OpenVanilla is an input method project. An input method is a system software program that people use to enter characters not found on their keyboards. The Project includes a large collection of Traditional and Simplified Chinese input methods as well as support for Taiwanese, Japanese, Tibetan, Unicode symbols, among others.

Input method development used to be platform-dependent. OpenVanilla provides a lightweight API that simplifies the process. Because of its minimalistic design, OpenVanilla is highly portable. Input method modules developed with OpenVanilla's API run smoothly on Mac OS X, Linux/FreeBSD, and Windows.

The Project also explores the possibilities of input method design. Topics include better user interface design and use cases beyond Asian languages. It's an open source project, participation welcome!

OpenVanilla（開放香草輸入法計劃）提供多種輸入法工具，可以在Mac OS X、Linux/FreeBSD/Windows等平台上使用。

OpenVanilla的輕量設計，簡化了輸入法的開發工作。同時OpenVanilla也關心輸入法的各種可能性，例如更好的使用者介面設計，以及如何讓輸入法也能使用於其他語言。