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FlorisBoard | FOSS keyboard that respects your privacy
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this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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The other problem with FOSS keyboards is that development always dies off with no more updates.
This makes it a non starter for me
There are a lot of "open source enthusiasts", but not enough "open source contributors"
Exactly because the thing is FOSS, that becomes possible for more people with enough qualifications to resume it. In proprietary case, only very limited circle gets to touch the source code. We're probably witnessing a curse with virtual keyboards in FOSS, like some niche kinds of software...
FlorisBoard kinda died off for a year as patrickgold tried to implement statistical NLP suggestions. Thankfully, quite recently he opened up developments for contributors and people looking to help with the project on a long-term basis.