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Open Source Android Keyboard (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 21 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw a post on reddit asking for open source android keyboards in recent years since a lot of the posts were older. One user recommended "Futo Keyboard".

To be clear, I'm not affiliated with them but I've been trying them based on that reddit response and I just wanted to share here in case anyone else has been looking.

In short, this keyboard is about as close to awesome as you can get so far. Features I like:

Feels like GBOARD
Works fully offline
Gesture typing (about 75% as accurate as GBoard)
Built in offline speech to text (no third party engine needed to download

I've tried other options like heliboard and openboard and they are great too, but I think so far this has been the best I've tried and I wanted to recommend it on here in case anyone else is looking. Feel free to share any other setups or recommendations below!

EDIT: it was pointed out that it is source-available and not open source. Apologize for my initial assumption. The source and license can be viewed here: Futo Keyboard. It is fully open for non-commercial use. Anything commercial can have restrictions.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I've been using Heliboard for quite a bit now. its very nice and simple. I'm not sure how it would do multiple languages however, as I've not tried it.

i absolutely recommend it though. great little keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how it would do multiple languages however, as I've not tried it.

As someone who types the majority of my thoughts in Frenglish, Heliboard is the only FOSS keyboard I've found that would remotely accommodate that while still having useful autocorrect.

[–] ChilledPeppers 3 points 13 hours ago

I speak three languages (all of them badly), and I agree, I just have to long press space and select the language I'm typing in if I want correction or suggestions.

[–] dustyData 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I've tried it. I like that they're carrying the torch of OpenBoard, but I don't like that swipe typing requires manually downloading a third party library.