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Free Bangla Keyboard for Windows, Mac & Linux

One keyboard for every Bangla layout: Bijoy and Avro-style Phonetic, with smart suggestions and autocorrect.

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Free · v1.0.1 · Windows 10/11 · macOS 13+ · Linux (IBus)

amar sonar banglaPhoneticBijoy

আমার সোনার বাংলা

বাংলা
বাংলায়
bangla

Phonetic
Bijoy

Try it

Type Bangla online: free Phonetic & Bijoy typing

Try Nukta Bangla online before you install it. Type on your own keyboard (English letters for Phonetic, or the classic Bijoy keys) and get Unicode Bangla text you can copy anywhere.

Type here in English letters

আমার সোনার বাংলা

Features

Smart Bangla keyboard: fast, private, customizable

Phonetic, Bijoy and autocorrect in one free Bangla keyboard. Settings live in the নু menu (Mac), the tray (Windows) or a settings file (Linux).

Free Bijoy, no licence

The classic Bijoy layout, free, with Unicode output. No licence or activation key.

Unicode in every app

Type Bangla in Word, Facebook, WhatsApp or any browser. No font conversion.

Private and offline

Runs on your computer. Nothing you type is sent anywhere, and it works without internet.

Smart suggestions

Avro-style phonetic typing with a 150k-word dictionary. Type amar, get আমার.

Learns your picks

Words you choose come first next time, so typing gets faster.

Two layouts, one keyboard

Switch Bijoy and Phonetic in one click from the menu bar or tray.

Setting

Typing mode

Phonetic first, Smart or Phonetic only. Type your way.

Setting

Bangla autocorrect

Fixes common spellings, like account → অ্যাকাউন্ট. Turn it on or off.

Setting

Emoji suggestions

Type hasi, pick 😄. Or switch it off for plain text.

Setting

English word candidate

Keep the English word you typed in the list, for mixed Bangla-English.

Setting

Colon or ঃ

A plain colon, or বিসর্গ (ঃ) as in Avro.

Setting

Suggestion list

Below or above the text, as a column or a row.

macOS · Windows

Download

Download Nukta Bangla free for Windows, Mac & Linux

Free for everyone, open source under the MIT licence. Pick your system. Current version v1.0.1.

Windows

Windows 10 & 11 · 64-bit & 32-bit

Bijoy and Phonetic. Installer comes as a .exe.

Download .exe (4.2 MB)

If Windows shows 'Windows protected your PC', click More info → Run anyway.

How to install

macOS

macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel

Bijoy and Phonetic. Installer comes as a .dmg.

Download .dmg (3.0 MB)How to install

Linux

IBus · GNOME and others

Bijoy and Phonetic. One command, or grab the installer.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nukta-Solutions/nukta-bangla-keyboard/main/linux/bootstrap.sh | bash

Download installer How to install

All releases and source code on GitHub

Guide

How to install and use Nukta Bangla Keyboard

Set up Nukta Bangla in a few minutes on Windows, Mac or Linux, then start typing Bangla in any app.

Install on Windows

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit or 32-bit. Not Windows on Arm yet.

If Windows shows 'Windows protected your PC', click More info → Run anyway.

Double-click the NuktaBangla-Setup file you downloaded.
When Windows asks for permission, click Yes, then Next → Install → Finish. Nukta Bangla adds itself to your keyboards.
Nukta Bangla starts, with its bar at the top of the screen and its icon in the system tray. Press F12, or click the tray icon, to start typing Bangla.

How to switch: Press F12 to switch between English and Bangla, or click the tray icon. It shows নু while Bangla is on and EN while it's off.

Install on Mac

macOS 13 Ventura or newer, on Apple Silicon or Intel.

Open NuktaBangla.dmg, then double-click Install Nukta Bangla.pkg.
In the installer, click Continue → Install and enter your password.
Log out and log in again (Apple menu → Log Out).
Open System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → Edit… → +. Choose Bangla on the left, then নুকতা বাংলা, then Add.

How to switch: Switch between ABC and Nukta Bangla from the keyboard icon in the menu bar, or press Control + Space (or fn/🌐).

Install on Linux

IBus, which GNOME and most desktops already have. On KDE, Xfce and others, make IBus your input method first (im-config -n ibus on Debian and Ubuntu).

Download the installer, then run it in a terminal from the folder you saved it to: bash nukta-bangla-linux.sh
It offers to install anything missing (IBus, its Python bindings, a Bangla font), then installs Nukta Bangla and restarts IBus.
Open Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources → + → Bangla and add নুকতা বাংলা - বিজয়, নুকতা বাংলা - ফোনেটিক or both (GNOME). On other desktops, use ibus-setup → Input Method → Add → Bangla.
Not in the list? Run ibus restart, or log out and log in again.

Or install with one command. With this command, Phonetic needs Rust; without it you get Bijoy only.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nukta-Solutions/nukta-bangla-keyboard/main/linux/bootstrap.sh | bash

How to switch: Press Super + Space to switch between your keyboards.

Switch between Bijoy and Phonetic

Windows

Click the layout switch on the Nukta Bangla top bar, or right-click the tray icon and open কীবোর্ড লেআউট.
Pick বাংলা · বিজয় or বাংলা · ফোনেটিক. It applies in every app.

Mac

Click the নু icon in the menu bar.
Pick বিজয় লেআউট or ফোনেটিক. It applies in every app and is remembered.

Linux

Add both নুকতা বাংলা - বিজয় and নুকতা বাংলা - ফোনেটিক in Input Sources (step 3).
Press Super + Space to switch between them, or use the layout menu in the top bar (GNOME).

Phonetic typing basics

Type Bangla the way it sounds, in English letters. Capitals matter: o and O are different.

You type	You get
`k`	ক
`kh`	খ
`g`	গ
`c`	চ
`ch`	ছ
`sh`	শ
`R`	ড়
`ng`	ং
`kk`	ক্ক

You type	You get
`o`	অ
`O`	ও
`a`	আ
`i`	ই
`u`	উ
`shokti`	শক্তি
`bondhu`	বন্ধু
`dhorrmo`	ধর্ম

After a consonant, a vowel becomes its sign: ka → কা, ki → কি. Space enters the selected word; ↑ ↓ or 1–9 pick another suggestion.

FAQ

Nukta Bangla keyboard FAQ

Is Nukta Bangla Keyboard free?

Yes. It's free for everyone and open source under the MIT licence.

Can I use Bijoy for free on Windows and Mac?

Yes. The Bijoy layout is built in on Windows, Mac and Linux, free, with no licence or activation key. It types Unicode, so your text works everywhere.

Is it like Avro? Can I type phonetically?

Yes. Phonetic typing follows Avro Phonetic's rules: type amar and get আমার, with suggestions from a 150,000-word dictionary. See Phonetic typing basics.

Does it work in Word, Facebook and WhatsApp?

Yes. It types standard Unicode Bangla, so it works in Word, Facebook, WhatsApp, your browser and any other app. No font conversion needed.

Does it work offline? Is my typing private?

Yes to both. It runs entirely on your computer and works without internet. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.

Which layouts work on each system?

Phonetic and Bijoy on Windows, Mac and Linux.

With the one-command Linux install, Phonetic needs Rust; the Linux installer has everything built in.

Does it work on Android or iPhone?

No. Nukta Bangla Keyboard is for computers: Windows, Mac and Linux. On a phone, you can still try it online.

Is the source code available?

Yes. All of it is on GitHub under the MIT licence. Phonetic typing uses riti, OpenBangla's engine (MPL-2.0).