FUTO: Keyboards Shouldn't Connect to the Internet

https://keyboard.futo.org/

27•ForHackernews•2mo ago

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ForHackernews•2mo ago

I've switched to FUTO keyboard away from Microsoft's SwiftKey recently rebranded as an "AI Keyboard". So far, so good. It does what it says on the tin. The swipe-to-type isn't as good as SwiftKey or Swype (RIP) but it's good enough for daily use.

MrDrMcCoy•2mo ago

I'm on HeliBoard, which can use the Swype library and has instructions for obtaining it. It's not prefect, but it's the most accurate for glide typing I've seen. It's the same library that powers Gboard glide typing, so it's pretty good.

ForHackernews•2mo ago

I might try that, but at at a glance it seems...suboptimal.

> Glide typing (only with closed source library )

> library not included in the app, as there is no compatible open source library available

> can be extracted from GApps packages ("swypelibs"), or downloaded here (click on the file and then "raw" or the tiny download button)

MrDrMcCoy•2mo ago

The setup admittedly sucks, but the swypelibs make up for it.

TheCleric•2mo ago

Hope this becomes available on iOS.

bitwize•2mo ago

Reminder that FUTO is a dishonest, fascist-linked organization: https://drewdevault.com/2025/10/22/2025-10-22-Whats-up-with-...

ForHackernews•2mo ago

Relative to Google or Microsoft?

bitwize•2mo ago

You can find non-Google, non-Microsoft, open source, spyware-free keyboards that don't come from fascist-adjacent organizations.

I think maybe it's time to integrate the Olivia Hill rule into the fabric of our community, at least informally.

ForHackernews•2mo ago

Might be more important for the United States government to adopt that rule.

TheCleric•2mo ago

If you know of one for iOS I’d love to hear about it.

preisschild•2mo ago

There are actual free&open source software keyboards. Not futo's "source available"-bs

novemp•2mo ago

Because those are the only alternatives?

ForHackernews•2mo ago

I think they kind of are if you want swipe features? Are there any FLOSS apps besides FUTO that have that?

For what it's worth, I don't require that the friends of the author of my keyboard software share my political values. We live in a morally compromised world and I use software every day written by organizations doing evil.

DoctorOW•2mo ago

First, FUTO doesn't produce FLOSS. The key difference though, is that Google and Microsoft are doing evil for the end goal of more money whereas FUTO appears to be using all money and influence specifically in service of fascism. Can I pick a phone made with 100% ethical hardware and software? No, probably not. Can I avoid a brand actively trying to make everything for its own sake? Absolutely.

ForHackernews•2mo ago

> whereas FUTO appears to be using all money and influence specifically in service of fascism

This seems like a wild mischaracterization of donating money to free software projects? https://futo.org/grants/ but maybe I don't have the same ideological commitments that you do.

DoctorOW•2mo ago

This response is not indicative of thorough reading of what was shared thus far. I really do not think you could have read the article listed above and think the "grants" are new information.

0xy•2mo ago

Aside from the numerous unsourced claims and hand wringing over people with garden variety center-right takes, this blog post also falsely claims Curtis Yarvin has himself claimed to be a fascist, which appears to be an outright fabrication.

1970-01-01•2mo ago

Oh the OSK, not the clicky clacky version.

daks12•2mo ago

161Mb?! Thanks, but no.

Saris•2mo ago

I'd assume a lot of the size is the auto correct data

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