This is intended as a non-exhaustive list of input methods for Unix platforms. An input method is a means of entering characters and glyphs that have a corresponding encoding in a character set. See the input method page for more information.

NameLanguages supportedXIMQt4GTK 2GTK 3Other
IBusMultiple languages, including CJK
SCIM
Fcitxfbterm
uimLeim, TTY and TSM (Mac OS X)
Chinese input method server for Big5 Traditional Chinese character sets, expandible with input methods e.g. from SCIM.
Mainly for traditional Chinese; adapted for use for simplified Chinese.
Chinese (traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese), Japanese and Korean.Browser based
Japanese
kinput2kinput2 protocol
NunomeQtopia
ATOKX
amiKorean
Vietnamese