iBus Alternatives

Apps similar to iBus include UIM, which is free and open source. Other options are fcitx and scim. In total there are three apps like iBus for Linux and Mac.

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    Uim is a multilingual input method library, whose goal is to be a flexible development platform and useful user environment for input methods of all languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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    Fcitx ['fa?t?ks] is a input method framework with extension support. Currently it supports linux and Unix system, like freebsd. It has three builtin Input Method Engine, Pinyin, QuWei and Table-based input methods.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    The Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) platform project provides not only a user friendly, full featured input method user interface for POSIX-style operating systems (including Linux, FreeBSD and other Unix), but also a development platform to make input method development easier.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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