I've been using Openboard as my keyboard since 2020, and I'm pleased with it. However, I've noticed that the latest update was back in August 2022. Does this mean it's deprecated?
Are there any other simple FOSS Android keyboards that you have experience with and can recommend? I'd love to hear it!
Seems like FlorisBoard is suggested a lot! Will try this one out, however I do hope Openboard will survive but looks like there are many open issues. Thanks for your tip!
I'm now trying FlorisBoard because of this. I'm quite happy with OpenBoard but the fact it doesn't seem to be maintained anymore makes me look for alternatives. So far so good, but as a dyslect I hope it get's the prediction does come soon 😅.
I use FlorisBoard, it's more customizable than OpenBoard and works pretty well, although there hasn't been a release in a while (the project is still active though).
Simple keyboard is also an option, although I haven't used it
Thank you for your feedback! Since FlorisBoard didn't have recent releases, it kind of felt like I was in the same situation as I am now. But I just read there is a big update upcoming, which is fantastic! Will try FlorisBoard out!
But AnySoftKeyboard also hasn't been updated since January 2022, so I don't think that that really improves the situation when switching from OpenBoard.
AnySoftKeyboard Canary (the beta) was updated in March 2023. While I'm hopeful for some of the FOSS keyboards mentioned by others, for the time being I find AnySoftKeyboard to still be the most complete FOSS alternative to proprietary boards.
Yeah the swipe and multi-lingual input is the only thing keeping me on GBoard. I would love to not have all my keyboard interractions be recorded but... yeah these features are just too good to pass on
While waiting for Florisboard to take the next step, I've been very happily using: OpenBoard with gesture typing since the lack gesture typing was holding me back from enjoying Openboard.