FlorisBoard
An open-source keyboard for Android which respects your privacy. Currently in early-beta. (by florisboard)
hackerskeyboard
Hacker's Keyboard (official) (by klausw)
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Kotlin | Java | |
Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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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.
hackerskeyboard
Posts with mentions or reviews of hackerskeyboard.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-04.
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iPhone physical keyboard from ex-Crackberry guy
I've tried all kinds of portable physical keyboards but for programming on android you can't beat Hackers Keyboard https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard
I've got a fork working with Android 14
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Does any one know where I can download a mobile Na'vi keyboard
I forked the Hacker's Keyboard app on GitHub tweaked it, and compiled it. (using Android Studio)
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A pocket sized open-source AR device for the imaginative hacker
Does not work with Hacker's Keyboard (https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard). It closes itself after a few deciseconds, whereas usually the permanent notification feature can be tapped to open and use a keyboard anywhere. Or maybe I haven't tried using it on the new Android 11 yet and yet another of my favorite hacks broke.... now that I try it elsewhere, it seems this app got broken by google breaking userspace again...
- Using your phone as a software development platform
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Hackers Keyboard help
If it is a keyboard problem then what the author wrote seems to indicate that he is unlikely to work on it, though some other contributor might if you open an issue (at https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard/issues) and fully describe it. There are many forks so if the official app isn't updated perhaps another will.
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I'm looking for a keyboard capable of using multiple languages at once - multilingual keyboard.
hacker's keyboard is quite nice
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Practicing Linux within Android
When I had it installed a couple of years ago, I found hackers keyboard very useful. It has NOT been updated in a long time. So proceed with caution I guess. github link.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing FlorisBoard and hackerskeyboard you can also consider the following projects:
OpenBoard - 100% foss keyboard based on AOSP, with no dependency on Google binaries, that respects your privacy.
AnySoftKeyboard - Android (f/w 2.1+) on screen keyboard for multiple languages.
simple-keyboard
vosk - VOSK Speech Recognition Toolkit
rime-cantonese - Rime Cantonese input schema | 粵語拼音輸入方案
Unexpected-Keyboard - A lightweight virtual keyboard for developers.
8VIM - A Text Editor inside a keyboard, drawing it's inspiration from 8pen and Vim.
codeboard - Codeboard App
Infinity-For-Reddit - A Reddit client for Android
behe-keyboard - A lightweight hacking & programming keyboard with material design
FlorisBoard vs OpenBoard
hackerskeyboard vs OpenBoard
FlorisBoard vs AnySoftKeyboard
hackerskeyboard vs AnySoftKeyboard
FlorisBoard vs simple-keyboard
hackerskeyboard vs vosk
FlorisBoard vs rime-cantonese
hackerskeyboard vs Unexpected-Keyboard
FlorisBoard vs 8VIM
hackerskeyboard vs codeboard
FlorisBoard vs Infinity-For-Reddit
hackerskeyboard vs behe-keyboard