Get it on F-Droid. Supports lots of languages via external packages.
Reviewed by Marcus Holmberg
AnySoftKeyboard
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Threat level
Hardened
A hardened pick. Worth the effort once you have chosen to shrink your footprint on purpose. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
Long-lived, Apache-licensed, and on F-Droid with no Google binaries, which is most of what you want from a privacy keyboard: no telemetry, no cloud, no network reason to exist. Language support comes through separate add-on packs rather than being built in, so setup is more fiddly than a mainstream keyboard. The prediction and gesture polish also trails Gboard noticeably. A solid default for anyone de-Googling who can live without the slickest typing experience.
GitHub at a glance
AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard
Stars
3,329
+ 9 this week
Last commit
11d ago
healthy
License
Apache-2.0
Latest release
1.13-r1
5mo ago
Stars, last 30d
Website at a glance
play.google.com
B score 70
Solid website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 13d ago
Inspect this site yourself
Measures the security configuration of the tool's own website, not the privacy of the product itself. A strong tool can still score low here.
AnySoftKeyboard alternatives
Simple Keyboard Get it on F-Droid . For people who like it minimalistic. No emojis, gifs, spell checker or swipe typing.
FlorisBoard Get it on F-Droid . Currently in early-beta state.
Transcribro On-device voice typing for Android. Speech recognition runs locally, with no network access.
Indic Keyboard Get it on F-Droid . Supports 23 languages and 54 layouts.
AnySoftKeyboard license, in plain English
Apache-2.0 Permissive
Permissive like MIT, with an explicit patent grant and a requirement to flag any changes you make.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Patent use
- Private use
Requires
- License and copyright notice
- State changes
Does not provide
- Trademark use
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Permissive licensing lets anyone reuse this, including inside closed products. That is freedom to build on, but no guarantee that downstream copies stay open.
Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.
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