Mechanical Keyboard and where to find them

This list will help you quickly find your favorite layout and you can start DIY your own custom keyboard.

Quick links

Keyboard: - Normal Keyboards - Ergonomics Keyboards - Ortholinear Keyboards - Numpad/Macropad - Others Keyboards

Components: - Controller - Case - Plate - Keycaps

Links: - Firmware - Tutorials - Tools

Normal Keyboards

| Image | Name | Size | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | SB-147 | 136%, 147 key | A 147-key 3d printed keyboard, along with custom profile keycaps. | | | GH80-3000 | 100%, Full size | GH80-3000 is intended to be a replacement PCB of the Cherry Corp. | | | SaikouType | 100%, Full size | Fullsize Custom PCB Filco Compatible. | | | Voyager97 | 97%, Full size | A compact fullsize keyboard. | | | Entropy | 96% | A 96% Southpaw keyboard, with split space and encoder support. | | | HacKeyboard | 87%, TKL | HacKeyboard is a mechanical keyboard built from scratch using SMK Alps Mount switches from an old Monterey K108 keyboard and Alps compatible keycaps from an old NGS keyboard. Features: internal keylogger, macro recording, internal USB Hub 2.0, internal flash drive, customizable LED colors, customizable LED effects; | | | XMMX TKL | 87%, TKL | Tenkeyless PCB designed to work with MX compatible switches as well as ALPS SKCL/SKCM and their clones. This PCB is inteded to fit the Cooler Master Quickfire Rapid (not the Rapid-i) and the Filco Majestouch 2 TKL cases, although it could fit some other commercial TKL cases. | | | Mysterium | 87%, TKL | TKL keyboard that can be entirely assembled using only through hole components, including usb type c. | | | Yurei | 87%, TKL | A Tenkeyless PCB inspired by Phantom, for customizing Filco Majestouch 2. | | | System76 Launch | 75% | System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard is designed to provide the ultimate user controlled keyboard experience, with open source mechanical and electrical design, open source firmware and associated software, and a large number of user configuration opportunities. | | | Toad | 70% | 70% with space between F-row and number row. | | | Toad V2 | 70% | Toad with support for MX and Alps switch. | | | WhiteFox | 68% | | | | 68Keys.io | 68% | | | | SiCK-68 | 68% | 3D printed keyboard. | | | Discipline | 65% | 65% keyboard assembled with only through hole components, including usb type-c. | | | Bakeneko 65 | 65% | A simple 65% keyboard | | | Pheromone | 63% | 63-key keyboard supports slide potentiometer, rotary encoder and oled screen. | | | Voyager60 | 60% | A simple MX/Alps 60% board that just works. | | | Ultimate hacking keyboard | 60% | Split 60% keyboard with trackpoint. | | | GH60 | 60% | The most popular 60% keyboard pcb. | | | Infinity 60% | 60% | | | | Plain60-C | 60% | This universal 60% PCB is designed to support as little layouts as possible without limiting usability for most users. | | | TMK Alps 64 | 60% | Poker X compatible 60% size PCB supports various Alps switch keyboard layouts like AEK, Omnikey, Dell, V60MTS and Infinity. | | | TCKB | 60% | 60% keyboard using STM32. | | | Lot60-BLE | 60% | 60% BLE keyboard using nRF51822 as the main controller, CH554 as the USB chip. | | | Bakeneko 60 | 60% | A simple 60% keyboard | | | hand-wired python keyboard | 60% | An open source hand-wired, USB + BLE keyboard powered by python. | | | Makerdiary M60 | 60% | A hot-swappable, USB + BLE keyboard. | | | Regack's 59% | 59% | A reduced size keyboard, but not quite 60%. | | | QOL56 | 56% | 56-key mechanical keyboard for Oyayubi-shift Japanese input. | | | iso50 | 50% | | | | Treadstone48 | 48% | | | | UT47.2 | 47.2% | | | | CPM43 | 43% | | | | Regack's 40% | 40% | | | | SteamVan | 40% | MiniVan-compatible PCB based on an STM32MCU. | | | CW40 | 40% | RGB underglow 40% keyboard. | | | Tanuki | 40% | Tanuki is a 40% keyboard that uses a split spacebar design to comfortably switch between layers. | | | Tg4x | 40% | | | | Stonehenge30 | 30% | | | | pain27 | 27% | The pain27 is an open source keyboard project to make an easily usable, yet completely and utterly unusable qwerty keyboard with all the letters of the english alphabet, a spacebar, and nothing else. | | | Alpha | <30% | A 28-key semi-ortholinear mechanical keyboard. | | | ANHEDRAL | | Symmetrical SemiErgo layout keyboard. | | | Re Keyboard collection | Split keyboards with rotary encoder. | | | RGB TKL | 87%, TKL | [THIS HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED YET]
TKL keyboard with RGB on each button.| | | TS65 | 68% | [THIS HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED YET]
The Split 65% Keyboard. | | | BLU60 | 60% | [THIS HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED YET]
Bluetooth 60% keyboard. |

