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Projects

Lumberelite

The LumberElite is a custom Lumberjack PCB by tj_shex modified to accommodate an Elite-C and OLED screen.

Krangle

The handwired Krangle by mjongerh has an intimidating amount of keys.

Charybdis Nano

Quentin's Charybdis family is extending with the Nano – with open-source case files.

Cool836pico

An angled monoblock Pico-based keyboard from m.ki. Optionally low-profile and open-source.

Ergozero

SouthPawEngineer's Ergozero runs KMK firmware on a tiny RP2040 Zero controller.

MooseDash and MooseChair

A modified ErgoDash and its armrest-mounted wireless iteration by Ataruno – with extensive documentation.

Ergopi

SouthPawEngineer made a set of Raspberry Pi powered keyboards – low-profile monoblocks for different tastes.

Unsplit Thumbs Up

Thumbs Up! turned into a monoblock by ak66666 – with one more level.

Buzzard keyboard

Christoph Rehmann's Buzzard is a well-documented 40-key split keyboard with splay and trackpoint.

Penkesu deck

Penkesu is a retro-style cyberdeck by penkia with a wide screen and a built-in low-pro ortho keyboard with "dye-sub" MBK caps.

D-Warp

Based on Pseudoku's Hypo Warp, D-Warp is a 3D-printed split by Darrenph1 with a quite rare thumb key arrangement.

Xenon keyboard

Published back in 2019, narinari's Xenon is an open-source 54-key split. Built by chewiedies.

An SLA 3D printed 36-key board

This nice 3D-printed 36-key keyboard was BeniBice's weekend project – resin printed and welded.

Ursa Minor keyboard

Fellow Redditor scissor_rock_paper finished his custom split PCB design dubbed Ursa Minor.

Taira

Strayer released his first keyboard – the Taira. A split low-profile wireless keyboard inspired by the Ergodash and Corne Chocolate.

C-13X keyboard

The C-13X is a tiny Alice-like handwired keyboard with an open-source case by flurpyflurples.

Birdie6 keyboard

josandi used MrZealot's ergogen to design this beautiful Birdie6 keyboard.

Sephirette keyboard

Designed by smores56 and built by Bacowned, the Sephirette is a cute little split with 34 keys.

Fisk keyboard

Strange-Lab5541's fisk is an ergonomic 54-key handwired split keyboard with 3D-printed case.

Game Roy ADVANCE

The Game Roy ADVANCE by ROYMEETSW0RLD started out as a gamepad and ended up as a split.

Kibod-01

Michael Gunawan's kibod-01 is a Corne-ish split keyboard with a slight splay and ribbon cable.

Dactyl-Manuform-Gimbal

A remarkable Dactyl-Manuform with gimbals – open-sourced by sffubs.

7x5 split ergo

A noname 7x5 split ergo keyboard by k9292 with 3D printed case.

Anna keyboard

Anna is a wireless 40-key ortholinear split keyboard PCB open-sourced by Karl Grasegger.

Skeletyl/TBK-Mini flexible PCBs

Fmcraft published the files of his Skeletyl/TBK-Mini flexible PCBs – with per-key RGB.

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