XiKey Desktop
Alpha · FreeIndividualsCreators
Creative and productivity apps with Arabic typography, gathered by one launcher into suites.
Runs on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Solutions and apps for everyday use
Everyday apps for individuals, small businesses and pros.
XiKey develops solutions and applications for everyday use: friendly from the first click, advanced when you need it, light on your device, fluent in Arabic and English, and always a little more. Creative and office apps, protection, file versions and retail software on Windows, macOS and Linux.
- 16products you can download today, in beta or alpha
- 4product families under one brand
- 2languages from day one: Arabic and English
- 3desktop systems today: Windows, macOS, Linux
Find your way in
Three ways XiKey works for you
Alpha · free
Create & work
XiKey Desktop: 14 apps for design, documents, video, audio and 2D drawing, opened and updated from one place.
desktop.xikey.com →BetaProtect devices & files
XiGuard watches downloads and programs alongside your system's own protection; XiVault keeps every version of your files.
xiguard.com →Alpha · pilot programRun your store
XiKey ERP: point of sale and business management for retail in Saudi Arabia, built for ZATCA e-invoicing, with branches that keep selling offline.
erp.xikey.com →Why XiKey
Serious software, made easy — from Saudi Arabia, for the world
Professional tools you can pick up on day one: light on your machine, at home in Arabic and English, and honest about what is ready today.
Engineered to compete
Professional-grade apps and security, built in memory-safe Rust and checked by a person before every release.
Rust · human-reviewed releasesEffortless from day one
Familiar layouts and one launcher that installs, opens and updates every app. Less to learn, more time to create.
One launcher for every appOn the computer you own
XiKey Desktop apps and XiGuard run on Windows, macOS and Linux. Mobile comes later.
Windows · macOS · LinuxMultilingual at the core
Arabic and English today — right-to-left, typography and search done properly — on a core built to welcome more languages.
Arabic search & OCR in XiKey PDFThe XiKey touch
Every product carries extras we build in: Arabic-aware search, offline Arabic OCR, versioned recovery, reputation lookups. You always get more.
XiVault included in XiGuardWork smart, not hard
Small footprints and only-what-changed transfers keep your device fast and your connection light.
≈60 MB XiGuard service · lab, Oct 2026Runs on
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Plans for every stage
Free while in alpha. After alpha, plans sized for how you work:
Individuals
Creative, productivity and protection tools for everyday life.
Professionals
Dependable tools for daily craft, on the systems you already use.
Small & medium businesses
Protection, recovery and retail management for growing teams.
Students
Student plans for one app or the complete suite — on the way.
Products
Four families, one standard
Each family has its own site for downloads, pricing and support. This page introduces them and routes you there.
XiGuard
BetaIndividualsBusiness
Protection on top of your system's own: download scanning, behaviour monitoring and community reputation, in Personal and Business editions.
Runs on
- Windows Beta
- macOS Beta
- Linux Beta
XiVault
BetaIndividualsBusiness
Every saved version of your files, compressed and restorable — even after ransomware. Syncs directly between your own devices.
Runs on
- Windows Beta
- macOS Beta
- Linux Planned
XiKey ERP
Alpha · pilot programRetailSMB
On-premise point of sale and business management for retail in Saudi Arabia, built for ZATCA e-invoicing, with branches that keep selling offline and sync to head office.
Runs on
- Windows
XiKey Desktop
One launcher. Every suite.
Install XiKey Launcher once, then open every XiKey Desktop app from one place, grouped into suites. Each app links to its own page on desktop.xikey.com.
XiKey Launcher Available
Spend less time finding tools. More time making.
The free home for installing, opening, updating and removing every XiKey Desktop app, with per-app consent for automatic updates.
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
XiKey Creative
BundleImages, illustration, page layout and photo selection.
4 available · 1 coming soon
XiKey Photo AvailableBuild the image. Keep room to change your mind.
XiKey Vector AvailablePrecise paths. A visual identity that can grow.
