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Open Source Android Keyboard (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 18 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] 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Ah noted. Thanks for clarifying that. I found the source: Futo Keyboard and read the license. Sure enough it is open but restricted by commercial use. As long as it's not for commercial use, there is no restrictions on using the source.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

There's also clauses about revoking your license if you try to sue them, and how you need to still include the system to pay them in your modified version.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

Good catch thanks. I stopped at the commercial since it was the firat immediate tell of source available I saw. Maybe I put this post in the wrong community then.