dactyl-keyboard VS compactyl

that's not entirely accurate. It is a derivation of the dactyl-manuform. I used the generator from this project to produce the case. https://github.com/ibnuda/dactyl-keyboard The earliest biuld of the dactyl-manuform that I can find is: https://github.com/abstracthat/dactyl-manuform

https://github.com/ibnuda/dactyl-keyboard/tree/hotswap/things This is where I pulled the stl from however it doesn't come with a base plate stl so I had to make that myself

What generator did you use? I’ve never been able to get this one to load: http://dactyl.siskam.link/

there used to be a generator at https://dactyl.siskam.link/ but is not loading now. (easily generated files from your input in a form) you could also have them built to order from https://ohkeycaps.com/products/built-to-order-dactyl-manuform-keyboard

There are external holders for pro micros and elite C under https://github.com/ibnuda/dactyl-keyboard/tree/refaktor/resources/public

Try this: https://dactyl.siskam.link

I'm happy to print the case for one for you for the cost of the filament, if you want (20EUR or so). Shipping to outside of europe might make local printers cheaper. There's a generator for custom shapes at https://dactyl.siskam.link

You can generate a custom one with https://dactyl.siskam.link/ (demo of how to use here: https://youtu.be/9nwXUfi49oU)

As they said, not by dometyl, rather Derek's separate plate Compactyl.

This keyboard is an attempt to make a best-of-both-worlds combination between the modular (and support-saving) design of dereknheiley's compactyl manuform (with adjustable wrist rest mounts) and the trackball-enabled design of the noahprince22's tracktyl manuform, forking the firmware from Schievel1's dactyl_manuform_r_track.

A couple of minor changes i might make for 5.1, but STLs available at https://github.com/dereknheiley/compactyl if you'd like to build it asap.

The spacing depends a lot of the configuration, for example some iterations of Derek's compactyl made for SA caps have had very close edge to edge key spacing. Also centre to centre key spacing on key wells is easy to get tighter than Choc spacing, so even if you've configured with a little more gap for whatever your keycaps are compared to mbk, a press between them is going to be less off-centre than it would be for chocs (which also perform worse with off centre presses than mx).

The v4 STLs should be in the repo, that's what's pictured above. I rarely go back and change old STLs unless there's a glaring issue. https://github.com/dereknheiley/compactyl/tree/master/things/compactyl-v4.0-5x6-hotswap

I've modified dereks compactyl to remove the last row and get a regular 3x5, but I'm assuming you'll want to have the DM thumb cluster with 5 buttons rather than the compactyl one with 3, right?

Dereks compactyl repo also provides an adjustable way to position crystalhands palm rest.

additionally there are several on github, mine is like https://github.com/dereknheiley/dactyl-manuform-tight but there are at least three others i can’t find from my phone