Ergonomics Keyboards

| Image | Name | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | | Arisu | The layout is inspired by Lyn's EM7 and TGR Alice with some modification.
Case
PCB | | | fAuxLICE | An 3D printable Alice-like mechanical keyboard. | | | Kusuguru | An 3D printable Alice-like JIS-layout TKL mechanical keyboard. | | | BMEK | BMEK is an ergonomic keyboard in the spirit of Lyn's EM7 and TGR Alice. Notable differences are the more HHKB-like layout and the and the more symmetric looks due to the space bars and left key cluster arrangement. | | | Sesame | Alice like ergo keyboard using only THT parts | | | Atreus | The Atreus is a mechanical keyboard designed primarily to match the shape of human hands and to be as portable as possible. The case measures 26x12cm and lacks even a number row, relying heavily upon the

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Ortholinear Keyboards

| Image | Name | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | | Planck | A thumb-chorded 47-key keyboard | | | Planck Through Hole Kit | | | | Plaid | The 4x12 ortholinear keyboard kit made by through hole components only. | | | Drunk Planck | The PCB fits in the Planck formed bottom, and in theory it should fit into the Planck milled bottom | | | Alpsie | An alps-only blocked 4x12 (44 key) ortho with piezo support. | | | Contra | Extremely low cost ortholinear keyboard. | | | Low Profile Ortho | DIY low-profile ortholinear, with custom PCB, Kailh Choc Browns, and vintage Plum keycaps. | | | Gherkin | 3x10 keyboard. | | | Koda | 4x12 keyboard using pro micro and kailh choc. | | | Keebee | | | | Ergo42 | 7x4 ortho linear split keyboard. | | | Helix | A compact split ortholinear keyboard with screen. | | | Let's Split | Split ortholinear keyboard with rgb underglow.
PCB
Case | | | Rhymestone | | | | SharkPCB | 40% | | | | keyberon-grid | 40% | | | | Split Infinitive | The goal of this project is to build a Let's Split keyboard clone with a number of alternative features. | | | Minisplit | 6×4 +1keys Split Keyboard. | | | For Science | For Science is a 46 key ortholinear split keyboard PCB with a 3 key thumb cluster. | | | Zen Keyboard | PCB
Build Guide | | | Nack | The nack has 52-keys for ISO friendliness plus all the bells & whistles QMK has to offer. | | | PouetPouet | 60 keys with visible SMD components and a Rust firmware. | | | m65 | 65 keys nothing fancy qmk firmware. |

