wren-keyboard VS awesome-split-keyboards

The PCB, Bottom Plate and Top Plate were all ordered through JCLPCB based on the GEBERS available on github. For anyone following this build please note the top plate GEBERs have tolerance issues so after I got the plate delivered, I had to Dremel the switch holes they were too tight for the switches to fit.

How about the wren. You can reprogram the keys on the left to arrows keys.

The wren checks a lot of boxes https://github.com/walterhanley/wren-keyboard

Is the Breeze's other half similar to the Wren here (1st picture)

theres the wren which is pretty big but with no f-row

The Wren keyboard is not a 100% board but it has a standard system cluster and a full numpad. It's missing the entire function row including the escape key and prntscrn. Might be what you're looking for.

The Wren can be setup with both a numpad and navigation cluster.

The hardware and build guide are all open source, and you can find the software in the main QMK repository soon™ or in my fork right now. Enjoy!

Nope! The Breeze is great, but it only offers a nav cluster as an option. This is my design the Wren, which is designed to allow you to have a numpad OR a nav cluster on either side. It’s source files are available at the GitHub link above, though since this is the first build I’d recommend you wait until I make sure it works.

I converted to Ortho keyboards with column stagger rather than row stagger and I haven't looked back. If you haven't, I suggest checking out /r/ErgoMechKeyboards for some great options. https://kbd.news/ is also a really good resource, as is https://github.com/diimdeep/awesome-split-keyboards.

Check e.g. this github repository for examples of that type of keyboard. Better shell out some $$ and adjust to one of those now than to have tendon/joint/nerve damage for decades.

There are many ready-to-go ones in this list: https://github.com/diimdeep/awesome-split-keyboards

You should consider adding links to the comparison site for split keyboard kit layouts, and perhaps the list of Awesome Split Keyboards. They're both good starting points for checking out what's out there, though the Awesome list can be a bit outdated by now.

Awesome Split Keyboards will give you an idea of how the boards look and links to vendors or open source projects (ie. sending Gerber files to a PCB fabricator of your choice)

Awesome Split Keyboards

Apologies for the incorrect image link. I assumed it could be edited afterwards. Btw here is the reference image link: https://github.com/diimdeep/awesome-split-keyboards/blob/master/img/Ergotravel.jpg