Our first keyboard

A wireless, low-profile, one-piece ergonomic split for the Mac. In development now.

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What it is

It is wireless. It connects over Bluetooth to a Mac, iPad or iPhone with no dongle, and it works over a USB-C cable too.

It is a split keyboard on one board. The two halves sit on a single case, each angled 10 degrees and spread apart for your shoulders. One case means one battery, one radio and one thing to put in a bag.

The keys follow your fingers. The design is column-staggered, so each column sits where that finger naturally lands. We will confirm the final stagger with printed typing tests before we freeze it.

It uses Kailh Choc v2 low-profile switches, which keep the whole board low to the desk.

A small display in the center shows which layer you are on and what the keyboard is connected to.

The current design has 60 keys, including a number row. Arrows and function keys sit on a layer.

Who it's for

People who already know what a split keyboard is and want a better one on their Mac.

Control, Option and Command are on both hands, so shortcuts never need a one-handed stretch. There is a Globe key. A native Mac app configures it.

It also has a Windows mode.

What's open

Almost everything. The licence for each part is decided before the part exists, so nobody has to wonder later. We will publish:

  • The firmware, the keymap engine, the web configurator and the Mac app's source, under Apache-2.0.
  • The protocol the keyboard speaks, under CC-BY-4.0, written down in full.
  • The keymap file format, under CC0 (public domain), with a published schema.
  • The case CAD, under CC-BY-SA-4.0, as STEP files and the Python source that generates them.
  • The build guides, under CC-BY-4.0.

The name and logo stay ours. That protects you from someone selling a copy under our name.

The full terms, including one caveat about the radio SDK, will be published with the source.

What's next

We are building prototypes and testing them by hand. Next come typing tests on printed shells, a physical sample of the case, and radio range tests in the finished enclosure.

We will not announce a date until we have built real parts and know how long each one takes. When there is news, subscribers hear first.

This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.