Numpad/Macropad

| Image | Name | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | | SAMPad | This is a custom numeric pad that is designed to be usable on the right side of the keyboard or on the left (With a mirrored layout if required). There is a gap in the top row and the second row of 1.25U. The top row can be broken off by simply scoring the two brifges and snapping. The bottom 5 rows can then be used in conjunction with a 60%/65% keyboard. | | | yampad | Hot-swappable, RGB-backlighted, OLED featured, mechanical numpad. | | | Discipad | 17-key numpad assembled with only through hole components, including usb type-c. | | | Soyuz | A single-PCB numpad kit. | | | QazPad | It's a separate 10 key with some extra keys to allow it to stand alone for number crunching or gaming. | | | Dumpad | Simple 4x4 numpad with a rotary encoder. | | | Travel Numpad | A 4x4 custom numpad. | | | Kbord | kbord is a programmable keypad with 15 mechanical keys, each of which can be set to execute a script when pressed. | | | Lysergic25 | | | | Zesty25 | | | | Medusa | | | | LFK17 | 5x4 numpad. | | | Staryu | An Open-source 5-key Keypad. | | | Voyager4 | A tiny, fully featured 4-key macropad PCB. | | | Cookpad | A six keys macro pad made by Cookpad. | | | I-S-hOle | A small board with space for 4 ISO enter keys with PCB mount Cherry stabilizers. Powered by a Pro Micro. | | | Cherry MX Keypad | 1x4 keypad with led. | | | 2% Milk keyboard | |

Others Keyboards

| Image | Name | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | | SIK Keyboard | An ergonomic, compact, mechanical keyboard | | | Some other collection of mechkey kicad pcb | | | | Amoeba Single-Switch PCB | Make handwiring keyboard easier. | | | Cherry-Mx-LED-Bitboard | | | | Usb Adapter
| For customize keyboard connector and pcb. | | Unified Daughterboard Project
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Controller

| Image | Name | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | | KeyPlus | ATXmega controller that have awesome support for wireless, can use with Logitech receiver, with usb type c. Support keyplus firmware. | | | Goldfish | Arduino pro micro clone with usb type c. Support TMK, QMK. | | | BLE Micro Pro | It is a breakout board of BL654 (nrf 52840 module) which is conscious of compatibility with Pro Micro, and it can correspond to both USB / Bluetooth Low Energy. Support BlueMicro, QMK firmware. | | | nrfmicro | Arduino Pro Micro-sized breakout board for E73-2G4M08S1C (nRF52840) modules. | | | Adafruit Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE | Support QMK with bluetooth out of the box. | | | Adafruit Feather Bluefruit nRF52 | Support BlueMicro firmware. | | | USB to USB keyboard converter | With this you can change keymap and use functions TMK firmware offers on your USB keyboard. | | | Teensy Soarer | Convert old keyboard socket to usb. | | | Beamspring USB controller | |

Case

| Image | Name | Size | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | TEK-80 TKL | 87%, TKL | Compatibility: Phantom, Universal TKL Plate, Filco TKL, Winkeyless, Gon | | | TKL acrylic case | 87%, TKL | Compatibility: Phantom, Universal TKL Plate, QFR, Filco TKL | | | Classic 87 | 87%, TKL | Compatibility: Unknown | | | XD87 mica case | 87%, TKL | Compatibility: XD87 PCB | | | 60% acrylic case by MOZ | 60% | Compatibility: GH60, Poker, Poker 2, Pure, Pure Pro | | | Infinity 60% case | 60% | Compatibility: Standard 60% case, hhkb | | | Whitefox case | 68% | Compatibility: Whitefox | | | Lubrigante | 68% | Compatibility: TGR Alice and compatible pcb | | | Yutsky's TGR Alice | 68% | Compatibility: TGR Alice and compatible pcb | | | Arisu custom case | 68% | Compatibility: Arisu | | | Infinity ergodox case | | Compatibility: Infinity ergodo | | | Redox case | | 3d printed case for Redox keyboard. |

Plate

| Image | Name | Size | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | 60% Alps Plates | 60% | Compatibility: Infinity, HHKB, Tai-Hao, ... | | | Plates Collection | ~ | Collection of various plates ... |

Keycaps

• SA profile 1 - 3D model of SA profile keycaps.
• SA profile 2 - Another 3D model of SA profile keycaps.
• Cherry profile 1 - 3D model of Cherry profile keycaps.
• Cherry profile 2 - Another 3D model of Cherry profile keycaps.
• DSA profile - 3D model of DSA keycaps.
• XDA profile - 3D model of XDA keycaps.
• Kailh low profile - 3D model of kailh low profile keycaps.

