Yes it is public. I was wary to link it here because the discussion became quite toxic. So for everyone, please don’t make me regret posting the link. Be civil, don’t harass people.
That depends a lot on your use case and what you consider “ready”. For redstrate for example maliit is “ready”, because his use case is met.
I do expect the development to pick up soon.
In the meantime, since this is a brainstorm thread, share what you are missing from maliit.
What features do you want from a new virtual keyboard? Do you have examples good virtual keyboards on other platforms etc…