Snake The Snake is a 40% semi-ortho keyboard. PCB by 1000eyes , extra case by Technofrikus .
KBD.news Published February 11, 2026
The original Snake , released by 1000eyed about a year ago, is a semi-ortholinear keyboard with LEDs, rotary encoder support, and spacebar options – featuring lighting inspired by the genre-defining classic video game.
Just saw the keyboard made by 1000eyed on our Discord server and thought the layout and integration with the LEDs and name was so cool! The case was not my style though, so I made my own – Technofrikus.
Features
39-42 keys, 12x3 orthoish
MX switches , hotswap
Using ScottoModules (on-board STM32F072CBT6 MCU)
Multiple spacebar options
Mounting: rubber gasket
QMK firmware
Resources
Published on Wed 11th Feb 2026. Featured in KBD #206 .
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