This free Urdu keyboard online works instantly in any browser — no app download, no installation, no changing your phone's language settings.
Type Urdu on iPhone, Android, Windows or Mac. Roman Urdu mode converts romanized Urdu to Urdu script automatically. Copy directly to WhatsApp messages, TikTok captions, Instagram bios, and more.
1. Open kactyl.com/urdu/→2. Click letters→3. Copy→4. Paste anywhere
Everything you need to know about the Urdu keyboard
Arabi Keyboard offers a 100% free online Urdu keyboard at kactyl.com/urdu/. No download or installation needed. Works on iPhone, Android, and PC. Supports Urdu tashkeel, Roman Urdu mode, and voice typing.
Open kactyl.com/urdu/ in any browser on your phone or computer. Click the Urdu letters to type. Then click Copy and paste into WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram or any other app.
Type your Urdu message on kactyl.com/urdu/, click Copy, open WhatsApp and long-press the text field to paste. Works on iPhone and Android without changing language settings.
Open kactyl.com/urdu/ in your mobile browser (Safari or Chrome). Tap the Urdu letters on the virtual keyboard. No app needed. Tap Copy and paste into WhatsApp, Instagram or any other app.
Roman Urdu mode lets you type Urdu words using English letters on your physical keyboard. For example, type shukriya and it converts to شکریہ automatically. Great if you are not used to Urdu keyboard layout.
Type your Urdu text on kactyl.com/urdu/, click Copy, open TikTok and paste into the caption or comments. Use Roman Urdu mode if you prefer typing with your English keyboard.
Click the purple تشکیل button to open the Urdu vowel panel: zabar, zer, pesh, jazm, tashdid and tanween. Ideal for writing poetry, religious texts, or fully vocalized Urdu.
The keyboard needs internet to load the page. Once loaded, typing, Roman Urdu mode, tashkeel, and emoji all work offline. Your text is saved automatically in the browser.
Type your text on kactyl.com/urdu/ → Copy → open Instagram → edit your bio or create a post → long-press and paste. Urdu text displays right-to-left on Instagram.
Type your Urdu text in the editor, then click the Copy button. Your text is now in the clipboard. Open WhatsApp, TikTok, Snapchat or any app and paste it (long-press → Paste).
Yes — click the microphone button and speak in Urdu. Your browser's speech recognition converts your spoken Urdu into text in the editor. Works best on Chrome and Safari. Allow microphone access when your browser prompts you.
Urdu is traditionally written in Nastaliq — a flowing, diagonal calligraphic style with a variable baseline, unlike the more upright Naskh style used for Arabic and Persian. Nastaliq is considered essential to authentic Urdu typography, which is why this keyboard renders Urdu text in a dedicated Nastaliq font rather than reusing an Arabic or Persian one.
Type normally in Roman Urdu mode or on the visual keyboard — the tashkeel panel lets you add precise vowel marks so classical verses read exactly as intended. Many users paste Iqbal's or Ghalib's ghazals here to share on Instagram or WhatsApp with correct diacritics.
Yes, completely. No account, no subscription, no watermark on copied text, and no limit on how much you type. The site is supported by ads, not by charging Urdu speakers to type their own language.
Urdu has around 230 million speakers worldwide, as the national language of Pakistan and one of India's officially recognized languages — plus a large diaspora across the UK, Middle East, and North America.
Urdu and Hindi share the same spoken grammar and much everyday vocabulary — linguists consider them variants of the same Hindustani language — but Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script (right-to-left) with heavy Persian and Arabic vocabulary, while Hindi is written in Devanagari (left-to-right) with more Sanskrit-derived vocabulary.
Tap the 123 button to open the number panel. It shows both Western digits (0-9) and Eastern Arabic-Urdu numerals (۰-۹) side by side, so you can pick whichever your audience expects — Urdu numerals are still common in Pakistani print and official documents.
Type your comment on kactyl.com/urdu/, tap Copy, then paste directly into the Facebook or YouTube comment box on desktop or mobile. This works identically to pasting into WhatsApp or Instagram — no special settings needed on either platform.