Mozc is an open source Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) developed by Google, designed to provide Japanese text input across multiple operating systems including Android, macOS, Windows, GNU/Linux, and Chromium OS. The project originated as a subset of Google Japanese Input, released publicly under the BSD 3-Clause license for community use and development. Mozc offers core IME functionality such as text conversion, prediction, and dictionary-based input, enabling users to efficiently type and edit Japanese text. While Mozc shares much of its codebase with Google’s internal IME, it operates as an independent open source project without official support, guarantees, or stable release cycles. Developers can build Mozc from source for their preferred platform, and the repository includes detailed build instructions for Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows environments.
Features
- Buildable from source with platform-specific instructions provided
- Open source and extensible for community-driven development
- Modular architecture suitable for integration into various applications
- Supports text conversion, prediction, and rich dictionary-based input
- Derived from Google Japanese Input, released under the BSD 3-Clause License
- Cross-platform Japanese Input Method Editor for Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Chromium OS