OpenBoard Alternatives for F-Droid

There are many alternatives to OpenBoard for F-Droid and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best F-Droid alternative is HeliBoard, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to OpenBoard and 12 are available for F-Droid so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting F-Droid alternatives to OpenBoard are FlorisBoard, AnySoftKeyboard, Fossify Keyboard and Simple Keyboard.

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  1. HeliBoard icon
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    HeliBoard is a fork of OpenBoard , continuing the project from where it stopped.

    33 HeliBoard alternatives

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    HeliBoard vs OpenBoard Comments
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    Fork of OpenBoard that maintains all of its features and adds many new ones. Supports gesture typing.

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    HeliBoard is alive while OpenBoard is not

    • HeliBoard is Free and Open SourceOpenBoard is also Free and Open Source
  2. FlorisBoard icon
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    FlorisBoard is an open-source keyboard aimed at providing you with an easy way to type while respecting your privacy.

    56 FlorisBoard alternatives

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    Not ready for prime time. Autocorrect and suggestions are totally absent. As this board is a few years old now, I think it's safe to say it isn't going to happen.

    • FlorisBoard is Free and Open SourceOpenBoard is also Free and Open Source
  3. Introducing Fossify Keyboard – your go-to solution for effortless and efficient typing. Experience a seamless typing experience designed to cater to all your needs, whether chatting with friends or inserting texts, numbers, or symbols.

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  4. Simple Keyboard icon
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    Small open-source keyboard with minimal permissions offers adjustable height, number row, navigation keys, customizable themes, and no ads, emojis, spell check, or swipe. Ideal for those preferring basic functionality without extra features or background data use.

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  5. Are you missing the key layout you're used to from your computer when using an Android device? This software keyboard has separate number keys, punctuation in the usual places, and arrow keys. It is based on the AOSP Gingerbread soft keyboard, so it supports multitouch for...

    47 Hacker's Keyboard alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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  6. This app is a virtual keyboard for Android. The main features are easy typing of every ASCII character using the swipe gesture, dead keys for accents and modifier keys and the presence of special keys (tab, esc, arrows, etc..).

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  7. Fcitx5 is an input method framework with a lightweight core, offering additional language support via addons.

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  8. Trime icon
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    Trime is originally a frontend of open-source Android Traditional Chinese IME, based on RIME input method framework and written in Java/Kotlin with JNI. It is designed to protect the native language of various local dialects of Chinese and is a universal shape-based and...

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  9. A lightweight keyboard app that helps chatting with your friends, or inserting any other texts, numbers or symbols. You can choose from multiple different languages and layouts.

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    • Warning

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    • Android Tablet
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  10. CleverKeys is an open-source gesture keyboard featuring a custom neural network engine, unlimited clipboard history, and extensive customization. Unlike other open-source keyboards, gesture typing works reliably everywhere — including Termux and terminal emulators.

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