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I've been using Heliboard for a while. It does most that gboard does, but the predictions aren't as good of course.
Florisboard beta is what I use. Extremely customisable. I think the biggest things that lacks are custom background photo and text-gliding (I ~dont use any of these though).
I made it almost identical to the gboard theme I was using previously and it's so cool.
Best keyboard so far
Agree.
Wow, I missed the introduction of extensions, thanks! That's cool
ive been using heliboard for a while now. no complaints.
I've been using FUTO Keyboard and I'm very happy with it so far. EDIT: It's not FOSS but the source code is available and you are allowed to copy/modify it, just not to make money from it. That's good enough for me.
@freijon the question was specifically about open-source. Is this your first day here?
Feel free to inspect the source code here: https://github.com/futo-org/android-keyboard
@freijon feel free to learn what "open source" means. Look, considering the number and frequency of posts in this community talking about this issue, you don't get the benefit of the doubt anymore. People arguing that futo is open source are just spammers. Look around.
No need to be unfriendly. I modified my original comment to make sure everyone understands what they get when they install this keyboard.
Thanks for editing, but I deleted your comment anyway because it was still just recommending something that is not open source.
fyi there is a thread here discussing the moderation of this thread.
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FUTO keyboard no doubt, it's very modern. It has voice typing and swipe typing which is essential to me. It's also just a nice typing experience.
if I wanted this mod abuse I would've stayed on reddit, what are all these removed comments bruh
Sadly this community is on the instance lemmy.ml which is known for mod abuse. Other instances are better
Tho this specifically is admin abuse, which is visible on the modlog. The mods aren't involved in this one.
IIRC it's not open source
It's "open source" but not fully free. You can modify it to your liking, but you cannot modify it commercially.
Dude, I had been using the default keyboard from GrapheneOS since I couldn't find a decent keyboard and gave up on swiping all together. I had heard about the futo keyboard but was unaware how mature it is. I installed it and set it up. I am very pleased! It has a lot of settings, and while the swiping isn't perfect yet, I can actually feel like it's learning from my usage. Very encouraging and it really brings me joy.
The Google keyboard was the best for me, but this is really not far behind. Thank you FUTO! Will be donating <3
If you want to train FUTO keyboard's swipe typing, go to this link. They are sourcing swipe data from the community.
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I like HeliBoard. It automatically switches between the languages I write in.
Yeah heliboard is the only one I've found that is actually usable on a day to day. Just wish the autocorrect was better, other than that no complaints.
How do you set it up to do that? I just discovered multilingual typing, but that does not seem to be quite it.
I installed the dictionaries I need and then followed https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard/wiki/FAQ#multilingual-typing-type-in-multiple-languages-without-switching-manually
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Fcitx5 for Chinese, and Flickboard for English. Honestly sad that there isn't a decent open-source keyboard for Japanese though.
I use Fcitx5 for its Chinese language support.
I used to use Gboard for Cantonese input. I downloaded fcitx5 reading your comment and tried it for some time. There are some features noticeably missing compared to Gboard.
- top numeric row
- single-hand mode
- simplified and traditional characters selection#
# Found it. It's in the settings bar at the top of the typing area. Click it open and go deep inside it.
What Gboard and fcitx5 both don't have for Jyutping input is glide typing. I wish fcitx5 have it because it is really what could make me switch and not look back. Gboard in general has better finger tap detection/correction because duh Google had more data to train on. But I will definitely start using fcitx5 because being open source is sufficient for me to switch.
For languages that isn't supported by its plugins like Japanese, I have to keep using Gboard though.
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Preference for AnySoftKeyboard.
Why is there so many censored posts about keyboard apps?
I've been using heliboard for more than a year without any issues. Only think I don't like is the lack of emoji search(?)
Heeliboard, Hands Down
thanks, a lot of people talked about it, I downloaded it yesterday.
I love the fulliness of unexpected keyboard
Unexpected keyboard is just the best!
If you like Florisboard but miss autocorrect, try FUTO keyboard. I'm surprised it is not more popular with how feature rich it is.
Edit: Disclaimer, FUTO is not open source. This is a mistake on my part. I thought it was.
Thanks! I've added a disclaimer to my original comment. I was also mistakenly under the impression it was open-source.
@Karcinogen Disclaimer isn't going to cut it. Are you the same person as the other 5 guys in this thread who had exactly the same argument and also "solved" it by adding a disclaimer? Is this an organized spam campaign? Because it sure looks like that. If you like FUTO, fine, but go take it to a community that isn't focused on open source. Is that too much to ask? Every week? With exactly the same arguments? Are you guys blind?
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After trying couple of keybords (mostly AnySoftKeyboard and TypeWise [proprietary]) I have settled on Unexpected Keyboard due to easy switch of keybords to get to japanese keyboard and tts button.
Could you specify wether these support physical keyboards? (showing only a toolbar when one is detected). I'm using the default proprietary Kika-keyboard on my device and it's not great. Microsoft Swiftkey works but is not perfect and not FLOSS.
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