Projects A replacement PCB for the Model M122: M122ION CONTROL by dj_edit.
The NewType-36 by Protieusz is a derivative of the nowt36 – with trackball.
A modular keyboard prototype for full VIK experience: Trio by zzeneg.
Mike Barnoski published his first open-source keyboard: the minimal split BR/KN with trackballs on both sides.
Protieusz shared Ballz-Out, a Lesovoz style ortho board with trackball and trackpad support.
Wysteria is jwe's split keyboard with lots of features.
Kai H. Chang's next design is the low-profile wireless Kai Simple split.
The Masonry by dj_edit is another ergoish columnar keyboard projected on a rectangular keyboard shape.
The PNCATEHO by aroum is a 10-key chording keyboard for Russian.
Dane Lipscombe's Tamatama is a 28-key Dactyl derivative with dual trackballs.
The Woodpecker by Özkan Çelik is a Lumberjack/Lumberelite variant with Cirque trackpad.
Ascend is a cute split keyboard designed and shared by Kai H. Chang.
Sneftel's Gull v1 is an ergo unibody split with keywell and unique thumb cluster.
MReavley's split Rzr36 is the BLE Choc version of his earlier Slice36.
Chris Lo's rattlemebonez32 is a 32-key unibody pocket keyboard with minimal Choc spacing, CH552 MCU and FAK firmware.
The Cornball by Protieusz is a heavily modified Cornelius – with an integrated trackball and some LEDs.
With the release of the PCB, the K:02 by Ergohaven is completely open sourced now.
Daniel Bauer's wireless split Corax54 ditches one key of his previous model.
A series of writerdecks: Micro Journal for distraction-free writing – designed by Un Kyu Lee.
The Corne V4, this latest iteration of foostan's iconic split, comes with on-board MCU.
Squalius-cephalus shared the Reviung-derivative monoblock Silli41, along with its numpad companion.
Jhonatan Ferrer's JK206 is an open-source 12x5 ortho keyboard – actually 3 numpads stuck together.
Sandalmoth published the Powerspill, a Dactyl-like split with keywell.
T. G. Marbach's JESK56 is a diodeless 56-key ortholinear keyboard, using a single RP2040-based microcontroller thanks to some fancy math and graph theory.
This is an old project for reference: Toad v2 by TalkingTree, an open-source 70% keyboard from 2017.
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