Lightning Assist features

Every feature, in action. Scroll through each clip to see exactly what Lightning Assist does — text expansion, AI commands, voice-to-text, team sharing, and more.

What Lightning Assist does, in one paragraph

Lightning Assist is a native text expander for Windows, macOS and Linux: type a short trigger and it expands into a full snippet in any app, with placeholders, folders and shared team libraries. On top of that it adds AI commands that rewrite, translate or summarise selected text in place, push-to-talk voice typing, suggestions as you type and Lightning Recall. Text expansion is free with up to 20 snippets; Pro is $5.99/month.

Go deeper: how the text expander works · triggers and hotkey modes · AI commands in any app

Features

What Pro adds

Text expansion is free forever. Pro is for the day your library outgrows your memory — three things that bring the right snippet to you instead of making you remember it.

Everything else — expansion in every app, folders, one team, AI on credits — is free forever. See the full comparison on Pricing

Animated illustrations of the features, not screen recordings.

Type to expand

Type your trigger and the snippet expands instantly inline — no shortcuts needed.

Multi-step snippets

Insert TAB and ENTER between fields so a single trigger fills entire forms.

Dynamic placeholders

Use [#name#] tokens to fill personalized variables on the fly.

Quick Access window

Press a hotkey, search any snippet by name, paste it anywhere.

AI Chat with context

Select text in any app and chat with AI about it — no copy-paste.

Works across your apps

Gmail, Slack, IDE, terminal, Word — same snippets, every app.

Push-to-talk voice

Hold a hotkey, speak, release — your words land as text in any app.

AI Enhance any text

Select text, press a hotkey, get rewritten/summarized/translated output.

Team snippet sharing

Share snippet libraries across your team — same content, everyone.

Preview before paste

See the rendered snippet in a popup before it lands in the target field — press the preview hotkey (Hotkey mode) or open it from the top bar.

Refer friends, earn free months

Invite a friend — when they subscribe to Pro and stay 14 days, you get a promo code for a free month.

Text expansion is free — the rest is a click away

Free forever, no card. AI rewrites and voice dictation run on credits, some free to start. Unlimited snippets and snippets that pop up while you write come with the 14-day Pro trial. Windows, macOS, Linux.

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