XiKey Layout AvailableGive every story a page worth reading.
XiKey Light AvailableFrom a full shoot to a considered selection.
XiKey ArtShape the scene. Then explore the possibilities.
XiOffice
BundleDocuments, spreadsheets, presentations and PDF.
4 available · 0 coming soon
XiKey Write AvailableGive your words a structure readers can follow.
XiKey Sheet AvailableGive your numbers a story worth sharing.
XiKey Slides AvailableMake the next idea easier to see.
XiKey PDF AvailableGive every page its place.
More suites on the way
XiKey Media
Proposed suiteMotion graphics, video editing and audio.
3 available · 0 coming soon
XiKey Engineering
Proposed suiteTechnical 2D drawing.
1 available · 0 coming soon
Arabic at the core
Arabic that works — already in the apps
Not a translation layer on top: these features ship today in the alpha apps.
- Today
Search that understands Arabic
XiKey PDF finds words whatever their diacritics, tatweel or alef form, and matches Western and Arabic-Indic digits.
- Today
Copy in the right order
Text copied from Arabic PDFs — including files exported from Word — keeps its correct reading order in XiKey PDF.
- Today
Arabic OCR, offline
XiKey PDF reads Arabic and English text in scanned documents without sending anything online.
- Today
Arabic interface in one click
XiKey Photo switches between English and Arabic instantly, with a fully mirrored right-to-left layout.
- Today
Mixed lines done right
Arabic and English words on the same line keep their correct order in XiKey Photo.
- In progress
Arabic interface in every app
Arabic translations for the other XiKey Desktop apps are in review.
- Planned
Kashida, diacritics and Hijri dates
Shared tools for kashida, diacritics control, Arabic-Indic digits and Hijri dates in every app.
- Planned
Arabic calligraphy
Calligraphy tools for XiKey Photo, XiKey Vector and XiKey Layout.
XiGuard family
Protection for people and for business
Install-and-go protection for individuals, and a Business edition for companies. Everything layers on top of your system's built-in protection, which stays on. Your files stay on your devices: lookups send fingerprints or web addresses, never files, and anonymous reports can be turned off.
XiGuard Personal
For individuals
XiGuard Personal: install and go. Scanning, behaviour monitoring and XiVault versions on your own devices, in Arabic or English.
XiGuard Business
For business
XiGuard Business brings the same protection to company devices, with separate installers and update channels. Central management for companies is planned.
Planned
Central management
A management console for XiGuard Business: every device, alert and action in one place.
XiGuard
BetaThe protection agent: scans every download, watches behaviour and keeps your system's own protection on.
- Windows Beta
- macOS Beta
- Linux Beta
XiVault
BetaVersioned, compressed copies of your files; restore any earlier version. Part of XiGuard and available on its own.
- Windows Beta
- macOS Beta
- Linux Planned
lookup.xiguard.com
LiveCommunity reputation: anonymous file fingerprints shared through XiGuard's own service — never stranger to stranger, one click to turn off.
- Web
XiGuard Watch
BetaA separate viewer that records the programs you choose to watch.
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Next on the roadmap: XiGuard Neighbourhood (a local-network cache for updates and alerts, off by default), Xi Deployer (one installer and updater for every product) and central management for companies. Mobile comes later.
XiVault
Every version kept. Tiny on disk. Nothing lost to an overwrite.
XiVault keeps a timeline of each protected file. The first copy is stored once; each later version adds only the blocks that changed. Overwritten, deleted or encrypted by ransomware — go back to any point.
- v1
First copy
3 GB disk image
Stored once - v2
Edited
files added
+32.1 MiB - v3
Edited
small change
+0.1 MiB - v4
Edited
files removed
+20.1 MiB - !
Overwritten
ransomware encrypts the file
detected - ↺
Restored
back to v4 in seconds
restore
Full copy each time12 GiB
XiVault≈3.05 GiB
first copy + 52.3 MiB of changes
Sizes measured on a 3 GB disk image; the ransomware event is an illustration.
