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I use openboard but it gets me mad sometimes when I start deleting characters and it removes the space between the last word..sometimes it's really annoying!

Here's my lazy and unpopular solution

I use FlorisBoard. It's not perfect, but it has a fully featured clipboard and undo-redo functionality. Missing the swipe tho.

I use Gboard but with internet access disabled for it. I haven't found a comparable open source keyboard yet.

I use thumb-key, made by dessalines. I downloaded it from fdroid

If you check out screenshots, you'll see that its a very non traditional type of keyboard that requires time and effort to get the hang of.

Once you do, you will be able to type roughly as fast as you would with predictive swipe

Just adding Simple Keyboard here as well. It has no features besides typing. It's literally just a keyboard. Been using it for a bit and like it, but it won't be for everyone.

Any keyboard with no internet permission should be "privacy-respecting", as it can't (as I understand it) send any data back to the developers. I'm personally a big fan of Unexpected Keyboard, though it's definitely something to get used to.

I use an OpenBoard fork with gestures after giving up Gboard.

https://github.com/erkserkserks/openboard/releases/tag/v1.4.5-gesture-typing

my dumbass thought you were referring to a physical keyboard

I'm using openboard rn

All good but Florisboard has an internal clipboard with past entries. If you use its buttons (change in the settings, top row) and not the android ones, the system never gets your clipboard

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I just tried Unexpected keyboard, it's easy to use and open source : https://github.com/Julow/Unexpected-Keyboard you can find it on F droid

Right now I'm using SwiftKey, but if I can find an open source keyboard alternative with good customization and keyboard resizing (vertical and horizontal) I'd happily swap away.

Florisboard is my daily driver and I have unexpected keyboard so I can do proper VNC sessions from my phone.

Any keyboard that doesn't have an internet connection.

Privacy respecting, but not open source:

Typewise

(Also a lot less typos and faster writing once you get used to it.)

my favorite is unexpected keyboard. it takes a while to get used to but once you do it's way faster than any othet keyboard.

Related: how good privacy wise is the default AOSP keyboard found in no-Google-services ROMs like Lineage and /e/? Does it still phone home?

Try Thumb-Key. It's a keyboard made by Lemmy's main developer. It uses a rather exotic layout, but once you get used to it, it is so much better than qwerty.