Ezhuthola: Malayalam Keyboard

Type Malayalam the way you text: in Manglish. Type ente keralam and get എന്റെ കേരളം.

Ezhuthola (എഴുത്തോല, the palm-leaf manuscript) is a free, open-source Malayalam keyboard. It asks for no permissions at all , not even internet, so nothing you type ever leaves your phone. No ads, no accounts, no tracking.

Malayalam (Manglish)

Type in English letters and get Malayalam: njan → ഞാൻ, adipoli → അടിപൊളി

Its own transliteration engine, written from scratch

Word suggestions ranked by how often Malayalam words are really used

Word forms with endings: keralathil → കേരളത്തിൽ

Learns your words: the spellings you pick come first next time

English words in Malayalam mode are written the Malayali way: four → ഫോർ, station → സ്റ്റേഷൻ

English

Word suggestions and completion

Autocorrect, with backspace to undo it

Knows chat words like bro, tbh and ngl, and leaves your Manglish alone

A Missing words list in settings shows words it doesn't know yet, so you can add them

Stickers

Make your own from a photo: trace, magic wand, eraser and shapes, with a white border

Or big Malayalam text stickers in four Malayalam fonts

Add stickers you already have: pictures, or .wastickers packs

Sent as real stickers in WhatsApp, made and kept on your phone

Everything else

One tap on the yellow ola key switches between Malayalam and English

Emoji search in English, Manglish and Malayalam: love, chiri, sneham, ചിരി

Clipboard history: tap to paste, hold to pin. Passwords and OTPs are never saved

Themes: Numio, Black & White, Light, Blue Night, or your own photo

Number hints on the top row, ₹ on both symbol pages