Software:HeliBoard
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| Original author(s) | Helium314 |
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| Operating system | Android |
| Size | 21 MB |
| Type | Virtual keyboard |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Website | https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard |
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| Original author(s) | Daniele Laudani |
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| Initial release | December 31, 2019 |
| Operating system | Android |
| Size | 50 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 |
HeliBoard is a free and open-source virtual keyboard application for Android and a maintained fork of OpenBoard. OpenBoard, and subsequently Heliboard, are based on the Android Open Source Project's (AOSP) keyboard implementation.[1] OpenBoard was initially released on 31 December 2019 and was actively developed until 17 December 2022,[2][3] while HeliBoard is still in active developed.
HeliBoard and OpenBoard do not contain any Google dependencies and do not connect to the internet, and are therefore used as privacy-respecting alternatives to Gboard.[4][5][6]
HeliBoard and OpenBoard are licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0.[7]
Both keyboard support "force incognito mode" to disable the learning of new words, autocorrect, auto-capitalize, clipboard history, delete-key swipe actions, and more.[8] Heliboard, additionally, support more features.
References
- ↑ Helium314 (2025-12-21), Helium314/HeliBoard, https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard, retrieved 2025-12-21
- ↑ openboard-team. "first commit · openboard-team/openboard@797ee4f" (in en). https://github.com/openboard-team/openboard/commit/797ee4f5c616490e9fde04de09bbde0d55651172.
- ↑ openboard-team. "Commits · openboard-team/openboard" (in en). https://github.com/openboard-team/openboard.
- ↑ "If Gboard is the best Android keyboard, why do I like this alternative so much?" (in en). 2024-12-08. https://www.androidauthority.com/heliboard-gboard-alternative-3505462/.
- ↑ "Using OpenBoard Keyboard as a Replacement for Google Gboard | Developer Portal". https://developer.zebra.com/blog/using-openboard-keyboard-replacement-google-gboard.
- ↑ Leroux, Faith (2025-08-16). "I spent years switching between Android keyboards. This one changed everything" (in en). https://www.androidpolice.com/spent-years-switching-android-keyboards-this-one-changed-everything/.
- ↑ "OpenBoard - keyboard based on AOSP" (in en-GB). https://www.linuxlinks.com/openboard-keyboard-aosp/.
- ↑ "OpenBoard is a privacy-friendly keyboard for Android - gHacks Tech News" (in en-US). 2021-06-01. https://www.ghacks.net/2021/06/01/openboard-is-a-privacy-friendly-keyboard-for-android/.
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