Keyboard

General

oouf mess

• http://techreport.com/articles.x/23405
• http://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/wcgb0/mechanical_keyboards/
• http://keyboardporn.com/mx-switch/kbc-poker/
• http://geekhack.org/

• http://hackaday.com/2016/03/15/the-origin-of-qwerty/ [1]

• https://gist.github.com/willwade/5330474

• http://www.keybr.com/#!practice

• http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization

• http://mathematicalmulticore.wordpress.com/the-keyboard-layout-project/
• http://zackshapiro.com/post/37569825579/im-trying-to-be-less-hyperbolic

• http://xahlee.info/kbd/keyboard_hardware_and_key_choices.html

• https://github.com/plover/plover
  • http://stenoknight.com/wiki/Main_Page

• http://www.openstenoproject.org [2]

• http://www.loper-os.org/?p=861
  • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8510409

• http://i.imgur.com/FLfT9F1.jpg

• http://www.workmanlayout.com/blog/ [3]

• http://www.robopeak.com/blog/?p=282 - diy laser keyboard

• http://deskthority.net/wiki/ErgoDox

• http://www.davecooper.org/blog/2014/10/15/i-built-a-keyboard/ [4]

• http://samy.pl/keysweeper/ [5]

• https://evoluent.com/products/kb1/

• http://sangaline.com/blog/optimizing_for_swype/ [6]

• https://github.com/JuliusSweetland/OptiKey [7]

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11399072

• http://www.loper-os.org/?p=861 [8]

• https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring - Nostalgia bucklespring keyboard sound

• https://github.com/jackrosenthal/threelayout - A better modifier based keyboard layout

• Xah Keyboard Guide

• The 40% keyboard – TBF R&D - [9]

• The Planck Keyboard – OLKB
  • YouTube: What is a Planck Keyboard?
  • https://riomemorias.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/planck-keymap-v4.pdf

• Mechanical Keyboards Database - custom keyboards photos

• YARH.IO Plastic Planck Keyboard - Hand Wired 4x12 Ortholinear Mechanical Keyboard

• IBM PS/2 Keyboard Modification - For operation with some "newer" motherboards

• intro-to-alternative-keyboard-layouts.md

• Keyboard Simulator - Design and test virtual keyboards
  • https://github.com/crsnbrt/keysim

• https://github.com/faithvoid/KeyboardCleaner - A simple cross-platform program that disables your keyboard until you close it! Perfect for cleaning your keyboard while your computer is on.

Community

• deskthority

• geekhack

• KeebTalk

• https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards

• https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/keyboard_subreddits

• https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards

• https://www.reddit.com/r/olkb - Hardware and software maker community based around ortholinear or ergonomic keyboards and QMK firmware.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket

• https://www.reddit.com/r/keyboardcirclejerk/top

Training / practice

• Monkeytype - The most customizable typing website with a minimalistic design and a ton of features. Test yourself in various modes, track your progress and improve your speed.
  • https://github.com/Miodec/monkeytype

• Colemak.academy
  • https://github.com/gnusenpai/colemakclub
  • https://github.com/SillyDuck/sillyduck.github.io - code stolen from https://colemak.academy

• https://github.com/p-society/typeracer-cli - Learn how to touch type from the comfort of your terminal and challenge your friends for a match .

• https://github.com/balzss/cli-typer - Practice touch typing in the commandline and measure your skills.

Keycaps

• Keycaps.info

• https://www.reddit.com/r/keycapdesigners

• YouTube: ULTIMATE Mechanical Keyboard Keycap Replacement "How To" Guide
  • Ultimate Keycap Replacement Guide - LTT Official - Linus Tech Tips

• YouTube: $200 Keycaps Vs Cheap Keycaps - Why

• YouTube: I Made my Own Keyboard Keycaps!!

• https://github.com/pseudoku/PseudoMakeMeKeyCapProfiles

• kbrenders - Upload your freeform keyboard-layout-editor design, or select a case and keycap profile and modify our provided template. We'll email you a high resolution 3D render of your design in 2 hours or less.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/keyboard_fonts

• https://github.com/rsheldiii/KeyV2 - a keycap and keyset construction library for mechanical keyboards, written in openSCAD.

