Hacker's Keyboard Android

Hacker's Keyboard

A full 5-row keyboard including arrow and Esc/Ctrl keys, intended for tablets.

Features & Capabilities

Are you missing the key layout you're used to from your computer? This keyboard has separate number keys, punctuation in the usual places, and arrow keys. It is based on the AOSP Gingerbread soft keyboard, so it supports multitouch for the modifier keys.

This keyboard is especially useful if you use ConnectBot for SSH access. It provides working Tab/Ctrl/Esc keys, and the arrow keys are essential for devices that don't have a trackball or D-Pad.

HAVE FEEDBACK, QUESTIONS, OR BUG REPORTS? Please check https://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions or email me. It's difficult to track issues reported through review comments.

Completion dictionaries are provided by plug-in packages, see the "other applications by this developer" section for the currently available list. The keyboard also supports use of dictionaries (but not keyboard layouts) provided by AnySoftKeyboard language packs.

For more information, please see the documentation:
https://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/wiki/UsersGuide
https://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
https://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/wiki/ReleaseNotes
https://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/

In case an updated version is not working for you, you can download older releases here:
https://code.google.com/p/hackerskeyboard/downloads/list?q=label:Release&sort=-filename

Known issues include:

- Localization for the keyboard layout is incomplete, currently the Spanish, Finnish, Lao, Romanian, and Thai are only localized in 4-row mode and show the English QWERTY layout in 5-row mode.

- Some languages and layouts may not be usable on your phone if it lacks the necessary fonts.

- Right-to-left languages (Arabic, Hebrew) are apparently not fully supported on pre-Honeycomb devices. Your mileage may vary.

- Many applications don't react to additional keys since they aren't programmed to handle them.

The supported keyboard layouts include:
- Armenian (Հայերեն)
- Arabic (العربية)
- Bulgarian (български език)
- Czech (Čeština)
- Danish (dansk)
- English Dvorak (language "en_DV")
- English (QWERTY)
- English/British (en_GB)
- Finnish (Suomi)
- French (Français, AZERTY)
- German (Deutsch, QWERTZ)
- Greek (ελληνικά)
- Hebrew (עברית)
- Hungarian (Magyar)
- Italian (Italiano)
- Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
- Norwegian (Norsk bokmål)
- Persian (فارسی)
- Portugese (Português)
- Romanian (Română)
- Russian (Русский)
- Russian phonetic (Русский, ru-rPH)
- Serbian (Српски)
- Slovak (Slovenčina)
- Slovenian (Slovenščina)/Bosnian/Croatian/Latin Serbian
- Spanish (Español, Español Latinoamérica)
- Swedish (Svenska)
- Tamil (தமிழ்)
- Thai (ไทย)
- Turkish (Türkçe)
- Ukrainian (українська мова)

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Klaus Weidner
Downloads:
12,763,244
Rating:
3.94
(60,507)
Version:
v1.40.7 Last updated: 2018-11-26
Creation date:
2011-05-19
Email:
po*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Google Play Store
Data ingested on:
2025-03-17
Compare stats and ranking:

Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Android app. Please use these information below to contact the Android app developer.
Developed by:
Klaus Weidner
Google Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard
Email:
po*****@gmail.com
Website:
https://github.com/klausw/hackerskeyboard

User Reviews

Pros
  • Full functionality with a complete desktop-like keyboard layout
  • No ads or invasive data collection
  • Good for coding with suggested punctuations and arrow keys
  • Customizable layout and language support
  • Private with minimal permissions required
Cons
  • Dictionary and autocorrect features are not functioning properly on newer Android versions
  • Space bar and enter key sizing issues leading to typos
  • Requires separate downloads for additional features like the dictionary
  • Inconsistent responsiveness and detection of key presses on some devices
  • No built-in emoji support which limits functionality for some users
Recent reviews
This needs more flexibility. There is a game I'm using that is also on PC (its "the powder toy") and some of its controls are integrated into the Android version, I need to hold shift in order to get the fans to work and control them. But there is no shift on here! I'm not too worried cause I have a wireless keyboard if I can find it, but it'd be nice if this had all the controls of a PC keyboard.
by Se*****, 2024-12-27

Good on earlier versions of Android OS, but word completion dictionary installs but does nothing in 13, while it worked fine in 11. OS dropped mechanism to signal dictionary when a key is pressed Still, it has arrow keys, so you don't have to be infuriated when your tap is a letter or two off and the witless system switches to copy/paste mode when you try to move the cursor.
by Di*****, 2024-07-29
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