This is intended as a non-exhaustive list of input methods for Unix platforms. An input method is a means of entering characters and glyphs that have a corresponding encoding in a character set. See the input method page for more information.
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| IBus | Multiple languages, including CJK |  |
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| SCIM | |
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| Fcitx | |
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fbterm | |
| uim | |
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Leim, TTY and TSM (Mac OS X) | |
| GCIN | Chinese input method server for Big5 Traditional Chinese character sets, expandible with input methods e.g. from SCIM. | |
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| xcin | Mainly for traditional Chinese; adapted for use for simplified Chinese. | |
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| oxim | |
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| InputKing | Chinese (traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese), Japanese and Korean. | Browser based | ||||
| im-ja | Japanese | |
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| kinput2 | |
kinput2 protocol | ||||
| Nunome | Qtopia | |||||
| ATOKX | |
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| ami | Korean | |
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| imhangul | |
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| Nabi | |
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| qimhangul | |
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| xvnkb | Vietnamese | |
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| x-unikey | |