Keyboards

I love keyboards. Specifically I love remapping them with Karabiner to extend them to do more awesome things for me.
I am currently using builtin 2020 MacBook keyboard and love it. I love the low key travel as I get tired typing on most mechanical keyboards.
Interesting keyboards
​K3​
​Helix Kit - Helix Split Ortho Keyboard Kit. (Tweet)
​GergoPlex - Ultra-Minimal Mechanical Split Keyboard. (Review)
​Keychron K7 - Ultra-Slim 65% Wireless Mechanical Keyboard:q.
​Keyboardio​
​42 - Custom keyboard built by Angelo.
​Preonic - Beautiful keyboard.
​Preonic Light - IMO better than Preonic. Would be even nicer with Kailh switches & it being wireless.
​Dactyl Keyboard - Parameterized ergonomic keyboard.
​Corne keyboard - Split keyboard with 3x6 column staggered keys and 3 thumb keys. (Reddit)
​Redox - Ergonomic split mechanical keyboard.
​Helix - Compact split ortholinear keyboard. (Article)
​Lily58 - 6×4+4keys column-staggered split keyboard.
​Keyberon - Hand wired ortholinear mechanical keyboard with a firmware in rust.
​Sonder - E-Ink Keyboard. (HN)
​Dactyl-ManuForm - Fork of the Dactyl, a parameterized, split-hand, concave, columnar, ergonomic keyboard. (HN)
​Absolem (Code)
​jklp - 36-key ergonomic keyboard.
​Moonlander - Next-generation ergonomic keyboard. (HN)
​Keychron K3 - Hot-Swappable Low Profile Optical Wireless Mechanical Keyboard.
​Keychron K6 (Tweet)
​Custom keyboard (Specs)
​Ergonomic Ultimate Hacking Keyboard 60 (HN)
​Keyboardio Atreus (Keyboardio Atreus: yeah or meh? (review))
​duckyPad - Do-It-All Mechanical Macropad.
​Lalboard - 3D-printed keyboard inspired by the DataHand. (HN)
​Squeezebox Keyboard (HN)
​MVKB Keyboards​
​IIICC - Three piece split keyboard with macropad running QMK.
​ZSA Planck EZ - Powerful, Backlit, Open-Source, 40% Mechanical Keyboard. (HN)
​Pheromone - 63-key keyboard supports slide potentiometer, rotary encoder and oled screen.
​KeySeeBee - Split ergo keyboard.
​X-Bows with Gateron optical switches​
​Djinn - 64-key split keyboard. (HN)
​Work Louder - Modular keyboards for digital creators.
​MiRage Modular Keyboard​
Interesting keycaps
​Kailh Low Profile Keycaps - Blank - Low key & awesome.
​Kailh BOX Switches - Brown seem nice.
Notes
Gateron Browns low key travel mech switches maybe are nice. Need something low key travel ala macbook.
​Fewer keys placed correctly on the keyboard is best.​
Links
​Keyboard PCB Guide​
​Cookes and cream Ergodox - Neat setup.
​Multi-purpose keys, and a case for small keyboards​
​clojure.core/typing - Matt Adereth - Modeling and 3D printing a keyboard.
​Building Keyboards​
​What keyboards do you use? Do you program them?​
​Quick and dirty guide to flashing your Planck Light bootloader​
​Planck Light review​
​A Modern Space Cadet​
​Keebio - Mechanical Keyboard Parts and Other Goodies.
​kbd-audio - Tools for capturing and analysing keyboard input paired with microphone capture.
​Keymap & EN/RU layouts for Levinson 40% split ortholinear keyboard​
​KeyHive - Personalize Your Keyboard.
​My Corne keyboard (crkbd-classic) - Split, column staggered with 3-thumb keys​
​Awesome Split Keyboards (HN)
​Making My Own USB Keyboard From Scratch (2019) (HN)
​KMonad - Advanced keyboard manager.
​How to make your C codebase rusty: rewriting keyboard firmware keymap in Rust (2019) (HN)
​HN: If You Can't Buy the Keyboard You Want, Build It Instead (2019)​
​KeyV2 - Parametric Mechanical Keycap Library.
​ckb-next - RGB Driver for Linux and macOS.
​Weird Keyboards, Programmable Keyboards (2020) (Lobsters) (HN)
​Guidelines for designing a custom Topre keyboard​
​A New, Experimental User Interface (HN)
​Keyboard recommendations (2020)​
​Simple app to make any keyboard bluetooth enabled​
​KeyToKey - Rust keyboard firmware library.
