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Xime IME

A Rime-based Chinese IME for Wubi and Pinyin input
Xime (曦码) is a Chinese IME built on the Rime engine for Wubi and Pinyin input, focused on a simple and efficient typing experience.

Features:
* Multiple input schemes - Wubi 86, Wubi 98, Pinyin, and mixed Wubi/Pinyin
* Rime engine - mature and stable Rime input method engine
* Speech-to-text - built-in voice recognition (FunAsr and local models)
* Emoji plugins - supports extendable emoji plugins
* Material Design 3 style with light/dark themes

Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 2.8.6 (20260923) suggested Added on Sep 23, 2026

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 9.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • view Wi-Fi connections
      Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • com.kingzcheung.xime.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 30 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 2.8.5 (20260919) - Added on Sep 21, 2026

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 9.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • view Wi-Fi connections
      Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • com.kingzcheung.xime.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 30 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 2.8.4 (20260918) - Added on Sep 20, 2026

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 9.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • view Wi-Fi connections
      Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and name of connected Wi-Fi devices.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • com.kingzcheung.xime.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 30 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log