• Where to buy Keyboards/Keycaps/Accessories if you're in the UK - Google Sheets

• KPrepublic Global

• KeycapLendar - calendar

• MechaKeys — The Mechanical Keyboard Simulator

• https://github.com/wolfwood/navcaps - 3D printable keycaps and MX-compatible mounts for directional navigation switches, along with trackpoint extension stems

• https://github.com/braindefender/KLP-Lame-Keycaps

Choc

• YouTube: Modding Kailh Choc Switches - O-Rings, Tape Modding, and Lubing Guide

• https://github.com/braindefender/KLP-Lame-Keycaps - Sculpted and curved keycaps for Kailh Choc and MX switches

RGB

• https://github.com/dokutan/rgb_keyboard - Controls the RGB lighting on some keyboards. Tested on Linux and FreeBSD, should work on other operating systems.

Firmware

• https://github.com/ZakKemble/AVRDUDESS - A GUI for AVRDUDE

• https://github.com/ItayGarin/ktrl - A Supercharged Keyboard Programming Daemon keyboard

QMK

• https://docs.qmk.fm - Quantum Mechanical Keyboard, is an open source community centered around developing computer input devices. The community encompasses all sorts of input devices, such as keyboards, mice, and MIDI devices. A core group of collaborators maintains QMK Firmware, QMK Configurator, QMK Toolbox, qmk.fm, and this documentation with the help of community members like you.

• https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware - a keyboard firmware based on the tmk_keyboard firmware with some useful features for Atmel AVR and ARM controllers, and more specifically, the OLKB product line, the ErgoDox EZ keyboard, and the Clueboard product line.

• https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/keymap.md

• https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/keycodes.md

• QMK Keycodes

• https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/getting_started_make_guide.md

• https://codeberg.org/asvln/kmap - allows you to define and generate {QMK} config files in a plain text format.

• https://github.com/ak66666/qmk_firmware/tree/thumbsup_20231028
  • https://github.com/ak66666/qmk_firmware/tree/thumbsup_20231028/keyboards/thumbsup/rev9_promicro_4x12
  • https://github.com/ak66666/qmk_firmware/tree/thumbsup_20231028/keyboards/thumbsup/keymaps/default_4x12_v9_no_plover_via

• Show me your favorite QMK hacks! - Learning and discussion / Firmware, programming, and hardware compatability - KeebTalk

• Keyboard FAQs - topics come up pretty regularly on r/olkb

• Reducing firmware size in QMK – Thomas Baart

• https://github.com/TheCyberRonin/keymap-generator - A simple way to automate more advanced features with QMK like with generating a keymap.c, rules.mk and config.h

• QMK json converter

• https://github.com/jayden-chan/qmk-gen - Automatically generate QMK C code and keymap SVGs

• https://github.com/lexjacobs/format-keymap-from-via-json - Start with via's auto-generated keymap and end up with something you can paste into a qmk keymap.c file.

QMK Configurator

• QMK Configurator

• https://github.com/qmk/qmk_configurator - an online tool used for easily creating firmware files for keyboards supported in qmk_firmware. The tool is located on https://config.qmk.fm. The QMK Configurator allows simple keymap creation and saving via .json keymap files, and generates appropriate firmware files for flashing onto selected keyboards.

• Overview

• https://github.com/qmk/qmk_toolbox - A Toolbox companion for QMK Firmware

• https://github.com/ruiqimao/qmkbuilder - Online GUI for QMK Firmware, kbfirmware.com

Via

• VIA Usage Guide | Keebio Documentation - a desktop app that talks to your VIA-enabled keyboard and allows you to remap keys on-the-fly, as well as toggling layout options, programming macros, and controlling lighting.

• VIA

• https://github.com/the-via

Vial

• Vial
  • https://github.com/vial-kb - Vial is an open-source cross-platform GUI and a QMK fork for configuring your keyboard in real time.

