Privacy-focused Android keyboard
About this app
Privacy-focused Android keyboard with swipe typing, custom layouts, and password manager support. No tracking, 100% on-device, and fully open source.
## Features
**Input** - Swipe typing with geometric path matching and vertex detection - One-handed and split modes with coordinate transformation - Adaptive layout for tablets and foldables - Long-press for character variations and custom key mapping - Long-press comma key to switch keyboards (IME picker) - Spacebar swipe for cursor control - Backspace swipe to delete previous word - Optional number row - QWERTZ, AZERTY, Dvorak, Colemak, Workman, Bds and Hcesar layouts - Hardware keyboard detection
**Intelligence** - Local bigram model for next-word prediction - On-device spell checking using URIK (Ultra-compressed Ranked Input Korpus) — a custom binary dictionary format with Levenshtein automaton traversal - Autocorrect with configurable pause-on-misspell; skips URLs, emails, and punctuation - Word learning with encrypted SQLCipher database - User-specific word frequency tracking - 19 supported languages with dedicated language toggle button - Merged dictionaries mode for multilingual typing sessions - Emoji search with keyword support
**Integration** - Inline autofill support for password managers (Android 11+) - Clipboard history with encrypted storage
**Customization** - 15+ built-in themes with favorites and Material You dynamic theming (Android 12+) - Custom long-press symbol and key assignments - Haptic feedback strength slider - Auto-capitalization toggle - Configurable key size, key label size, spacebar size, and cursor speed - Manage learned words: browse, search, and delete entries - WCAG AA contrast and TalkBack support
**Privacy** - No telemetry, analytics, or network permissions - Local on-device processing - Encrypted local storage for user data (AES-256 + Android Keystore) - Biometric authentication for accessing learned words - Dictionary export and import for backup or migration - Bigram predictions and word frequencies remain local-only (not exported)
## Privacy
All processing happens on-device. No data leaves your phone. User dictionary and learned words are stored in an encrypted local database.
We answer to our users, not investors.
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only, by Urik Development.
What's New in v0.23.1-beta
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Jun 14, 2026 · 25.4 MB · Android API 26–36 · code 64
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 36b0d46f13932e1988c6944f2f3ada82a1a04457c62647e95594f42c8ebff5c0
Jun 13, 2026 · 25.4 MB · Android API 26–36 · code 63
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 ca340974c8dcb2f6b72ddbd23f908e6837e8fef81308ef35b75c732d3bb36b2f
May 18, 2026 · 25.4 MB · Android API 26–36 · code 62
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 ee0f5e600bb0eef55f6a9c681f78ce4477aa898aabd0bf892d33f3718cbbeb5c
Will it run on your device?
92%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
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SHA-256 Hash
36b0d46f13932e1988c6944f2f3ada82a1a04457c62647e95594f42c8ebff5c0
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