FUTO Keyboard is what I've been using for a while. It's no where near as good as Gboard, but it also isn't stealing literally everything I type.

HeliBoard free and open source

I like Unexpected from the F-Droid store but takes a little bit to get used to it.

Heliboard

This is really trippy, just today I also got pissed at Swiftkey for the onedrive bs. I've just installed HeliBoard after many recommendations I on other threads.

So far it works really well but took me some time to set up how I like it. I'm getting used to having 0 typing data though and it not autocorrecting my awful typing so I have to type out slower and more back tracking to fix my fat thumbs pressing the wrong letters.

Heliboard. Works lovely, got all the features, looks nice, is FOSS and can cure cancer if applied correctly. Not sure about the latter and I also just made it up.

I use the FUTO keyboard.
Alternatively gboard

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thumb-key made by one of the creators of lemmy.

used to use anysoft keyboard, but development seems to have died a while ago. so I got on the heliboard train like many others. preferred anysoft because of flexibility, but heliboard is open and works well enough.

So if you are a ride or die swipe user, the only real alternative is heliboard with the google library? I vaguely recall someone saying you could use microsoft keyboard but then use a firewall to block it from phoning home?

I use Heliboard.

I use FlorisBoard

i really like https://f-droid.org/packages/juloo.keyboard2 with dvorak
Unexpected keyboard allows to use pc shortcuts and makes usage of special characters fast without additional space and dvorak i use because its better in any way and phone games dont force input layout