Remap

• Remap - Remap allows you to find, build, set up and customize your keyboard quickly and easily in Web Browser.
  • Remap

Nuga

• Nuga - Application for controlling NuPhy® keyboards. A simple and user friendly app that allows you to control keyboard backlighting via USB wire. Replaces the missing official application for macOS and Linux.
  • https://github.com/mishamyrt/nuga-app

Misc

• I made a keyboard! – Tony Finch [10]

• [11] - Collection of generated keyboard PCBs based on via layouts.
  • https://github.com/adamws/keyboard-pcbs

• https://github.com/kinx-project/kint - The kinT keyboard controller is a replacement for your Kinesis Advantage or Advantage 2 ergonomic keyboards.

Split

• https://github.com/diimdeep/awesome-split-keyboards - A collection of ergonomic split keyboards ⌨

• Short intro into split keyboards | Drop

• Split KB Compare

• Raymii.org: Split keyboards, a five year review including the ErgoDox EZ, Matias Ergo Pro and Kinesis Freestyle 2 [12]

• Down the ergonomic keyboard rabbit hole - [13]

• https://github.com/MReavley/Slice36 - 36 key ergo split keyboard, designed around the Seeeduino Xiao platform. Inspired by the Corne, Ferris, Ben Vallack's videos and countless hours of perusing reddit and kbd.news, but ultimately this has been done up from scratch largely as an exercise for myself. The layout was generated through experimentation with scale drawings on my ipad, although emphasis has been placed on aesthetics and compactness.

ErgoDox

• Alpaca Keyboards: ErgoDox 76 "Hot Dox": Hot Swappable Ergonomic Keyboard
• Build Guide: ErgoDox 76 "Hot Dox" - KeyChatter.com - Mechanical Keyboard Reviews, News, Buyer's Guide, and more

• YouTube: Ditch your Shift key

ZSA Moonlander

• ZSA Moonlander
  • https://christine.website/blog/zsa-moonlander-first-impressions-2020-10-27
  • Impressions of the ZSA Moonlander -

• https://github.com/zsa/wally - Flash your ZSA Keyboard the EZ way.

• YouTube: ErgoDox EZ
• YouTube: (1) My CRAZY 36 Key 5x3 Moonlander Layout (But It Works!)

Dactyl

• Dactyl keyboard

• https://github.com/stingray127/handwirehotswap - A 3D printed, Solderless Hot Swap Socket to build keyswitch matrixes

Keyboardio

• Keyboardio - With a hardwood body, mechanical switches & custom-sculpted keycaps, it's a dream to type on. It comes with source code & a screwdriver.
  • https://bitbucket.org/jamesnvc/keyboardiolayout

SofleKeyboard

• https://github.com/josefadamcik/SofleKeyboard - A split keyboard based on Lily58, Crkbd and Helix keyboards

Dumang DK6

• 超酷科技-产品-毒蟒键盘-模块化键盘-DK6-DUMANG

• https://github.com/mayanez/dumang-keyboard-ctrl - This is an open-source toolset for use with the DuMang DK6 line of keyboards from Beyong Q (www.beyondq.com/).These keyboards are fully programmable and support multiple layers.

• Dumang DK6 Scorpion Venom : MechanicalKeyboards
• Dumang DK6 (2019) review - I couldn't decide on a split keyboard layout so I got a modular keyboard to do them all : MechanicalKeyboards
• DUMANG DK6: This is some next level ergo shit : MechanicalKeyboards
• Dumang DK6 modular keyboard now with a 3D printed tenting case : ErgoMechKeyboards -

Chorded

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorded_keyboard

• Art of Chording - Teach yourself stenography for free. Use steno with Plover to type faster and more ergonomically than on a keyboard.

• http://cuddlepuddle.org/~adam/pickey/ - ps2

• http://symlink.dk/projects/spiffchorder/

• https://github.com/pib/gkos

• https://github.com/clc/chorder

• http://software-lab.de/penti.html
  • YouTube: PENTI Chorded Keyboard (Touch)

• https://lobste.rs/s/2ulhfw/carpalx_keyboard_layout_optimizer

• https://codekeyboards.com

• https://software-lab.de/penti.html [14]

• https://github.com/kbjunky/Chordie - A chording keyboard you shouldn't be scared of

Piano

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19547983

DIY

• GOLEM - Step by step guides for the beginner keyboard enthusiast about keyboard building.

