US International keyboard layout
Shares rank 5 of 7 keyboard layouts by recommenders
Lets you write code and many natural languages on a QWERTY keyboard, with dead keys for accents. Main caveat: it can clash with keyboard shortcuts.
Lets you write code and many natural languages on a QWERTY keyboard, with dead keys for accents. Main caveat: it can clash with keyboard shortcuts.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works for code and natural languages
“It's the only relatively sane option that allows me to write both code and all the natural languages”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Writing non-English languages with a QWERTY keyboard” Consistent key-plus-letter combinations
“all combinations are sensible (i.e. key for the symbol + key for the letter)”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Writing non-English languages with a QWERTY keyboard” Favored as a Linux layout
“My favorite Linux layout was US International + AltGr dead keys.”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years” Suggested for writing non-English languages
“United States – International might be what you're looking for.”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Clashes with keyboard shortcuts
“horrible from a keyboard shortcut point of view. I personally had to disable the feature”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Writing non-English languages with a QWERTY keyboard” Settings seen as poorly designed
“The US international keyboard settings suck.”
Comment from 28 Jun 2026 in “The curious case of the disappearing Polish S”
Other keyboard layouts people recommend
The four most recommended other keyboard layouts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dvorak keyboard layout | 11 | 4 | 73% | 5 | 25 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Colemak keyboard layout | 7 | 7 | 50% | 6 | — | — |
| EurKEY keyboard layout | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Clearflow keyboard layout | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
| US International keyboard layoutThis page | 5 | 3 | 63% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“United States – International might be what you're looking for.”
“Why would you even use US Intl keyboard”
“The US international keyboard settings suck.”
“horrible from a keyboard shortcut point of view. I personally had to disable the feature”
“all combinations are sensible (i.e. key for the symbol + key for the letter)”
“It's the only relatively sane option that allows me to write both code and all the natural languages”
“My favorite Linux layout was US International + AltGr dead keys.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.