FOSS keyboard under active development? (Android) (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by soullioness@lemmy.ca to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/3468141

I have been looking all day for a FOSS keyboard that's under active development. It seems like more of not all of the ones I've seen recommended haven't been updated in over a year some three years. I don't mind if it's a long time between updates but I want to know bugs will be fixed eventually.

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[-] morethanevil@lmy.mymte.de 36 points 1 year ago

Openboard got a new release from another dev

Please share, maybe someone can help 🌞

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

"1.4.5 v4" bruh...

[-] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

now that's proper semantic versioning

[-] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Nice! I just updated mine

[-] Undearius@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 year ago

FlorisBoard has been a great keyboard. The last proper release was over a year ago but the developer is actively working on a big update which will add word suggestion.

[-] amnesiac@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks nice keyboard.

[-] Zenaida_macroura@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thumb-key by one of the developers of Lemmy. It takes some getting used to but is my favorite at the moment. Updates seem to be around once a month.

[-] Bugamn@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Wait, is this a clone of Messagease? I was hoping to find something like that because I love this type of keyboard but I was worried that it hasn't received updates since 2020.

[-] Zenaida_macroura@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

It says it's mainly inspired by MessageEase in the F-droid description. It uses a custom character layout, but you can change to the MessageEase layout in the settings.

[-] xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately, it doesn't support customizing the layout like MessagEase.

[-] soullioness@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I like it but it's very hard for me to type this lol

you can use this? Like as a primary keyboard? It's cool though!

[-] Zenaida_macroura@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yup! I'm getting an average 70 wpm using it. It's quite fun to use (:

[-] soullioness@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

that is crazy lol.

[-] CCatMan@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

This keyboard is wild! I do miss the emoji key :(

[-] Zenaida_macroura@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

It's perfect for emoticons tho :->

[-] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

AnySoftKeyboard has beta releases once a week, although idk how well they work. I've been using the stable version for years and I like it (although the autocorrect can be a bit silly sometimes).

UnexpectedKeyboard is the coolest and lets you easily type (what feels like) every single UTF-8 character imaginable lol. The typing feeling isn't as nice and I don't think there's any autocorrect though so I don't use it.

[-] kuneho@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

UnexpectedKeyboard is amazing. Changed to it after BlackBerry keyboard.

tho there's absolutely zero dictionary and prediction, the fact it has proper modifier keys like ctrl, alt, function keys alone takes the cake, but you can literally map any character to anywhere, and access even more by swiping on the keys.

I don't know how's the developnent, haven't checked for updates for a while, because I modified it a bit for my taste.

It's kinda on my list to fork it and add autocorrect, dictionary and prediction to it, unfortunately I don't have much time :/

[-] priapus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

I really like AnySoftKeyboard. It has a good features and is very customizable. It also has the best suggestions and autocorrect of any KB I have used.

[-] illectrility@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed. After you get the hang of it, it's amazing. So many special characters and most importantly: Glide Typing!

[-] MoonWalker@reddthat.com 9 points 1 year ago

FlorisBoard used to be my keyboard, but a couple months ago I found the Unexpected Keyboard. Both keyboards don't have spell suggestion.

FlorisBoard didn't have update for almost a year, but the developer is still working on it. The Unexpected Keyboard had an update last month.

Between those keyboards I prefer the Unexpected Keyboard.

[-] janguv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I tried Floris recently. It looks really promising, but I found the swipe input to be maddeningly frustrating - obscure words chosen over common alternatives etc. That was the reason I most wanted to migrate from Gboard. Alas. There's still nothing out there in this respect which beats the old Swype back in the day for me (though of course it wasn't FOSS).

[-] MoonWalker@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, I forgot about. I suffered from the same problem. It also happened when I tried swiping long words. I would get a completely different word or nothing at all.