# Trime (open-source keyboard)

> Trime is a free, open-source keyboard for Android. Chinese IME with Rime Input Method Engine. It has 4,700 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.

Trime is originally a frontend of open-source Android Traditional Chinese IME, based on RIME input method framework and written in Java/Kotlin with JNI. It is designed to protect the native language of various local dialects of Chinese and is a universal shape-based and phonetic-based input method platform.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/osfans/trime |
| Platforms | Android |
| Built with | Kotlin |
| GitHub stars | 4,700 |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later (open source) |
| F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/packages/com.osfans.trime/ (package com.osfans.trime) |
| F-Droid anti-features | none flagged |
| Google Play | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.osfans.trime |
| App Store | not linked |
| Website | https://github.com/osfans/trime |
| Official | no |
| Category | Keyboards |
| Latest release | v3.3.12 (Sep 1, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

F-Droid builds its apps from source and flags anti-features: https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Anti-Features/

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