insert results back into apps. That access is normal for its purpose, but it gives the app broad control over text interaction, so only keep it installed if you use those features and review any custom scripts, extensions, or AI actions before enabling them. If you remove the app, any text shortcuts or custom workflows you created in it will stop working.
Recommendation: Keep TextGO if you actively use text shortcuts, conversions, or custom text workflows on your Mac. If you no longer use it, removing it is usually fine, but expect to lose its saved rules, history, and quick text actions unless you export or back up your settings first.
Common paths
/Applications/TextGO.app
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