thinkeys
Split ortholinear custom replacement keyboard with TrackPoint for ThinkPad laptops. (by moduloindustries)
pineapple60
first ergonomic keyboard with Trackpoint (by saoto28)
| thinkeys | pineapple60 | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 | |
| 265 | 180 | |
| 4.2% | 2.2% | |
| 0.0 | 3.4 | |
| about 2 years ago | 5 days ago | |
| Makefile | HTML | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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thinkeys
Posts with mentions or reviews of thinkeys.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-08.
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Ortholinear laptop keyboards?
Only other one I'm aware of is ThinKeys, mechanical replacement for the keyboard in some thinkpad versions. Though it uses kailh X switches which are notoriously very bad, still cool to see.
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I love my Framework Laptop
The only thing I would love to see is a keyboard mod for something ergonomic. Something like the ThinKeys project, or the pineapple60 project. I'm not sure if I have the time, but maybe I could try my hand at prototyping something, if Framework has the relevant specs open-sourced and documented somewhere?
- I WANT TO MAKE AN ORTHOLINEAR INPUT COVER
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Japanese Laptops
I know there's been some other drop-in lenovo ergo keyboard efforts like https://modulo.industries/ (see their reddit post in https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/n8ouqi/ic_thinkeys_13_split_ortho_with_trackpoint_for/ ) - was tempted to go this route at one point but heard some concerns about the reliability of kailh x switches.
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[IC] ThinKeys 13: split ortho with TrackPoint for ThinkPad
GitHub
- thinkeys: Split ortholinear custom replacement keyboard with TrackPoint for ThinkPad laptops.
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Non-mechanical split keyboard
You may be interested in the ThinkKeys project. Other than that as someone else has commented kail choc switches and a DIY kit like splitkb.com kyria gets you pretty close, but you'll also be getting linear plus columnar stagger which is better, but will differ from your thinkpad. Kail choc red feel pretty good to me and I also like my thinkpad switches. There's also kail low profile butterfly switches which are truly laptop switches but I've never seen anyone actually use them in a DIY build.
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Ortholinear Laptop! Making a keyboard kit for the MNT Reform. Need some feedback - layout options and details in the comments!
I've been dreaming for an ortho laptop with a trackpoint for quite some time now, and I only know of the thinkeys (github) as a similar project. You might be interested in how he integrated a trackpoint in his design!
pineapple60
Posts with mentions or reviews of pineapple60.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-08.
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I love my Framework Laptop
The only thing I would love to see is a keyboard mod for something ergonomic. Something like the ThinKeys project, or the pineapple60 project. I'm not sure if I have the time, but maybe I could try my hand at prototyping something, if Framework has the relevant specs open-sourced and documented somewhere?
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Working on something new
Here's another one that doesn't need individual row wires: https://github.com/saoto28/pineapple60/blob/main/p4/.
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Your next workstation computer should be the W700DS
My dream setup with one of these would be to replace the keyboard and numpad with an ergodox as close to full-size as I could get it, something like this but with the halves angled, and with the thumb keys preserved.
- Ergonomic Trackpoint keyboard (vol. 7)
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Going low profile: adjustable keyboard with magnets
Here is link number 1 - Previous text "p4"
- Ergonomic Trackpoint keyboard (vol. 6)
- Ergonomic Trackpoint keyboard (vol. 5)
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What would you use to do QMK like customization to a Linux laptop keyboard?
AFAIK there's no equivalent for the console... but if you have the right Thinkpad you could try building a pineapple60 :)
- An ergonomic keyboard mod for the T470 (not mine!)
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Alienware and Cherry MX create a true mechanical keyboard on a gaming laptop
Those new cherry switches would be useful for this project: https://github.com/saoto28/pineapple60
What are some alternatives?
When comparing thinkeys and pineapple60 you can also consider the following projects:
crkbd - Crkbd Keymap by Manna Harbour (Extras). This keymap includes crkbd-specific hardware feature support. This repository provides additional content outside QMK.
kmonad - An advanced keyboard manager [Moved to: https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad]
tryadactyl - Methodology for custom tuning a concave, column-staggered, split keyboard with thumb clusters (AKA Dactyl). Centered on an OpenSCAD library for designing all sorts of ortholinear-ish keyboards supporting a variety of keycaps including Cherry profile. Additionally supports trackpoints, and 5-way navigation switches.
BigBagKbdTrixXKB - "DreymaR's Big Bag of Keyboard Tricks" for *nix with XKB
mechanical-keyboard - DIY mechanical keyboard and where to find them
pentadactyl - Pentadactyl for Pale Moon (community maintained)