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Fulcrum

The Fulcrum is a 20-key keyboard with horizontal 5-way switch joysticks – designed by ghostfaceschiller.

Another Owl

Yet another 5x3 + 3 split keyboard and another going by the name Owl. This time by protoplancton.

Salisbury

Ottimo's Salisbury is a nice 35% keyboard with symmetric layout. Built by wayduh.

ErgoNICE

An ErgoDox-ish but asymmetric split keyboard by valpackett: ErgoNICE.

Bonzo

CatGirlGF's Bonzo is a pseudo 40% keyboard with an ISO enter.

Sotka

The Pohjola Works Sotka is an ortholinear split keyboard with an optional extra row.

Sinpad20

The SINPAD2 is a 20-key macropad by Count Keepo. With a CCCP missile button.

PicaChoc36

The PicaChoc36 is a low-profile split keyboard for short pinkies. Shared by zzeneg.

Mouseky

The Arduino-based Mouseky, designed by Taliyah Huang, has an integrated mouse.

Cheapis

Cheapis is a cheap single-MCU Ferris/Sweep alternative by PM_ME_YOUR_MAINFRAME.

Dreadnoughtus

A 7x26 ortholinear keyboard: Dreadnoughtus by TehArks.

BumWings

BumWings is a unibody ergo keyboard by tubbytwins. Another board based on the RP2040 Zero controller.

Quetzal

KeyboardDweebs' open-source Quetzal is not the usual 100% keyboard you'd expect.

Pierce 2.0

Pierce 2.0 is a semi-wireless split by durken1.

Thumbs Up MCU options

Some new variations of the Thumbs Up! by ak66666. Low profile and multiple MCU options.

TypeSafe with joystick

Tewtham added a joystick to his vertical TypeSafe keyboard.

Ostrich

Ostrich – a diodeless monoblock keyboard with splayed pinky columns by keyboarddweebs.

Lion Head macropad

Kamakura-gū Lion Head macropad by hide-key sporting a XIAO RP2040 controller and encoders.

Atreyu V2

New year, new Atreyu. Rev2 with choc spacing by jcliment.

Noname ortho

A noname 5x14 ortho keyboard with underside socketed STM32 Blackpill – open sourced by steven3051.

KLOR KS-27 switch edition

Sadek Baroudi shared his KLOR variant with KS-27 switches.

Pangaea released

More than a year after the announcement, Pangaea 1.2 with its notoriously flexible layout has been released.

Christmas ornament keypad

Hide-key's new design is a Christmas ornament shaped macropad with X switches.

Sunflower macropad

Hide-key's another macropad design: Sunflower #001.

Little Foot keyboard

Little Foot – a 45% ortholinear keyboard designed by The-Royal and built by wayduh.

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