OpenBoard (keyboard)

This article is about the open-source Android keyboard. For the open-source whiteboard software, see OpenBoard.

OpenBoard
Original author(s)	Daniele Laudani
Initial release	December 31, 2019;5 years ago (2019-12-31)
Repository	github.com/openboard-team/openboard
Operating system	Android
Size	48 MB
Available in	64 languages
List of languages Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Zulu
Type	Virtual keyboard
License	GPL-3.0
Website	https://github.com/openboard-team/openboard

OpenBoard is a discontinued free and open source keyboard based on AOSP for Android devices.

It does not contain shortcuts to any Google apps and does not connect to Google servers. ^[1] OpenBoard is licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0. ^[2]

There is a fork of OpenBoard that gained popularity, called HeliBoard. ^[3]

Features

OpenBoard is a privacy focused keyboard. It supports spell checking, text corrections and suggestions. It supports "force incognito mode" to disable the learning of new words, and Clipboard history, delete-key swipe actions. ^[4]

References

1. "Using OpenBoard Keyboard as a Replacement for Google Gboard | Developer Portal". developer.zebra.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
2. "OpenBoard - keyboard based on AOSP". LinuxLinks. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
3. "If Gboard is the best Android keyboard, why do I like this alternative so much?". Android Authority. 2024-12-08. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
4. "OpenBoard is a privacy-friendly keyboard for Android - gHacks Tech News". gHacks Technology News. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2022-02-28.