Issue 193 / Week 24 / 2025
This is a hand-picked selection of last week's content from a keyboard enthusiast's perspective. Posts that may teach you something, make you think and contribute to the common knowledge of the DIY builder community.
There are 11+16 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the scenes #193
Keyboard projects, tips, quick news, keyboard art, in the mailbox, meetups, vendors, discounts.
Review
KiiBOOM Moonshadow V2 review
A well-built 75% wireless keyboard in a nice aluminum case: Moonshadow V2 by KiiBOOM.
Projects
Ebbe34
Fredrik Liljedahl's Ebbe34 is a custom 34-key wireless unibody split keyboard.
Tempest
Oliver Thurley's Tempest is an open-source split keyboard with some nice splay.
Zaphod ECBrox
Pete Johanson published his Zaphod ECBrox, a 34-key wireless EC keyboard.
SplittoDogu
Timo Strube's SplittoDogu is a custom ergo split with plenty of keys and encoders.
One-Handed Keyboard
HTX Studio open sourced a cool one-handed keyboard with trackball and mouse keys.
Cinque
An open-source 56-key low-pro split and trackball: Cinque by Ken Goudey.
Shorky21
A wireless macropad by James Gzowski: Shorky21 with encoders and RGB.
TBK Micro
Badjau's wireless split TBK Micro is a more enclosed version of the TBK Mini – with additional OLEDs.
Rye Bread Board
A 34-key open-source split keyboard: Rye Bread Board by David Boland.
Quick news
Closed-source, commercial, WIP, etc.
BW2: Pocket – a new board by quirk, made for the meme. 142 mm wide.
A handwired one by sashalex007.
A handwired Scotto34 by Joe, updated for the Keycon 2025.
A spacious split by Jukwavion_Jukwarious.
Sildactyl54 is a handwired project by lordxax. With detailed documentation.
Weekly wooden keyboard - by wjrii.
Keyboard art
Zoom TKL Dyna back. Photos shared by Meletrix2021.
Anubis 50 by Rain2. A book themed keyboard inspired by the Philips 14AA3324 television from the 1990s.
Not really my cup of tea, but anyway: an ornate wooden case shot by CherryMXBrown69.
A handful of artisans shot by coalxxx.
Some cool silkscreen art on this custom 60% Balatro TWIM keyboard. Check out the post for more photos.
TIPS
taipingu.link is a new typing game for those learning Japanese. It gives you random sentences - it seems to be a great way of practice typing and Japanese at the same time.
Klavia is another typing game, more in the typeracer genre. It adjusts to your "speed zone" – based on an initial test, but also as your typing improves.
Fellow redditor elgiraffe-c- designed some mini keyboards with 16mm spacing.
Money minutes: Josh, running mtnkbd.com, has been publishing his sales stats for ever. Here is a Youtube video with 2023 data. Profits, expenses, and a lot more interesting numbers.
A Kailh low-pro switch spring swapping experiment by Wonderful-Box.
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