Fcitx5 vs Thumb-Key
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Fcitx5
Supported languages English (with spellcheck) Chinese Pinyin, Shuangpin, Wubi, Cangjie and custom tables (built-in) Zhuyin/Bopomofo (via Chewing Plugin) Jyutping (via Jyutping Plugin) Vietnamese (via on UniKey Plugin, supports Telex, VNI and VIQR) Japanese (via Anthy Plugin) Korean (via Hangul Plugin) Sinhala (via Sayura Plugin) Thai (via Thai Plugin) Generic (via RIME Plugin, supports importing custom schemas) Features Virtual Keyboard (layout not customizable yet) Expandable candidate view Clipboard management (plain text only) Theming (custom color scheme and background image) Popup preview on key press Long press popup keyboard for convenient symbol input Symbol and Emoji picker
Thumb-Key
Thumb-Key is a privacy-conscious smart keyboard, made specifically for your thumbs. It features a 3x3 grid layout, and uses swipes for the less common letters. Its easy to learn, and designed for fast typing speeds. Instead of relying on profit-driven, privacy-offending word and sentence prediction for accuracy, as do most popular phone keyboards like Gboard and Swiftkey, Thumb-Key uses large keys with predictable positions, to prevent your eyes from hunting and pecking for letters. As the key positions get ingrained into your muscle memory, eventually you'll be able to appromixate the fast speeds of touch-typing, your eyes never having to leave the text edit area. This project is a follow-up to the now unmaintained (and closed-source) MessagEase Keyboard, which is its main inspiration.
| Feature | Fcitx5 | Thumb-Key |
|---|---|---|
| License | LGPL-2.1-only | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHubIzzyOnDroid |
| Categories | ProductivityKeyboard | ProductivityBrowserKeyboard |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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