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Fcitx5 for Android vs Doubao Input Method: catalog facts
Fcitx5 for Android	Doubao Input Method
Free Free and open source under the LGPL-2.1 licence.	Free Free download; no price is shown on the official site.
Android	Windows, macOS, Android, iOS
Many Chinese input schemes built in RIME plugin with custom schema import	Voice input with dialect and mixed Chinese-English recognition Model-driven suggestions and long-sentence completion
Keyboard layout is not customizable yet Google Play builds use a different signature from GitHub and F-Droid builds	Built for Chinese text input Website and interface are in Chinese
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: LGPL-2.1	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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