Khipro is a shift-free, half-phonetic Bengali keyboard layout designed to make Bengali typing faster, smarter, and more comfortable. It removes the need to press the Shift key at all, and keeps all typing within the central portion of the QWERTY keyboard resulting in a more fluid typing experience, especially for beginners and fast typists.
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🚀 Quickstart Guide
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- ✅ Shift-Free Typing — Type Bengali fluently without using the Shift key.
- 🧠 Intelligent Suggestions — Smart completions powered by
ibus-typing-booster. - 💻 Cross-Platform — Works on Linux (m17n), Windows (Borno, NMS Kontho), and Android (coming soon).
- 🧩 Phonetic Mapping — Familiar Avro-style input with simplified character access.
- 🌐 Open Source — Licensed under MIT and developed by the community.
Khipro uses phonetic input mapping, similar to Avro, but without requiring Shift for common letters. This shift-free approach boosts speed and reduces finger strain—making it ideal for everyday and professional Bengali typing.
Explore our organization repositories:
khipro-m17n— M17N implementation for Linux.khipro-nms— NMS Kontho layout file.khipro-python— Python version for testing.khiprokeyboard.github.io— Source of the official site.
- 💬 Telegram Chat Group — Ask questions, suggest features, or contribute.
- 📢 Khipro Tips Telegram Channel - Follow to get juicy tips on Khipro.
- 🛠 Contribute on GitHub — Fork, clone, and send PRs.
This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.
💡 Visit the Quickstart Guide to start typing with khipro with the fastest speed.
