Onboard on-screen keyboard Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Onboard on-screen keyboard for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Florence Virtual Keyboard, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Onboard on-screen keyboard and four of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Onboard on-screen keyboard are Kvkbd, Maliit Virtual On-screen Keyboard and xvkbd.

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An onscreen keyboard useful for tablet PC users and for mobility impaired users.

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Onboard on-screen keyboard alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. Florence Virtual Keyboard icon
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    Florence is an extensible scalable virtual keyboard for GNOME. You need it if you can't use a real hardware keyboard, for example because you are disabled, your keyboard is broken or because you use a tablet PC, but you must be able to use a pointing device (as a mouse, a...

    14 Florence Virtual Keyboard alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    • Florence Virtual Keyboard is the most popular Linux alternative to Onboard on-screen keyboard.

    • Florence Virtual Keyboard is Free and Open SourceOnboard on-screen keyboard is also Free and Open Source
  2. Kvkbd icon
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    Kvkbd is a virtual keyboard for KDE, it contains many feature like system tray and dock support, autodetection and on the fly change of the keyboard layout, scripting with DBus, etc.

    12 Kvkbd alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Kvkbd Features

    1.  On-screen Keyboard
    2.  KDE
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  3. Maliit Virtual On-screen Keyboard icon
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    Maliit provides a flexible and cross-platform input method framework for mobile and embedded text input, including a virtual keyboard. It has a plugin-based client-server architecture. Clients can communicate with server via input context plugins.

    4 Maliit Virtual On-screen Keyboard alternatives
    Maliit Virtual On-screen Keyboard screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Maliit Virtual On-screen Keyboard Features

    1.  On-screen Keyboard
    2.  Swipe Typing
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  4. xvkbd icon
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    xvkbd is a virtual (graphical) keyboard program for X Window System which provides a facility to enter characters onto other clients (software) by clicking on a keyboard displayed on the screen. This may be used for systems without a hardware keyboard such as kiosk terminals or...

    6 xvkbd alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
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