Technology
Light by design, measured not promised
Our engineering rules require every speed or size claim to state its baseline, input and machine. These are our lab numbers on internal builds.
Rust
Memory-safe systems language across XiGuard, XiVault, XiFont and the XiKey Desktop apps.
≈60 MB
XiGuard service memory, measured on one Windows test machine after 30 and 60 minutes.
1.5 GB → 32 MB
Storing an edited 3 GB disk image in XiVault: content-defined blocks keep only what changed.
67 MB → 96 KB
Data on the wire when 4 KB changes in a 64 MB file during XiVault device sync (6.0 s → 1.0 s).
10.4 s
First sync of 2,002 files (103.5 MB) between two devices, down from 14.9 s.
4.74×
Compression ratio of a XiVault export (2,694 files, 139 MB) — and one file back in 49 ms.
What it means on real devices
≈60 MB
XiGuard's service memory — a sliver of an 8 GB laptop's RAM (illustration; measured on one Windows test machine).
3 GB → +32 MB
A new version of an edited 3 GB disk image adds about 32 MB to the vault, not another 1.5 GB.
96 KB
What crosses the network when 4 KB changes inside a 64 MB file — not the whole 67 MB.
Real size, drawn to scale
Each pair is drawn on its own true linear scale. Where the new bar is too thin to see, that is the point.
Previous XiVault build: whole-file delta1.5 GiB
Content-defined blocks32.1 MiB
Send the whole file67.1 MB
Send changed blocks only96 KB
too small to draw at true scale
Stored uncompressed (defect, since fixed)5.67 MB
Compressed vault87 KB
Original files139 MB
XiVault export (4.74×)29.3 MB
Before103.5 MB
XiVault67.3 MB
Before14.9 s
XiVault10.4 s
Show the numbers as a table
| Measurement | Before | XiKey today | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Store an edited 3 GB disk image | 1.5 GiB | 32.1 MiB | 48× smaller |
| Sync a 4 KB change inside a 64 MB file | 67.1 MB | 96 KB | 699× smaller |
| Keep 815 revisions of small files | 5.67 MB | 87 KB | 65× smaller |
| Export 2,694 files to one archive | 139 MB | 29.3 MB | 4.7× smaller |
| First sync of 2,002 files: data on the wire | 103.5 MB | 67.3 MB | 1.5× smaller |
| First sync of 2,002 files: time | 14.9 s | 10.4 s | 1.4× faster |
Source: XiVault and XiGuard lab measurements on internal builds, Oct 2026.
Our performance rules
- Speed, memory, start-up and idle cost get a budget in the first plan.
- Profile first; optimise the largest share, not the guess.
- Every number states its baseline, input and machine.
- Every queue, cache and worker has a limit — over it, it reports instead of growing.
- Reuse proven tools (the OS, zstd, ICU) before building new ones.
Peer to peer + official sources
Official at the source. Peer to peer on your network. Only the changes on the wire.
XiKey products keep each system's own official updates and protection on, and add a private peer layer between your own devices. Data is compressed, cut into blocks, and only the blocks that changed travel.
Official sources
Links go to each system's official site; XiKey is not affiliated with these companies.
Your network (private paths only)
- Beta
XiGuard + official OS protection
XiGuard layers on top of your system's own protection and keeps it on; signature checks fetch Microsoft Defender updates on Windows when needed.
- Beta
XiVault device sync
Paired devices sync directly over your network or VPN, pulling blocks from several devices at once; only changed blocks travel.
- Planned
XiGuard Neighbourhood
One device fetches an official update; paired devices on the same network share it after verifying it. Off by default.
- Planned
XiFont Network
Signed font libraries and local-network sharing that enforces each font's licence.
- Live
Community reputation
Anonymous fingerprints through lookup.xiguard.com — hub and spoke, never stranger to stranger.
