Notes 
Get it on F-Droid. Supports 23 languages and 54 layouts.
Reviewed by Gabriel Bachmann
Indic Keyboard
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.smc.inputmethod.indic 2 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
Niche by design and genuinely useful for it: 23 languages and 54 layouts aimed at Indic scripts that mainstream privacy keyboards handle poorly or not at all. If you type in those languages and want to stay off cloud keyboards, this fills a real gap nothing else covers as well. For everyone outside its target scripts there’s little reason to choose it over a more general open-source option. Right tool for a specific job.
GitHub at a glance
smc/Indic-Keyboard Apache-2.0 androidindic-languageskeyboard
Stars
154
+1 this week
Forks
88
39 watching
Last commit
12d ago
healthy
Latest release
v4.0.1
29d ago, 7 total
Star history
Issues
92% closed
6
open
67
closed
+0 / -1
opened / closed, last 4 weeks
Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
269 commits, active 18 of 26 weeks
19 contributors since Mar 2014
Languages
- Java 71.8%
- C++ 22%
- Kotlin 4.4%
- Other 1.8%
Updated daily from the GitHub API. Star tracking since Jun 15, 2026.
Website at a glance
play.google.com
B score 70
Solid website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 3d 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.
Indic Keyboard 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.
AnySoftKeyboard Get it on F-Droid . Supports lots of languages via external packages.
Indic Keyboard 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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