{
  "slug": "futo-keyboard",
  "category": "keyboards",
  "name": "FUTO Keyboard",
  "description": "Android keyboard with on-device word prediction, swipe typing and offline voice input, built without network access.",
  "website": "https://keyboard.futo.tech",
  "source": "https://gitlab.futo.org/keyboard/latinime",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "android"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "B",
  "score": 85,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "FUTO Keyboard scores 85 out of 100 (grade B) on the mobile keyboards criteria. It meets 4 of 5 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and works offline. It does not meet independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/keyboards/futo-keyboard/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/keyboards/futo-keyboard/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://gitlab.futo.org/keyboard/latinime/-/blob/master/LICENSE.md",
      "note": "All code is public under the source-available FUTO Source First License, which is not OSI-approved and limits commercial modification."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/org.futo.inputmethod.latin.playstore/latest/",
      "note": "Exodus found no trackers, and the app has no network permission."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://keyboard.futo.tech/",
      "note": "Funded by optional one-time license payments and by FUTO, with no ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "offline": {
      "title": "Works offline",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://keyboard.futo.tech/privacy",
      "note": "The app does not request the network permission; dictionary and model downloads open in the browser."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:33.517Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}