How a change travels
File
64 MB file, 4 KB edited
Compress
zstd, only when it shrinks
Cut
content-defined blocks
Compare
find the changed blocks
Send
≈96 KB instead of 67 MB
How we work
Organised like a company. Running like a fleet.
Every piece of work moves through defined layers and workflows — from a leadership decision to a verified result — with people in charge at every gate.
Six floors, one building — and the elevator never stops
XiKey
1
Leadership & Decision Board
XiKey's leadership sets strategy and priorities and makes every important decision. Decisions arrive on one board with the options, pros and cons; routine reversible choices can be settled automatically after a short wait — and are always reported as automatic.
2
Orchestration
A central hub turns each request into tasks, picks the right team and AI engine, watches health and cost, and keeps sensitive work inside our own infrastructure. Team leads and assistant overseers verify every result before it counts.
3
Specialist teams
Product & design · Engineering · Security · Quality · Arabic & English localisation · Operations · Research — 70+ specialist roles, each with a defined job.
4
Many AI engines
20+ engines, in the cloud and on our own servers. The cheapest capable engine does the work; the strongest models plan, synthesise and review.
5
Shared brain
One shared memory and database for every engine and team: what one learns, all can recall. Exact facts are always checked against the source files.
6
Own infrastructure
Our own servers and GPUs run the fleet. Private and customer data never leaves them.
Plan first
Every project keeps a plan, a task list, a work log and a history. Work starts as a task and ends only when verified.
Defined workflows
Requests, decisions, hand-offs, releases and night waves each follow a workflow with clear states — nothing lives only in a chat.
Verified, not assumed
Progress is reported as verified, written-but-untested or blocked. Agreement between AIs is never treated as proof.
Bounded and safe
Every job has a budget, a limit and a stop condition; changes arrive as proposals and nothing ships without review.
24 hours a day, the cycle never stops
By day the teams build alongside leadership. By night the research and improvement waves take over. Every morning the results are waiting.
Build day
Teams plan, build, test and ship; decisions go to the Decision Board.
Knowledge capture
The shared brain absorbs the day's work, research and Arabic and English news.
Night waves
Research and improvement for every project: plan, build, sandboxed tests, review, judge.
Morning report
Tested proposals wait for review — and the next day begins.
Watch
Health, cost and security are monitored around the clock.
The loop
Vision
Where XiKey is heading
AI that stays on your device
Summaries, Arabic drafting and search across your own documents; background removal and sharper images; Arabic speech turned into subtitles — all running privately on your computer.
Business and creative work, connected
Live sales and stock figures inside XiKey Sheet, offer catalogues built from inventory in XiKey Layout, and contracts filed with the customer record in XiKey ERP.
Switch without starting over
Familiar keyboard shortcuts for people coming from other suites, and careful import and export of the file formats you already use.
Arabic templates and fonts
Ready-made Arabic templates for letters, CVs, presentations, invoices and seasonal designs, with licensed Arabic fonts available in every app.
Built with the community
Add-ons and scripts from developers across the Arab world and beyond, shared through XiKey Launcher.
One plan for the whole company
Business software, desktop apps and file backup for every employee under a single subscription.
Global
From Saudi Arabia to the world
Built in Saudi Arabia, in Arabic and English from the first line. The Gulf comes next, then Africa — where free editions matter most — then the world, with more languages and local hosting as each region opens.
- Today
- Arabic and English interfaces, with right-to-left done properly.
- Next
- Gulf rollout in Arabic and English.
- Planned
- Africa with free editions first; then worldwide, multi-region hosting with an in-Kingdom option.
- Saudi Arabia — home
- Gulf — next
- Africa
- Worldwide
About
XiKey مفتاح زاي
XiKey is the master brand behind every product on this page. Its teams design, build and test every release.
Talk to XiKey
For help with a product, visit its own site: desktop.xikey.com · xiguard.com · erp.xikey.com.