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FXboard

An FX keyboard, a fork of FUTO Keyboard

Role
Designer and developer
Tools
Kotlin, Java, Android, GitHub Actions
Company
Personal project
Year
2026

FUTO Keyboard is a good modern keyboard that stays offline and does not spy on you. FXboard is an unofficial fork of it that adds keyfx effects and a few typing extras, for phones without root. It keeps everything FUTO Keyboard does (offline, private, swipe typing, voice input, predictions that learn on your phone) and tracks FUTO’s upstream code.

What it adds. Every keyfx effect, live on the keyboard, with key pops that scale the real keys and letter hop that uses FUTO’s exact swiped word. A vertical spacebar cursor that moves between lines when you drag up or down. An option to hide the keyboard navigation bar on Android 15 and newer. A Keyboard effects page with a Preview button on each effect and an Import box for settings designed in the keyfx lab.

Safe to install. It installs as its own app beside the official FUTO Keyboard, so you can try it without removing anything. Every release is built by GitHub Actions from the commit it names and signed with the same key, so updates install in place and keep your dictionary and settings. It is free, with no ads and no paid features.

FXboard is not made, endorsed or supported by FUTO.

Videos

Overview

A tour of the effects, recorded in the keyfx lab.

Typing

Key pop, letter float, heat streak, neighbor wave and sparks.

Backspace tap

Fire, shatter, laser, disintegrate and glitch.

Backspace hold

Black hole, portal and lava rumble.

Enter

Rocket, shockwave, check mark and row wave.

Spacebar

Stars, puff and shimmer, then the spacebar as a trackpad.

Swipe trail

Comet, lightning, neon tube, ink brush and circuit.

Swiped word

Letter hop three ways, and constellation.

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