Behind the scenes #214

Keyboard Builders’ Digest / Editorial

Behind the scenes #214

Behind the scenes with June’s best-seller switches, MoeeTech Glitter65 L01 evaluate, open-source and industrial initiatives, keyboard artwork, meetups, new retailers and reductions, and so forth.

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Printed July 13, 2026

Hey, what’s up everybody!

Welcome again for one more recap and behind-the-scenes write-up – with cool initiatives from the DIY keyboard scene, but in addition some promising closed-source and industrial initiatives.

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• Evaluation: The Glitter65 L01 is the newest addition to Moeetech‘s 65% keyboard lineup. A mechanical equipment with good dual-tone aluminum case choices.

• A cute wired break up with a magnetic case: 34spliT by TMRZ-1.

• Dan Bowles launched the Klorball35, a low-pro break up with trackball and splay.

• Floookay‘s Olice is a 40% Alice-like ortho keyboard – with magnetic extension modules.

• Ayush Kumar created this open-source 75%-ish board, pushed by a Pi Pico.

• An replace of MajinEvelyn‘s thumbkeyless break up keyboard: Aphelo30 v2 – low-pro, wi-fi.

• A 47-key row-staggered wi-fi break up keyboard: Caeseura by theb0b.

• A Sofle-inspired unibody break up keyboard: Dkuni by darkhandz.

• 36ribs replace – “added led underneath controller to make it a bit flashy, case now could be with magnets as an alternative of screws to see one other ribs on pcb”.

• Pando with built-in MCU within the works.

• WIP: Keeeyboard-Cut up by biomerda. Customized keyboard, customized firmware, customized configurator. (Through r/mk.)

• Androphage is a folding 44-key unibody break up keyboard with trackball. Hmm.

• Jaffle by jthlim. With a ton of options (twin touchpad, twin screens, Piezo audio system, and so forth.)

• The Psyboard is a wi-fi 12×4 ortho keyboard by yellowtomata, that includes an encoder.

• Re-Acai by Ibabo/Obabo. A 3D-printed 4×10 ortho with some bezel.

• Tupã – a low-profile wi-fi handwired break up keyboard by cogukeys.

• TakoNest is a case shared by GofranChang, made for the EC break up Tako.

• TypeAnywhere is a desktop app, a semi-transparent typing overlay to apply typing. An excessive amount of for me, however perhaps a few of you discover it helpful.

I needed to make rising your typing velocity frictionless, so I constructed a typing overlay you’ll be able to pull up on prime of no matter you are doing. Watching one thing, ready for a construct, boring assembly, no matter – Sultan Alzoghaibi.

Historical past/Discovery

• The Perceive by tazisacat. A keyboard holder mounted underneath your desk.

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Meetup database

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Upcoming meetups

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New retailers and updates to the database of keyboard distributors:

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That is all for at the moment. Thanks for checking by. As all the time: Continue to learn and constructing!

Till subsequent time,
Tamás

Printed on Mon thirteenth Jul 2026. Featured in KBD #214.

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