Notes 
Get it on F-Droid. Currently in early-beta state.
Reviewed by Marco Wollank
FlorisBoard
github.com/florisboard/florisboard 3 ratings so far*
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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
Still labels itself early-beta, and that honesty matters, because expecting a finished product here will frustrate you. What you get is a from-scratch, privacy-respecting keyboard with no Google ties and an active codebase, which is genuinely promising. Treat it as a project you’re choosing to support and tolerate rough edges on, not a drop-in Gboard replacement. People who need rock-solid autocorrect and swipe today should wait or pick something more mature.
GitHub at a glance
florisboard/florisboard Apache-2.0 androidinput-methodkeyboardkotlinkotlin-android
Stars
8,750
+24 this week
Forks
752
99 watching
Last commit
1d ago
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Latest release
v0.5.2
11mo ago, 100+ total
Star history
Issues
80% closed
464
open
1,817
closed
+6 / -1
opened / closed, last 4 weeks
Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
77 commits, active 11 of 26 weeks
120 contributors since Apr 2020
Languages
- Kotlin 98.4%
- Shell 0.9%
- Python 0.5%
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FlorisBoard alternatives
Simple Keyboard Get it on F-Droid . For people who like it minimalistic. No emojis, gifs, spell checker or swipe typing.
Transcribro On-device voice typing for Android. Speech recognition runs locally, with no network access.
AnySoftKeyboard Get it on F-Droid . Supports lots of languages via external packages.
Indic Keyboard Get it on F-Droid . Supports 23 languages and 54 layouts.
FlorisBoard 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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