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Olice
Floookay's Olice is a 40% Alice-like ortho keyboard – with magnetic extension modules.
Published July 6, 2026
The olice, designed and shared by floookay, is a cute 40% Alice-like ortholinear keyboard. It features two board extension modules that can be magnetically attached on the sides.
The olice is a 40% keyboard and a mix between alice and ortho. It exposes pogo pin connectors left and right to extend the matrix by up to 4x4 on each side. The extension modules are magnetically attached so you can even lift the board with them attached – floookay.
Specs
- 46-48(+2x16)
- MX switches, hotswap
- two main layout variants for the thumbs
- 0xCB Helios controller
- OLED screen
- extensions with magnets and pogo pins
- QMK/Vial/ZMK firmware
The case is 3d printed and has an acrylic top layer. The bottom case is horizontally split into two so it could fit on a standard size print bed diagonally, but it also functions as somewhat of a sandwich mounting mechanism because you'll need to slide the PCB between the two pieces so the pogo pin connectors are exposed. The acryl on top hides the split and layer lines as well as the OLED screen in the middle.
You can also go wireless with a nice!nano but you can only use up extension modules that are 2x4 because of the reduced number of pins.
Resources
Published on Mon 6th Jul 2026. Featured in KBD #214.
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