ctrlcctrlv / kvkbd

An AppImage for kvkbd, a piece of GNU/Linux abandonware.

kvkbd AppImage

Note

In response to this effort, Anthony Fieroni (@bvbfan), who makes Plasmoids and works with Qt 5, made a version of kvkbd for Qt 5! See https://github.com/bvbfan/kvkbd

This version will remain online for those who want to use the Qt 4 version, and for historical reasons.

Instructions

This is an AppImage for kvkbd, which I still feel (as of 10/2020) to be the best on-screen keyboard for GNU/Linux.

KDE abandoned it and didn't ugrade it for Qt 5. Most distros have dropped Qt 4 and KDE 4, both of which are dependencies to some extent, leaving kvkbd abandonware that is extremely difficult, if not functionally impossible, to compile. I rescued it with AppImages. See Rescuing kvkbd.

The AppImage is ≈30MB. It has some issues, you need the Oxygen icons. See the Medium for more and workarounds.

kvkbd's Issues

Qt5/KF5 port

Check out this fresh port of kvkbd to Qt 5 and KF5, which solves your underlying problem: https://github.com/bvbfan/kvkbd/

Good that you wrote that article, somebody took notice and ported it. It looks like it was not a complicated port, 400-ish lines.