Author here. It’s a surprise seeing this posted while I’m in the middle of traveling. Happy to answer any questions! If you’re curious, the tech stack is static assets bundled with sveltekit/vite and hosted on gitlab pages + a minimal go backend.
Forget how cool the keyboards are (they are very cool) - this website is just awesome in so many ways. There are like, 5 things on here that made me say "wow, I didn't know a web browser could do <i>that</i>" as I went through the setup. The hand scanning, the parametric 3d modeling, the WebRTC stuff for establishing comms with my phone?! Even if you've got no interest in weird crazy keyboards, this site is just a great tech demo for some of the wild stuff a web browser can do these days.<p>I've got half a keeb printed that I generated here, I really need to restart that project at some point...
I've had so many keyboards that I can't even count them. I've owned five mechanical ones alone. Out of the ergonomic ones, I've only had one - a Microsoft and it was pretty nice. Almost all of them have been replaced because they broke. Either the keys stop working (most often) or the stabilizers start failing.<p>In my opinion, the best keyboards are the ones that are very easy to clean :) Ideally, switches should be chosen based on your hands since everyone has different preferences. I'm currently using Keychron K5 SE ultra-slim with Low Profile Optical hot-swappable "Banana" switches, and it's the most comfortable keyboard I've ever had — and it's not even that expensive (for a mechanical keyboard). Before that, I had SteelSeries' top model, and it broke after about a year.<p>Building custom keyboards is next-level, and I think I'll pass on that. What matters most is that it's comfortable to type on and easy to clean. A piece of advice for beginners: don't buy keyboards from Logitech or Apple. They're overrated and not worth their price.
I used this generator to build myself my own keyboard and the tool was extremely helpful. I went through a bunch of prototypes and I don't think it's possible to create a customized keyboard for yourself in one attempt.<p>I made a fairly extensive build log from start to finish including how I got the integrated trackball to work together with QMK here:<p><a href="https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2024/11/26/building_my_ultimate_keyboard/" rel="nofollow">https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2024/11/26/building_my_ulti...</a>
This looks awesome but I think I’m paralyzed by all of the possibilities. My Kinesis Advantage 2 has served me well for years. I wonder if anyone has switched from one to a custom board?
Ive used this several times, I paid for pro. Really like it! Check out the hand recognition, it’s super cool (albeit, not terribly useful).<p>There’s a very active and helpful community on discord too.
This makes me want to go back to making a custom keyboard again. The feature to scan your hands is interesting, but I can't seem to get it to work at all. I got it to measure the length of my digits, but when it came to measuring how flexible they are I could never get it to complete. On top of that the detection seemed to freak out a lot and the right hand model was screwed up. Overall this does seem really cool, but more something I'll bookmark to try later.
Hmm, this is definitely intriguing but how accurate is that hand scan? And will the resulting keyboard really feel that much better than a standard ergonomic setup?
I love this... almost.<p>My daily driver is a planck (flat rectangle, no num row) which I designed to lighten the load on my pinkies. I moved the left alpha keys further left and the right alpha keys futher right, so I have two columns in the center which I use for Ctrl,Alt,<,>,[,],(, and ). These get different keycaps so I can navigate it by texture. I love it, using other keyboards my pinkies always start to hurt after a while, but with this thing I can really crank.<p>I'd like to depart from the flat rectangle form factor, while keeping all of the things I love about my planck, and using advanced mode here I was able to get pretty darn close. What's missing is the bottom left and right corner keys, which I consider "palm-press" keys. If I disable the num row and enable the inner keys, the outermost columns only have three keys. I'd appreciate a checkbox that gave them four, with the fourth awkwardly low for pinky use but accessible for a "palm" press (not sure if the meaty part under the knuckle counts as the palm but that's what I mean anyway).<p>With the right curvature there's probably also opportunity to do the same thing under the index knuckle.
I would buy a Glove80 again instead of going through the hassle of building my own keyboard.<p>Maybe I would lose some personalization, but I would keep my sanity.
Hand scan doesn't work for me in Chrome on Windows (waiting for first frame), but it did load on Edge. Stuck in the hand poses. What does this mean: "Stretch out your hands, point your fingertips towards each other, and rotate your palms downwards." I tried everything I could think of, but it won't advance.
some info came across discord for <a href="https://cyboard.digital/" rel="nofollow">https://cyboard.digital/</a> about this last year, very similar concept.
I've always wanted this and had daydreamed of building this before!. If it supports QMK and ortholinear, I'll have to get this. I've always dreamed of building a keyboard into the arm rests of my chair.
The UI and color palette for the site is cool. The 3D tech is neat too, I'm not personally a fan of these keyboard designs (fine with 65% single mech) but really great software.