Mechanical keyboards (or mechanical-switch keyboards) are computer keyboards which have an individual switch for each key.
The following table is a compilation list of mechanical keyboard models, brands, and series:
Mechanical keyboards edit
| Keyboard name | Switch type | Ergonomic | Connection type |
USB Hub | Backlight | Key rollover | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AsusTek ROG[1] | Cherry[2] | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Atreus[3] | Matias[4] | Yes | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| AZIO Cascade[5] | Gateron | No | USB & Bluetooth | No | Yes | Unlimited | 75% keyboard (without numblock), 100% keyboard available at March 2023 |
| Cherry | Cherry | No | USB | Yes | No | Unlimited | |
| Clevy[6] | ALPS | Yes | USB & Bluetooth | No | No | Unlimited | Assistive Largekey Keyboard |
| Code Keyboard[7] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Cooler Master[8] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Corsair | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Das Keyboard | Cherry | No | USB | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Ducky[9] | Cherry / Gateron / Kailh | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Diatec / Filco[10] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| GMMK[11] | Gateron[12] / Kailh[13] | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Happy Hacking Keyboard | Capacitive - Topre[14] | No | USB | Yes | No | Unlimited | |
| HyperX Alloy FPS | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| IBM Model F | Capacitive - Buckling spring | No | XT, AT | No | No | Unlimited | No longer manufactured. Model F Labs is the modern equivalent. |
| IBM Model M | Buckling spring | No | XT, AT, PS/2 | No | No | 2 | No longer manufactured. Unicomp is the modern equivalent. |
| iKBC[15][16] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Input Club[17] | Personalized / Silo Beam[18] | Yes | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Opensource.[19] / Analog input and Hall Effect switches. |
| KBParadise[20] | Matias / Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Keyboardio[21] | Matias | Yes | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Solid maple body. |
| Keychron | Gateron | No | USB, Bluetooth | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Keyed Up Labs[22] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| Launch[23] | Kailh | No | USB | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Opensource, 84-keys, 4-port superspeed hub |
| Launch Lite | Kailh | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Opensource, 70-keys |
| Logitech G[24] | Omron / Kailh | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Leopold[25][26] | Capacitive - Topre / Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| Matias[27] | Matias | Yes | USB | Yes | No | Unlimited | Formerly Alps, now a Matias Alps-style reproduction. |
| Model F Labs[28] | Capacitive - Buckling spring | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| Model F Labs Beam Spring[29] | Beam Spring | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| Niztech[30][31] | Capacitive - Niz EC[32] | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| Northgate OmniKey | Alps | No | AT | No | No | ? | No longer manufactured. |
| NuPhy [33] | Gateron | No | USB & Bluetooth | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | USB hub for use with 2.4GHz peripherals. |
| OLKB[34] | Personalized | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | Opensource.[35] DIY. |
| Razer | Razer[36] | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| ROCCAT Vulcan[37] | ROCCAT Titan | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| SteelSeries Apex[38] | SteelSeries | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS[39] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Topre Realforce[40] | Capacitive - Topre | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| Unicomp | Buckling spring | No | USB, PS/2 | No | No | 2 | |
| UNIQEY[41] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| Varmilo[42] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Vortex[43] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
| WASD[44] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
| Wooting[45] | Adomax Flaretech[46] / Lekker[47] | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Analog input and optoelectronic switches. / Analog input and Hall Effect switches.[48][49] |
| XMIT[50] | ? | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Hall Effect switches. |
| Plank EZ[51] | Cherry / Kailh | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | Free and open-source firmware, ortholinear |
| ErgoDox EZ[52] | Cherry / Kailh | Yes | USB | No | Optional | Unlimited | Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar |
| Moonlander Mark I[53] | Cherry / Kailh | Yes | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar |
| ABS M1[54] | Alps SKBM Black[55] | No | USB | No | No | ? | No longer manufactured |
References edit
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- ^ "Input Club - Programmable Mechanical Keyboards". Input Club. Mar 28, 2018.
- ^ "Keystone Analog Mechanical Keyboard". Kono Store.
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- ^ "KBParadise". KBParadise.
- ^ "Keyboardio: keyboards for serious typists". Keyboardio.
- ^ Keyed Up Labs website
- ^ "Launch Configurable Keyboard". www.system76.com.
- ^ "Logitech G Advanced Mechanical Key Switches for Gaming". www.logitechg.com.
- ^ Leopold website
- ^ Leopold English website
- ^ "Matias keyboards". Matias.
- ^ "Brand New Model F Keyboards – The Model M Predecessor: Mechanical Capacitive Buckling Spring Keyboards with NKRO". www.modelfkeyboards.com.
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- ^ "NIZKEYBOARD". NIZ Store.
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- ^ "The Titan Switch Technology by ROCCAT". Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "SteelSeries Apex". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS keyboards website
- ^ "REALFORCE | Premium Keyboard, PBT, Capacitive Key Switch". REALFORCE.
- ^ "UNIQEY". UNIQEY.
- ^ "varmilo mechanical keyboard". en.varmilo.com.
- ^ "Vortex Mechanical Keyboards". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ "WASD Keyboards". Retrieved 11 October 2018.
- ^ "Wooting". wooting.nl.
- ^ "The optical mechanical keyboard switch called Flaretech". May 2, 2016.
- ^ "Wooting's Lekker switch". wooting.io.
- ^ "Keyboards with Hall Effect switches". March 18, 2024.
- ^ "Introducing the Lekker switch". May 10, 2019.
- ^ "XMIT Keyboards". XMIT Keyboards.
- ^ "Plank EZ". Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "ErgoDox EZ". Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "Moonlander Mark I". Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "ABS's M1 mechanical keyboard". The Tech Report. 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
- ^ "ABS M1 - Deskthority wiki". deskthority.net. Retrieved 2022-05-08.