Hacker's Keyboard vs WiFiKeyboard
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Hacker's Keyboard
There are about thirty different languages covered, which can be enabled in the settings. For the five-row layout, the keyboard has separate number keys, punctuation in the usual places; tab, ctrl and arrow keys. It is based on the AOSP Gingerbread soft keyboard, so it supports multitouch for the modifier keys. Completion dictionaries are only possible via plug-in packages, available from the website, though there is no template for building these from source. Anysoftkeyboard dictionaries don't appear to work. The permissions requested by the application are those needed by the underlying Gingerbread keyboard. It uses the contacts information for completion of names and email addresses, and audio recording for the voice input feature.
WiFiKeyboard
Use your computer as a keyboard for your device, via a browser pointed to an address on the same LAN.
| Feature | Hacker's Keyboard | WiFiKeyboard |
|---|---|---|
| License | Apache-2.0 | GPL-2.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | NotesKeyboard | NotesKeyboard |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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