<s>
Maliit	B-Language
is	O
an	O
input	B-General_Concept
method	I-General_Concept
framework	O
for	O
computers	O
with	O
particular	O
focus	O
on	O
implementing	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
mostly	O
for	O
touchscreen	B-Device
devices	O
,	O
Maliit	B-Language
allows	O
the	O
inputting	O
of	O
text	O
without	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
a	O
physical	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originating	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
,	O
Maliit	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
licensed	O
under	O
LGPL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maliit	B-Language
ships	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
component	O
of	O
LG	B-Operating_System
webOS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Plasma	B-Language
Mobile	I-Language
,	O
SailfishOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
LuneOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
Touch	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maliit	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
by	O
Nokia	O
who	O
eventually	O
shipped	O
it	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
Handset	O
“	O
Day	O
1	O
”	O
software	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
2010s	O
,	O
Maliit	B-Language
was	O
deployed	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
component	O
of	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
,	O
KDE	B-Application
Plasma	O
Active	O
,	O
OLPC	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
Touch	I-Protocol
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
project	O
ended	O
,	O
Maliit	B-Language
was	O
transferred	O
into	O
an	O
independent	O
project	O
by	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
consulting	O
firm	O
Openismus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maliit	B-Language
0.99	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
,	O
switched	O
from	O
Qt	B-Language
4	O
to	O
Qt	B-Language
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
a	O
KDE	B-Application
developer	O
announced	O
that	O
instead	O
of	O
Maliit	B-Language
,	O
QtVirtualKeyboard	B-Language
had	O
been	O
integrated	O
into	O
KDE	B-Application
Plasma	O
5.7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Maliit	B-Language
was	O
made	O
the	O
default	O
keyboard	O
in	O
Plasma	B-Language
Mobile	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Maliit	B-Language
2.0	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
Maliit	B-Language
's	O
features	O
are	O
a	O
plugin-based	O
architecture	O
,	O
word	O
correction	O
and	O
prediction	O
,	O
multitouch	O
,	O
and	O
context	O
sensitive	O
layouts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
running	O
on	O
Linux	O
kernel	O
,	O
handling	O
of	O
the	O
input	O
hardware	O
relies	O
on	O
evdev	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maliit	B-Language
supports	O
X11	B-Operating_System
as	O
well	O
as	O
Wayland	B-Language
.	O
</s>
