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.
| Name | Languages supported | XIM | Qt4 | GTK 2 | GTK 3 | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBus | Multiple languages, including CJK | |||||
| SCIM | ||||||
| Fcitx | fbterm | |||||
| uim | 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. | |||||
| xcin | Mainly for traditional Chinese; adapted for use for simplified Chinese. | |||||
| oxim | ||||||
| InputKing | Chinese (traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese), Japanese and Korean. | Browser based | ||||
| im-ja | Japanese | |||||
| kinput2 | kinput2 protocol | |||||
| Nunome | Qtopia | |||||
| ATOKX | ||||||
| ami | Korean | |||||
| imhangul | ||||||
| Nabi | ||||||
| qimhangul | ||||||
| xvnkb | Vietnamese | |||||
| x-unikey |