# klausw/hackerskeyboard

Hacker's Keyboard (official)

Repository: https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/hackerskeyboard
Homepage: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-10-09T18:29:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3876, "days_push": 693, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2401, forks 582 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:43.809460+00:00)

## What it is
Hacker's Keyboard is an Android soft keyboard based on the AOSP Gingerbread keyboard that provides a full PC-style layout with number row, punctuation, arrow keys, and working Tab/Ctrl/Esc keys. It supports many language layouts and is especially useful for SSH clients like ConnectBot.

## Use cases
- typing on android with a full pc-style keyboard layout
- using ssh from an android device with tab ctrl and esc keys
- getting arrow keys on android tablets without a hardware keyboard
- typing in dvorak or neo2 layouts on android
- multilingual typing with many keyboard layouts on android

## When to choose
- you need a physical-keyboard-like layout on android for terminal or ssh work
- you want a specific layout like Dvorak, Neo2, or AZERTY on android
- you prefer the classic Gingerbread keyboard with multitouch modifiers

## When to avoid
- you need modern android features like reliable language switching or popup keys
- you want an actively developed keyboard with current API support
- you need gesture typing or modern predictive input

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: soft-keyboard, ime, android-keyboard, terminal-friendly, aosp, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- klausw/hackerskeyboard (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.809460+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:34:15.255502+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:43.809460+00:00, sha a0a0ba53ca52)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.