# HeliBorg/HeliBoard

Customizable and privacy-conscious open-source keyboard

Repository: https://github.com/HeliBorg/HeliBoard
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/heliboard
Language: Kotlin
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:44:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1638, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 54, "gap_med": 33, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5945, forks 470 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.664961+00:00)

## What it is
HeliBoard is a privacy-conscious, customizable open-source keyboard for Android, based on AOSP/OpenBoard. It works fully offline with no internet permission and supports custom dictionaries, themes, layouts, multilingual typing, and clipboard history.

## Use cases
- replace gboard with an offline keyboard
- type without internet permission on android
- customize keyboard theme and background image
- add custom dictionaries for suggestions and spell check
- multilingual typing on android
- clipboard history keyboard
- split keyboard and one-handed mode
- emoji search keyboard

## When to choose
- you want a fully offline, privacy-respecting Android keyboard
- you need customizable layouts, themes, and dictionaries
- you prefer open-source software on F-Droid

## When to avoid
- you need glide typing without manually extracting a closed-source library
- you need an iOS or desktop keyboard
- you rely on cloud-based features like cloud sync or voice typing

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: internationalization, privacy
- domain: android-tools, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: keyboard, offline, openboard-fork, customizable-themes, spell-check, glide-typing, clipboard-history, foss, localization, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- HeliBorg/HeliBoard (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.664961+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 2026-08-29T17:50:44.383334+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/HeliBorg/HeliBoard (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.664961+00:00, sha 466351c7fb8f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.