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Projects

Mushi

Dane Lipscombe shared his Mushi, another cute 36-key split keyboard.

neuro36

Daniel Haarhoff shared his neuro36, a small 36-key split travel keyboard.

MacroMacro

Alex Miller's MacroMacro is a large open-source gaming macropad that runs on Vial.

Frandestein keyboard

FranDes made a handwired custom split: the wireless Frandestein.

Basilisk

Radliński Ignacy designed a Dactyl-like ergo split in Fusion360 – the Basilisk.

Batoid

Kotte's Batoid is a handwired monoblock split in a cute case. Small footprint, big personality.

Temper

Temper – a wireless-only split keyboard by raeedcho, based on the Chocofi.

Open Deck

Open Deck is a macropad with a customizable image behind every key – shared by joshr120.

GameBoard

Evgenii Vilkov shared his half-keyboard GameBoard, optimized for gaming.

Juriform36

Shared by Jurica Bacurin, the juriform36 is a 36-key wireless split keyboard with keywell.

FOREVER-1

FOREVER-1 by Protieusz is a monoblock split with an encoder and trackpad in the center à la GRIN Quern.

ALU40

HuibenLAB's ALU40 is a wireless ortholinear mechanical keyboard designed to complement Apple devices.

TypeBoy & TypePak

The TypeBoy, designed by FlatFootFox, is a unique low-pro split keyboard requiring a Game Boy cartridge to function.

Grumpy

Another 3-row project by weteor: Grumpy is a cute 28-key angled unibody keyboard with column stagger.

cos(y) Kong

The cos(y) Kong by weteor is a 30 or 36 key 3-row keyboard with column stagger.

Morgan Venable and his Svalboard

An interview with Morgan Venable, creator of Svalboard, who talks about his awesome project and the reinvention of the Datahand keyboard.

Generative kAiBoard

Pamungkas Sumasta's kAiBoard is an internet-connected device powered by ChatGPT with built-in virtual assistant, redefining user interaction.

Cut Slope

Quirk shared the design files of his Cut Slope, an orthoish unibody split with splayed outer column.

CyberKeeb 2040

NoSegfaultPlz published his CyberKeeb 2040, which is both a mechanical keyboard and a cyberdeck.

Fanta-Manta

The Fanta-Manta by Protieusz is a resurrection of the closed source Manta by rainkeebs.

Deathpad

Gleb Sabirzyanov made and sells a single piece of Deathpad, a one-of-a-kind macropad with 9 keys at the hearth of a death metal inspired case.

Fisk 2.0

Strange-Lab5541 has updated his handwired split with the retro keycaps: fisk 2.0 is here.

Explorer Mountain

DreaM117er's Explorer Mountain is a modular monoblock split supporting a wide range of switches.

Mechanical ZX81 keyboard

Brian Swetland published a mechanical keyboard for the legendary ZX81.

Heron v1

Sneftel is introducing Heron, a Dactyl-inspired unibody keyboard with each column mounted on a laser-cut acrylic scaffold.

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