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Trime vs Fcitx5 Chewing Plugin: catalog facts
Trime	Fcitx5 Chewing Plugin
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL-2.1 licence.
Android	Android
Built on the configurable RIME input framework Supports shape-based and phonetic input schemes	Adds Zhuyin/Bopomofo input through the Chewing engine Shares the Fcitx5 framework used on Linux desktops
Android only Setup of RIME schemas can take some learning	Requires the main Fcitx5 for Android app Keyboard layout is not customizable yet
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: LGPL-2.1
Not stated if an account is needed	No account 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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