Mobile keyboards
HeliBoard privacy rating
Open source keyboard for Android based on AOSP LatinIME, with themes, clipboard history, multilingual typing and optional glide typing through a user-supplied library, without network access.
Summary
HeliBoard 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.
Score 85 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
GPL-3.0, with parts inherited from AOSP under Apache-2.0.
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Exodus found no trackers, and the app has no network permission.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Volunteer project supported by Liberapay donations, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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Yes
Works offline Weight 3 of 3
Does the keyboard work without internet access?
The app does not request the internet permission.