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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 Apache-2.0 androidanysoftkeyboardjavalanguagemultiple-languagesscreen-keyboard
Stars
3,393
+5 this week
Forks
952
93 watching
Last commit
today
healthy
Latest release
1.13-r2
2mo ago, 47 total
Star history
Issues
59% closed
1,049
open
1,524
closed
+13 / -9
opened / closed, last 4 weeks
Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
194 commits, active 17 of 26 weeks
150 contributors since Apr 2012
Languages
- Java 73.8%
- HTML 14.9%
- C++ 3.8%
- Other 7.5%
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Website at a glance
play.google.com
B score 70
Solid website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 3d ago
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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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