Hey guys, im just got rid of gboard and im already missing the autocorrect and swipe to type features. I know there has to be a privacy friendly option out there. Thank you for your help; im fat fingering every other key, pls save me

  • besselj@lemmy.ca
    12·
    4 hours ago

    I really like heliboard. It works without network permissions, has autocorrect, and can do emojis

    • O_R_I_O_N@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      4·
      4 hours ago

      Looks tempting but the repo has active issues going back 2 years without being resolved. I’ll still probably give it a go tho, seems a popular opinion, thanks

      • qweertz (they/she)@programming.devEnglish
        5·
        3 hours ago

        I’ve been using it without major caveats since October last year. Even tried the proprietary swiping library you can install (it uses the Gboard one iirc, but OFC it can’t do shenanigans since it’s isolated by the app and not connected to the internet)

        • O_R_I_O_N@lemm.eeOPEnglish
          4·
          4 hours ago

          Nice that sounds perfect honestly! I’ll have go try it next. Thank you

  • skarn@discuss.tchncs.de
    18·
    4 hours ago

    FUTO Keyboard is hands down the best option.

    If you have philosophical objections to the FUTO license, then your options are Heliboard and Florisboars. Heliboard is currently better, but Florisboard has promise.

    • sqgl@beehaw.org
      1·
      17 minutes ago

      Doesn’t even detect I am glide typing about half the time. Unusable on my Google Pixel 4a.

    • wiccan2@lemmy.world
      1·
      52 minutes ago

      Thank you for this recommendation, it’s exactly what I was looking for to get me off of GBoard.

    • O_R_I_O_N@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      3·
      4 hours ago

      FUTO: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

      … I was planning on testing them all here but that’s so good I’ll think I’ll stop there! I see from recent reviews they are working on improving swipe even more :D thank you so much!

      • murky0106@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 hours ago

        Please pay the licensing fee for ongoing development if you plan to use for an extended period👍

  • jabjoe@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    3 hours ago

    My go to is still Hacker’s Keyboard. It’s great with Termux and me as good touch keyboard as I’ve had.

  • Schorsch@feddit.org
    5·
    3 hours ago

    I use Gboard but have blocked its Internet access, which is possible on Graphene OS.

  • Zer0Rank@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    4 hours ago

    If you want to try something totally different, I can recommend Thumb-key. There’s a bit of a learning curve, but once you get used to it, it can be quite fast to type with.