Get it on F-Droid. Supports 23 languages and 54 layouts.
Official website play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.smc.inputmethod.indic
Our take
Niche by design and genuinely useful for it: 23 languages and 54 layouts aimed at Indic scripts that mainstream privacy keyboards handle poorly or not at all. If you type in those languages and want to stay off cloud keyboards, this fills a real gap nothing else covers as well. For everyone outside its target scripts there’s little reason to choose it over a more general open-source option. Right tool for a specific job.
GitHub at a glance
smc/Indic-Keyboard
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Apache-2.0
Latest release
v3.4
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FlorisBoard Get it on F-Droid . Currently in early-beta state.
Indic Keyboard 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.