I use FlorisBoard

well, GBoard is definitely the best,

but I use heliboard because it's open source.

FUTO Keyboard is what I've been using for a while. It's no where near as good as Gboard, but it also isn't stealing literally everything I type.

I use the FUTO keyboard.
Alternatively gboard

thumb-key made by one of the creators of lemmy.

HeliBoard free and open source

I like Unexpected from the F-Droid store but takes a little bit to get used to it.

This is really trippy, just today I also got pissed at Swiftkey for the onedrive bs. I've just installed HeliBoard after many recommendations I on other threads.

So far it works really well but took me some time to set up how I like it. I'm getting used to having 0 typing data though and it not autocorrecting my awful typing so I have to type out slower and more back tracking to fix my fat thumbs pressing the wrong letters.

Heliboard

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So if you are a ride or die swipe user, the only real alternative is heliboard with the google library? I vaguely recall someone saying you could use microsoft keyboard but then use a firewall to block it from phoning home?

used to use anysoft keyboard, but development seems to have died a while ago. so I got on the heliboard train like many others. preferred anysoft because of flexibility, but heliboard is open and works well enough.

i really like https://f-droid.org/packages/juloo.keyboard2 with dvorak
Unexpected keyboard allows to use pc shortcuts and makes usage of special characters fast without additional space and dvorak i use because its better in any way and phone games dont force input layout