Firmware

• EasyAVR - EasyAVR is a keyboard firmware and keymapper GUI for custom keyboards based on USB AVRs. It is powerful but also really easy to use.
• TMK - A very popular firmware that support Atmega32u4 powered keyboard.
• QMK - Base on TMK but support a lot of controller, support RGB, easy to use.
• The VIA - QMK based firmware for the view app.
• Keyplus - An easy to use, wired and wireless modular keyboard firmware, for both ATXmega family and atmega32u4.
• BlueMicro - A Keyboard Firmware for nRF52832 Boards with a pinout compatible with the Arduino Pro Micro.
• MK32 - BLE keyboard firmware for ESP32 microcontrollers,designed to be relativley easily customizable.
• Bluetosis - Bluetooth firmware for the Mitosis keyboard.
• Kaleidoscope - Flexible firmware for Arduino-powered keyboards.
• Anne Key - Firmware for Anne Pro Keyboard written in Rust.
• Lotlab/nrf52-keyboard - TMK based keyboard firmware for nRF52 series, now support both nRF52810 and nRF52832.
• Lotlab/nrf51822-keyboard - This is a firmware based on nrf51822 Bluetooth keyboard, which uses nRF SDK 10.0 as the underlying hardware driver, and uses TMK keyboard library as the upper part of the keyboard function.
• Keyberon - Keyboard firmware written in Rust.
• Key To Key - Rust libary for building keyboard firmwares.
• Polymer firmware - Polymer keyboard firmware.
• Pipit keyboard - Firmware and config tools for chording keyboards.
• rusty-c - QMK in rust.
• python-keyboard - A highly extensible firmware written in Python, based on CircuitPython, with RGB, USB and Bluetooth. similar to TMK/QMK.

Tutorials

• PCB Designer Guide by ai03
• Keyboard PCB Guide by ruiqimao
• A modern handwiring guide
• Hand wiring a let's split (pro micro)
• How to integrate a trackpoint in a mechanical keyboard (TMK, Teensy)
• lets-split-guide - This guide covers building a Let's Split v2.
• the 1-Key-Keyboard project - One key keyboard using Attiny85.
• 4-key-keyboard - Four key keyboard using Attiny85.

Tools

• Keyboard Layout Editor: This is a web application that enables the editing of keyboard-layouts, i.e., the position and appearance of each physical key.
• Keyboard Layout 3D Viewer: Render 3D keyboard from KLE json.
• Keycap Renders: Render 3D keycap set.
• Plate & Case Builder: keyboard top plate CAD files generator, for keyboard-layout-editor generated layouts.
• ai03 Plate Generator: An advanced plate generator which doesn't result in 13.99999mm cutouts. Also fillets the cutouts so you don't have to waste hours later
• ai03 Plate Generator - An advanced plate generator which doesn't result in 13.99999mm cutouts.
• Keyboard Layouter Plugin - Keyboard Layouter is a plugin for KiCad(pcbnew). This plugin places switch footprints in the location specified by JSON of Keyboard Layout Editor.
• mrkeebs Pcb Generator - Quickly create PCB from KLE json.
• Kalerator - pcb generator for keyboard-layout-editor generated layouts.
• Keyboard Firmware Builder - online QMK Firmware Builder. (2+ years behind QMK firmware master).
• QMK Configurator - an open source configurator for QMK Firmware.
• TMK Firmware Builder - online TMK Firmware Builder.
• Parametric Mechanical Keycap Library - is a keycap and keyset construction library for mechanical keyboards, written in openSCAD.
• KiCad Parts by Ai03 - KiCad Library of custom MX-Alps footprints
• KiCad Parts by Daprice - KiCAD footprint library for kailh choc and MX-style mechanical switches
• KiCad Parts by Keebio - Various KiCAD footprints for mechanical keyboard parts
• KiCAD Parts by TMK - KiCad modules for keyboard design
• Keyswitch Datasheets
• QMK Proton C symbol/footprint for KiCad, Eagle
• ESP32-kiCAD-Footprints

Contributing

Contributions welcome!