ErgoMechKeyboards
Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards
Rules
Keep it ergo
Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)
i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²
¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid
No Spam
No excessive posting/"shilling" for commercial purposes. Vendors are permitted to promote their products/services but keep it to a minimum and use the [vendor] flair. Posts that appear to be marketing without being transparent about it will be removed.
No Buy/Sell/Trade
This subreddit is not a marketplace, please post on r/mechmarket or other relevant marketplace.
Some useful links
- EMK wiki
- Split keyboard compare tool
- Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
- Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/
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Does it help if their qmk firmware is open source? Not an expert on qmk but I thought it should be enough if they go out of business
That's not an issue, I think; I'm just not certain how much their forked QMK diverges from the base, and if they've added features that are only programmable with Oryx or Keymapp (also closed-source). The fact that the flashing tool, wally, is open-source, but everything else is closed, makes me think there are some proprietary changes in their fork that can't be configured with the QMK tools. But I don't know.
I bought the Ergodox because I'm neither knowledgeable nor interested in getting into the firmware and custom soldering level of mechanical keyboards. So I'm making a lot of educated guesses which could be totally off. ¯\(ツ)/¯