Get it on F-Droid. Supports lots of languages via external packages.
Official website play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard
Our take
Long-lived, Apache-licensed, and on F-Droid with no Google binaries, which is most of what you want from a privacy keyboard: no telemetry, no cloud, no network reason to exist. Language support comes through separate add-on packs rather than being built in, so setup is more fiddly than a mainstream keyboard. The prediction and gesture polish also trails Gboard noticeably. A solid default for anyone de-Googling who can live without the slickest typing experience.
GitHub at a glance
AnySoftKeyboard/AnySoftKeyboard
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AnySoftKeyboard 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.