Characters
Character map application Source
Description
Characters is a simple utility application to find and insert unusual characters. It allows you to quickly find the character you are looking for by searching for keywords.
You can also browse characters by categories, such as Punctuation, Pictures, etc.
Rating
Mobile Fit: 5Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!
Project status: mature
This project has been in development for a long time and is usually well beyond its 1.0 release. It should work fine.
Features
✔ Every feature of this app can be accessed via touch screen, no mouse or keyboard needed.
✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.
Packaging
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Get it on Flathub!
Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Characters.flatpakref
Get it on Snapcraft!
Build and install your own Snap: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-characters/-/raw/main/build-aux/snap/snapcraft.yaml
Please note that Snap only supports these distributions.
If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:
Install* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.
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Licensing and technical details
License: BSD-3-Clause GPL-2.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0
Frameworks: GTK4 libadwaita
Programming languages: C JavaScript
Build system: meson
AppStream Metadata URL: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-characters/-/raw/main/data/org.gnome.Characters.appdata.xml.in.in