Open source alternatives to SwiftKey

One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what SwiftKey does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What SwiftKey does

  1. On-screen typingcore
  2. Predictive text that learns from youcore
  3. Swipe typing
  4. Multiple languages at once
  5. Themes
  6. Emoji and GIFs
  7. Clipboard

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
AnySoftKeyboardOffline on-screen keyboard for Android with support for many languages Replaces it83%3.4k+1
209
2 months ago62% Install like an app Apache-2.0
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Emoji and GIFs. Not shown: Clipboard.See the evidence
  • On-screen typingcoreYeson screen keyboard for multiple languages
  • Predictive text that learns from youcoreYesWord suggestions, and Next-Word suggestions
  • Swipe typingYesGesture typing.
  • Multiple languages at onceYesget suggestions for German and Russian
  • ThemesYesTheme add-ons in this repo
  • Emoji and GIFsPartlyPlenty of emojis
  • ClipboardNot shownNeither the README nor the website mentions it.

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