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Projects

Cirrus40

A 36-key split keyboard with rotary encoders and hardware debouncing: Cirrus40 by schuay.

3R Free Controller

A left-hand game controller with joystick – on throttle rails. 3R Free Controller by Roel Rijkes.

Splinter

Konstantin Goncharuk's 65% Splinter is a split keyboard with horizontal staggering – wired or wireless.

ThumbsUp! V12 Omron

A steno/chording keyboard with mouse switches: ThumbsUp! V12 Omron by ak66666.

Black Pearl

A fancy 3D-printed 20% ergo split with trackball: Black Pearl by Christian Czepluch.

Effiddy

Simon Schödler's Effiddy is a declarative split keyboard, inspired by the Totem.

Paw 34

Another 34-key split, with a twist though. The modular Paw 34 by James Crosswell.

DASIC

Yuburoll's DASIC is a symmetrical Alice-style split keyboard with reversible PCB.

RAII RP2040 & RAII Wireless

Two Sweep derivatives with splay: RAII by unspecworks – wired or wireless.

Ground Control 40

Nick Coughlin's Ground Control 40 is a 40% open-source ortho keyboard designed for rapid prototyping.

Underset

A spartan split keyboard with some considerable pinky offset: Underset by humanplayer2.

Chitin

Scybin's Chitin is an open-source wireless split with a tiny trackball.

Koumori

Dane Lipscombe's Koumori is a low-profile unibody split keyboard with trackpad.

Snake

The Snake is a 40% semi-ortho keyboard. PCB by 1000eyes, extra case by Technofrikus.

Aphelo30

The aphelo30 is MajinEvelyn's open-source, wireless split keyboard design – without thumb keys for a reason.

Dabao

Justin Lam's Dabao is an open-source, low-profile keyboard, usable both as a unibody or split device.

ObiWanStenobit

An open-source, low-profile, portable, pseudo-split steno keyboard: ObiWanStenobit by ivndbt.

ANSIC

Yuburoll's ANSIC is a uniformly row-staggered 40-42 key split keyboard.

Lapka 42

Nikita Shirokov's Lapka 42 is a wireless low-profile split keyboard with splay.

GlassToKey - Apple Magic TouchStreamLP

The GlassToKey by disarmyouwitha is an attempt to use the Apple Magic Trackpad as a keyboard (and mouse).

Shoedler54

A purely declarative split keyboard designed via ergogen: Shoedler54 by Simon Schödler.

MX Unsaver

The MX Unsaver is a custom keyboard and numpad by nearestexit: inspired by the vintage IBM "Unsaver".

Xavient

An open-source wireless split keyboard by yyevax: Xavient is available both in 36-key or 42-key configs.

Yolochka Remastered

A 36-key monoblock split based on the Yolochka: Yolochka Remastered by turtle_bazon – with PCB.

Phanny

A 52-key wireless split keyboard: Phanny by zackattack.

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