Is HeliBoard safe?

HeliBoard is a privacy-conscious open-source keyboard, based on AOSP / OpenBoard. Does not use internet permission, and thus is 100% offline. Features: Add dictionaries for suggestions and spell check build your own, or get them here , or in the experimental section (quality may vary) additional dictionaries for emojis or scientific symbols can be used to provide suggestions (similar to "emoji se…

Developer: Helium314
Category: System
Earliest archived version: 30 Aug 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per IzzyOnDroid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from IzzyOnDroid

12 Oct 2026

4.2

update shift key icon rearrange Arabic punctuation popups and add dotted-circle markers add option to toggle hardware keyboard support (still buggy) allow clearing recent emojis (long-press emoji or recents icon) add regional indicator icons to flag emojis add setting for d-pad key (like for emoji…

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30 Aug 2026

4.1

add D-Pad allow using key repeat as long-press code for toolbar keys and popups, and set it default for toolbar arrow keys improve clipboard suggestion update settings icons more consistent display of popup hints tune numpad key widths to align them with number layout fix sometimes disappearing…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDhelium314.keyboard

Latest APK SHA-25669b2b2fb349934371b1ed2d3569541cc0bda987f8aaf5eb5f5b157961f76de86

Signing certificate5E:C0:A5:31:3A:A4:35:58:EE:75:B2:0B:58:CC:D8:19:4C:DB:F0:66:DF:94:A4:3B:A2:88:D9:33:D6:0B:86:CE

MIN ANDROID21TARGET36ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / History

Archive history

2 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 4.1 (30 Aug 2026), latest 4.2 (12 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 4.1 and 4.2.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

2 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

4.212 Oct 202621+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→4.130 Aug 202621+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceBinary repo · izzyondroid

Permissions6 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_CONTACTS

Declared permissions

android.permission.READ_CONTACTS android.permission.READ_USER_DICTIONARY android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.VIBRATE android.permission.WRITE_USER_DICTIONARY helium314.keyboard.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