HeliBoard is a keyboard app for Android phones that works fully offline and focuses on privacy and customization. It is for people who want a configurable typing app that does not connect to the internet.
AnySoftKeyboard is a free on-screen keyboard app for Android phones that supports many languages and layouts. It is for people who want a customizable keyboard with word suggestions, gesture typing and dark mode.
OpenBoard is a free, open-source keyboard app for typing on Android phones. It is for people who want a keyboard that does not depend on Google software and respects their privacy.
Indic Keyboard is a phone keyboard for Android that lets you type in Indian languages such as Hindi, Tamil and Bengali, alongside English. It is for people who want to write messages and emails in their own language on their phone.
FlorisBoard is a free, open-source keyboard app for Android phones, currently in beta, with themes, a clipboard history and an emoji keyboard. It does not yet offer word suggestions or spell checking, so it suits people who value customization and privacy over predictive typing.
Simple Keyboard is an Android phone keyboard app for typing on your phone. It is for people who want a basic, lightweight keyboard without extra features.
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Read the list of open-source alternatives at https://opensourceeverything.org/data/groups/keyboards.json. Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
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Here is a list of open-source alternatives to SwiftKey, from Open Source Everything (CC BY-SA 4.0):
- HeliBoard (GPL-3.0, https://github.com/HeliBorg/HeliBoard; replaces fully): HeliBoard is a keyboard app for Android phones that works fully offline and focuses on privacy and customization. It is for people who want a configurable typing app that does not connect to the internet.
- AnySoftKeyboard (Apache-2.0, https://github.com/AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard; replaces fully): AnySoftKeyboard is a free on-screen keyboard app for Android phones that supports many languages and layouts. It is for people who want a customizable keyboard with word suggestions, gesture typing and dark mode.
- OpenBoard (GPL-3.0, https://github.com/openboard-team/openboard; replaces fully): OpenBoard is a free, open-source keyboard app for typing on Android phones. It is for people who want a keyboard that does not depend on Google software and respects their privacy.
- Indic Keyboard (Apache-2.0, https://gitlab.com/indicproject/indic-keyboard; replaces fully): Indic Keyboard is a phone keyboard for Android that lets you type in Indian languages such as Hindi, Tamil and Bengali, alongside English. It is for people who want to write messages and emails in their own language on their phone.
- FlorisBoard (Apache-2.0, https://github.com/florisboard/florisboard; replaces partly): FlorisBoard is a free, open-source keyboard app for Android phones, currently in beta, with themes, a clipboard history and an emoji keyboard. It does not yet offer word suggestions or spell checking, so it suits people who value customization and privacy over predictive typing.
- Simple Keyboard (Apache-2.0, https://github.com/rkkr/simple-keyboard; replaces partly): Simple Keyboard is an Android phone keyboard app for typing on your phone. It is for people who want a basic, lightweight keyboard without extra features.
Compare it with my project or idea below. Tell me which projects overlap, what I could reuse instead of rewriting, and what mine does that none of them do.
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