FlorisBoard
An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta. (by florisboard)
openboard
100% FOSS keyboard, based on AOSP (by erkserkserks)
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5,326 | 127 | |
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8.6 | 0.0 | |
3 days ago | over 1 year ago | |
Kotlin | Java | |
Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
FlorisBoard
Posts with mentions or reviews of FlorisBoard.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-27.
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F-Droid, Keyboard Libraries, and Choosing a Browser
I didn't last long with the stock keyboard before installing AnySoftKeyboard which is one of the few FOSS alternative with support for swipe typing. The experience was... OK. It felt slow and it's accuracy left a lot to be desired. I still had to be slow and pretty accurate, so it didn't really feel like much of a change from the stock experience. FlorisBoard have also introduced their own implementation but the feedback I read suggested it would be much the same as my experience with AnySoftKeyboard's gesture typing.
- Future of the FlorisBoard Project
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All my Open Source App Alternatives
Keyboard → OpenBoard (OpenBoard Upadted Fork, FlorisBoard when the v4 will be released...)
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Good keyboard?
You could try https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard, available on F-droid.
- Swipe keyboard app, open source and safe to usw?
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CleverType: Unlock the power of AI with Grammarly, Wordtune and ChatGpt on your keyboard.
I am excited to see how this project will develop. I'm sure starting out with https://florisboard.org/ was extremely helpful. Other devs have started from scratch, but florisboard is already advanced and feature rich. You could keep it open source to alleviate concerns of privacy. Just an idea.
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Android keyboard recommendations ?
The Github code repository (https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard) had an update on February 24, so the app is not abandoned. It reads like they plan a massive update for the next version, and word suggestions will be available.
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Keyboard for Android
I tested two: AnySoftKeyboard, it's stable and works even on very old devices, but it lacks modern features and the settings are really ugly and confusing (but once you look at all of them, you'll be able to make the keyboard the way you like it, is very customizable). And I also tested FlorisBoard, it's modern, beautiful, but it's a work in progress currently in early-beta stage and it has many incomplete or buggy features. So I ended up with AnySoftKeyboard. I know there are others, but it was these two projects that caught my attention the most.
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Custom keyboard extension
Probably only via AOSP mirror. It's an AOSP component so not officially available as its own component. Check out https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard for a GitHub based OSS keyboard.
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Microsoft brings its Bing chatbot to your fingertips with SwiftKey on Android - The Verge
FlorisBoard (perhaps): This one is the dark horse for me. It's layout etc can be all customized to my liking and it's FOSS. But it doesn't have a suggestion provider API etc none of that yet (WIP) so, as it stands now it's "just" a highly customizable FOSS "keyboard" app, and nothing more. I have high hopes for it though.
openboard
Posts with mentions or reviews of openboard.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-27.
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F-Droid, Keyboard Libraries, and Choosing a Browser
After reading a lengthy GitHub discussion at the Openboard repo that went into the logistical options and challenges I decided to go with the less-than-ideal option of using Helium314's Openboard fork with the proprietary Google swipe library (libjni_latinimegoogle.so) imported. I've been using it for a few weeks now and though it feels slightly different than the Gboard I'm used to, the difference has been negligible and I'll be sticking with this setup for the foreseeable future.
- I'm looking for keyboards
- What is your favorite app that doesn't have a good open source alternative?
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Which FOSS swiping keyboards do you use? Feels like development has staled a bit
GitHub Link
- Best FOSS keyboards/Openboard alternatives?
- Looking for keyboard app - alternative to SwiftKey
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WHAT IS YOUR KEYBOARD??
Open Board with Gesture Typing
- Any good keyboard other than Google, Swiftkey and Fleasky?
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Toggle swipe typing ?
If you are asking about gesture typing then this is maybe what you are looking for.
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Can anyone please explain this interaction between android calendar and Signal?
There are forks of OpenBoard that do have swipe typing
What are some alternatives?
When comparing FlorisBoard and openboard you can also consider the following projects:
OpenBoard - 100% foss keyboard based on AOSP, with no dependency on Google binaries, that respects your privacy.
Simple-Keyboard - Easy keyboard for inserting all kinds of texts, special characters and numbers.
AnySoftKeyboard - Android (f/w 2.1+) on screen keyboard for multiple languages.
android_usb_msd - Better and open source replacement for DriveDroid
simple-keyboard
hackerskeyboard - Hacker's Keyboard (official)
Ventoy - A new bootable USB solution.
rime-cantonese - Rime Cantonese input schema | 粵語拼音輸入方案
Neo-Launcher - Neo-Launcher
8VIM - A Text Editor inside a keyboard, drawing it's inspiration from 8pen and Vim.
Infinity-For-Reddit - A Reddit client for Android
FlorisBoard vs OpenBoard
openboard vs Simple-Keyboard
FlorisBoard vs AnySoftKeyboard
openboard vs android_usb_msd
FlorisBoard vs simple-keyboard
openboard vs AnySoftKeyboard
FlorisBoard vs hackerskeyboard
openboard vs Ventoy
FlorisBoard vs rime-cantonese
openboard vs Neo-Launcher
FlorisBoard vs 8VIM
openboard vs Infinity-For-Reddit