Get it on F-Droid. Currently in early-beta state.
Official website github.com/florisboard/florisboard
Our take
Still labels itself early-beta, and that honesty matters, because expecting a finished product here will frustrate you. What you get is a from-scratch, privacy-respecting keyboard with no Google ties and an active codebase, which is genuinely promising. Treat it as a project you’re choosing to support and tolerate rough edges on, not a drop-in Gboard replacement. People who need rock-solid autocorrect and swipe today should wait or pick something more mature.
GitHub at a glance
florisboard/florisboard
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Apache-2.0
Latest release
v0.5.2
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FlorisBoard 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.