Projects 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.
Penk Chen published his Haori36, a compact monoblock ortho with thumb cluster and optional Pimonori trackball.
Dance! is a wireless-only split keyboard by chase-hunter.
A 20-key minimal split: Pepesweep by Volodymyr Petiushka. Low profile, wireless, open source.
An open-source ortho TKL with on-board controller: glyphkbd v2 by _galile0.
Mangokitty published the files of the Tanto, a 40% with Katana-stlye symmetric layout.
Grezeh's Larva keyboard is a Katana style symmetric layout with combined Latin+Cyrillic keymap in mind.
The Choose Your Own Adventure Ortho (or CYOA) is a Pro Micro compatible ortholinear PCB by STHLM kb – with lots of snap-off parts.
Juha Kauppinen shared his Cygnus, a 36-key handwired project with keywell.
Sporewoh is back with yet another monoblock split pocket keyboard: the $5(!) idawgz32.
The Gigapad is a wireless macropad designed by Eric Pietrowicz.
Vladimir Glushkov's Soroka is a DIY-friendly 40% keyboard with customizable panels.
Joe's Scotto63 is a handwired unibody split. Wireless via nice!nano.
Viniciusbrit's Eobard is a 34-key open-source split keyboard with flippable PCB.
A bluetooth PCB via SuperMini in a wooden case: PCB 68 keyboard by alan0ford.
Dani Klein open sourced her Serendipity, a 60-key board with a pretty crazy layout.
Keyboarddweeb's Alex Miller shared the source files of the Octoplus Trio, a 11-key one-handed keyboard.
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