# HeliBoard (Offline Keyboard for Android)

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/heliboard-offline-keyboard-for-android/28093
**Category:** Tool Suggestions
**Created:** 2025-06-06T13:39:43Z
**Posts:** 14

## Post 1 by @Anonymous57 — 2025-06-06T13:39:43Z

### Website

> **[GitHub - Helium314/HeliBoard: Customizable and privacy-conscious open-source...](https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard)**
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> Customizable and privacy-conscious open-source keyboard

### Short description

Privacy-focused keyboard alternative for android. Has lots of features as well.

### Why I think this tool should be added

Meets minimum criteria, is well maintained and is also open source.

### Section on Privacy Guides

General apps subsection below Android main section

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## Post 2 by @wumixe — 2025-06-06T19:20:29Z

This looks cool, if this is added, I think it would also only be fair to add [FUTO Keyboard](https://keyboard.futo.org/#download). It’s what I use, but it is technically in alpha. I haven’t encountered issues, but maybe it could wait until a stable release.

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## Post 3 by @Anonymous57 — 2025-06-07T01:32:10Z

I have tried both Futo and Florisboard. All of these keyboards have their own strengths/weaknesses but I mainly recommend Heliboard because it’s stable and has the least amount of issues on their repo.

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## Post 4 by @Equinox — 2025-06-07T09:41:59Z

I’ve been using HeliBoard since OpenBoard stopped getting updates. It functions smoothly without requiring much adjustment, which is why I always return to HeliBoard.

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## Post 6 by @infamous55 — 2025-06-07T16:14:55Z

This is what I have been using for a long time.

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## Post 7 by @Anonymous57 — 2025-06-23T11:50:24Z

What do you think of it?

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## Post 8 by @micdan — 2025-06-23T12:16:38Z

Not a big fan of this keyboard. For me it’s minimalistic, which is very cool, but its features are kinda generic. I struggle to type with it for this reason, and I find SwiftKey better because with it I can type faster and better.

I personally don’t recommend it, especially if you type a lot.

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## Post 9 by @hose.crab — 2025-06-23T13:40:41Z

Also can support adding HeliBoard, great transition from other built in keyboards from android. Wish it was better with copy-paste and emoji recommendations otherwise like it a lot. Might switch to FUTO’s whenever it comes out of alpha

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## Post 10 by @Anonymous57 — 2025-06-24T12:17:37Z

Its customization is its biggest advantage. It looks simple in its default state but you can tweak it to work however you want it to.

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## Post 11 by @Regime6045 — 2025-06-24T13:00:47Z

> [@micdan](#):
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> SwiftKey

From Microsoft and proprietary so an unlikely candidate for PG.

In terms of privacy-respecting keyboards, there’s not THAT much choice.

- a bunch of very basic ones that can’t do swipe typing or multilingual typing
- HeliBoard
- AnySoftKeyboard
- Florisboard
- FUTO Keyboard (which has a “source first” license, it’s not free software)

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## Post 12 by @yourmother — 2025-07-05T08:47:11Z

> [@Regime6045](#):
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> - a bunch of very basic ones that can’t do swipe typing or multilingual typing
> - HeliBoard
> - AnySoftKeyboard
> - Florisboard

have these also voice typing/voice input like Futo has?

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## Post 13 by @Anonymous57 — 2025-08-12T10:55:51Z

You can use Futo’s voice input via heliboard, but I don’t know about the other ones.

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## Post 14 by @null — 2025-08-12T11:01:27Z

Never used Futo but [Whisper](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.woheller69.whisperplus) works with HeliBoard