• Keyboard Builders' Digest - a blog and weekly newsletter on DIY mechanical keyboards. A hand-picked selection of features from a keyboard enthusiast's perspective

• https://github.com/ruiqimao/keyboard-pcb-guide - So you want to make a PCB for a keyboard? Don't know where or how to start? Well you've come to the right place!

• https://mechkey.org
  • https://github.com/help-14/mechanical-keyboard - This list will help you quickly find your favorite layout and you can start DIY your own custom keyboard.

• Keyboard PCB Builder

• Ergogen - a generator utility for ergonomic keyboard layouts, including plates, cases, and even PCBs. Everything's configured in a text-based (YAML, JSON, or JS code) input file, which you can then convert to DXF drawings for outlines, OpenJSCAD scripts for 3D-printable cases, and kicad_pcb files for (unrouted) PCB templates. You just paste your config into the textbox on the left, click the button, and your results will show up on the right. Piece of cake.
  • https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core

Layouts

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout - any specific physical, visual or functional arrangement of the keys, legends, or key-meaning associations (respectively) of a computer keyboard, mobile phone, or other computer-controlled typographic keyboard.

• Keyboard Layout Companion – Apps on Google Play - Keyboard Layout Companion
  • https://github.com/stevep99/keyboard-layout-companion - An Android app for visualizing and generating images of alternative keyboard layouts and designs.

• https://old.reddit.com/r/KeyboardLayouts

• Keymap Drawer live demo
• https://github.com/caksoylar/keymap-drawer - Parse QMK & ZMK keymaps and draw them in vector graphics (SVG, format, with support for visualizing hold-taps and combos that are commonly used with smaller keyboards. Available as a command-line tool or a web application.

• YouTube: My 34 key keymap... (and how you can create your own)

• A guide to home row mods

• Ban Key Chords

• Designing a Symbol Layer - some design principles and observations about symbol layers

Dvorak

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard_layout - a keyboard layout for English patented in 1936 by August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, as a faster and more ergonomic alternative to the QWERTY layout (the de facto standard keyboard layout).

Colemak

• Colemak - modern alternative to the QWERTY and Dvorak layouts, designed for efficient and ergonomic touch typing in English.

• DreymaR's Big Bag of Kbd Tricks - THE BIG BAG THEORY

• Using Colemak for a year

• Colemak Mod-DH - introduces a minor modification to the Colemak keyboard layout, designed to make typing more comfortable. The resulting layout is commonly known as Colemak-DH.

• https://github.com/manna-harbour/miryoku

Tarmak

• Tarmak - provide stepping stones from the standard QWERTY layout to Colemak[eD] by moving only 3-4 keys per step. Each step brings at least one important key to the home row (notably, E-T-R-O-I) and only the rare J key is misplaced in the process. If you're brave and impatient, you may of course skip steps to customize your progress.

Carpalx

• http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx - Save your carpals and reach typing guru status with your own keyboard layout, such as the fully optimized QGMLWB layout. Alternatively, use your power for evil and create a carpal-breaking TNWMLC layout to embarass office prima donnas and punish sluggish workers. And TNWMLC is the only layout with its own line of Brazilian clothing.

RSTHD

• Topic: Introducing the RSTHD layout

BEAKL

• BEAKL - Balanced Effortless Advanced Keyboard Layout, is a radical, evolving theory and observations that strives to find the optimal efficient, ergonomic keyboard layout. The result is a series of progressively improved layouts as new discoveries and models are continually updated into the theory.

Engram

• https://github.com/binarybottle/engram - a key layout optimized for comfortable and efficient touch typing in English created by Arno Klein, with open source code to create other optimized key layouts. Soon you will be able to install the Engram layout on Windows, macOS, and Linux or try it out online -- currently a pull request is under review by the Keyman community. An article is under review (see the preprint for an earlier description and preliminary layout).

Soul

• The Symmetric Typing Project: Soul Layout - The Soul layout is heavily influenced by Colemak. It attempts to keep as many of the good design features of Colemak as possible, while making use of opportunities afforded by using the symmetric typing system.

giabalanai キーボード

• https://github.com/3araht/giabalanai - Build guides for giabalanai chromatic accordion MIDI keyboard with no bellows.

Training

• NotGate’s SFB Minimized Layout
  • https://github.com/NotGate/layout