​Mech Guide - Проводник в мир механических клавиатур. (Code)
​An unusual keyboard key switch (HN)
​Mugur - High-level Lisp configurator for the ErgoDox EZ keyboard. (HN)
​Measuring keyboard-to-photon latency with a light sensor (2020) (HN) (Lobsters)
​Workman Keyboard Layout - Layout Designed with Hands in Mind. (HN)
​Keyboard Switches You've Never Heard of (2020)​
​Resources for building a keyboard from scratch (2020)​
​ZMK Firmware - Modern, open source keyboard firmware. (Docs)
​Keyboard University - The first and last resource you’ll ever need for mechanical keyboards.
​Collection of nice keyboard + photos​
​Remap Enter to Control in GNU/Linux (2020 Edition) (Lobsters)
​Keyboardio Atreus Review (2020) (Lobsters)
​Mechanical Keyboard Build : 5° Acrylic Case + DZ60 PCB (2018)​
​Split Mechanical Keyboard Build Log (2020) (Lobsters)
​Model H: IBM Keyboard USB Conversion (2020)​
​I made a mechanical keyboard with 3d-printed switches (2020)​
​Механические клавиатуры ресурсы​
​Toward a more useful keyboard​
​Art of Chording - Teach yourself stenography for free. Use steno with Plover to type faster and more ergonomically than on a keyboard. (HN)
​KBDfans - Mechanical Keyboards Store.
​Vim-like Layer for Xorg and Wayland (2020) (HN)
​Nerves-keyboard - Running a mechanical keyboard with Elixir (2020)​
​Mechanical Keyboard and where to find them​
​Planck Keyboard Layout Iterations​
​4x4 Macro Pad (2020) (HN) (Lobsters)
​Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole (2020) (HN) (Lobsters)
​Monkey Type - Minimalistic typing test. (Code)
​Type Fu - App that will teach you how to type fast. The right way.
​Keyboard Simulator - Design and test virtual keyboards. (Code)
​Kaleidoscope - Flexible firmware for Arduino-powered keyboards.
​Pimp My Microwave - Installing a RGB mechanical keypad on my microwave. (HN)
​Guide to Building a Let's Split Keyboard​
​Keebfol.io - Curated list of Open Source Mechanical Keyboard resources. (Code)
​Interception Tools - Minimal composable infrastructure on top of libudev and libevdev. (Tweet)
​Coolest custom mechanical keyboards (2020)​
​KeyCombiner - Organize, learn, and practice keyboard shortcuts.
​OpenRGB - Open-source RGB lighting control for keyboards, fans, etc. (HN)
​Hawck - Key-rebinding daemon for Linux (Wayland/X11/Console).
​The Quietest Mechanical Keyboard (2021) (Lobsters)
​Keyboard Layout Editor - Web application that enables the editing of keyboard-layouts. (Code)
​Hyper and Super on my keyboard? (2019)​
​Split Keyboards Gallery​
​Turning a wireless keyboard into a wired keyboard (2021)​
​How to Delay RSI, by Building a Keyboard (2019)​
​Lobsters: What keyboard do you use? (2021)​
​So how does a PS/2 keyboard interface work? (2021)​
​UseTheKeyboard - Collection of keyboard shortcuts for Mac apps, Windows programs, and websites. (Code)
​Ask HN: What's your keyboard and what you love and hate about it? (2021)​
​Beginner’s guide to mechanical keyboards (2021) (HN)
​How does a USB keyboard work? (2021)​
​Nice Keyboard Recs (2021)​
​evremap - Keyboard input remapper for Linux/Wayland systems.
​Keebhunter - Find your perfect keyboard. (Code)
​Typing Practice​
​keyd - Key remapping daemon for linux.
​Going mouseless (HN)
​Keyboard Legend - Learn how to build your own mechanical keyboard.
​Chordie - Chording keyboard you shouldn't be scared of.
​A different kind of keyboard (2021) (Lobsters) (HN)
​Keycap Playground - Parametric OpenSCAD keycap generator made for generating keycaps of all shapes and sizes (and profiles). (Video)
​Why Are Topre Keyboards So Expensive? (HN)
​Ortholinear flat keyboards​
​Column Modules for Mechanical Keyboards - The next step for Configure-It-Yourself keyboards​
​Tisha Talks Switches​
​How do you use layers on your keyboard? (2021)​
Color
QMK
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