List of input methods for UNIX platforms

This is intended as a non-exhaustive list of input methods for UNIX platforms. An input method is a means of entering characters and other glyphs not normally supported by a user's input device — e.g., typing Chinese logographs using a QWERTY keyboard. See the input method page for more information.

Name	Languages supported	XIM	Qt4	GTK+ 2	GTK+ 3	Other
IBus	Multiple languages, including CJK	✓	✓	✓	✓
SCIM		✓	✓	✓
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		✓	✓	✓
fcitx	Mainly for Simplified Chinese	✓	✓	✓	✓	fbterm
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		✓