List of mechanical keyboards

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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

Keyboard name Switch type ErgonomicConnection
type
USB HubBacklight Key rollover Other notes
AsusTek ROG [1] Cherry [2] NoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Atreus [3] Matias [4] YesUSBNoNoUnlimited
AZIO Cascade [5] GateronNoUSB & BluetoothNoYesUnlimited75% keyboard (without numblock), 100% keyboard available at March 2023
Cherry CherryNoUSBYesNoUnlimited
Clevy [6] AlpsYesUSB & BluetoothNoNoUnlimitedAssistive Largekey Keyboard
Code Keyboard [7] CherryNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Cooler Master [8] CherryNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Corsair CherryNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Das Keyboard CherryNoUSBYesYesUnlimited
Ducky [9] Cherry / Kailh / GateronNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Diatec / Filco [10] CherryNoUSBNoNoUnlimited
GMMK [11] Gateron [12] / Kailh [13] NoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Happy Hacking Keyboard Capacitive - Topre [14] NoUSBYesNoUnlimited
HyperX Alloy FPSCherryNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
IBM Model F Capacitive - Buckling spring NoXT, ATNoNoUnlimitedNo longer manufactured.
Model F Labs is the modern equivalent.
IBM Model M Buckling springNoXT, AT, PS/2NoNo2No longer manufactured.
Unicomp is the modern equivalent.
iKBC [15] [16] CherryNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Input Club [17] Personalized / Silo Beam [18] YesUSBNoYesUnlimited Open source. [19] /
Analog input and Hall Effect switches.
KBParadise [20] Matias / CherryNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Keyboardio [21] MatiasYesUSBNoYesUnlimitedSolid maple body.
Keychron [22] GateronNoUSB, BluetoothNoYesUnlimited
Keyed Up Labs [23] CherryNoUSBNoNoUnlimited
Launch [24] KailhNoUSBYesYesUnlimited Open source
Logitech G [25] Omron / KailhNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Leopold [26] [27] Capacitive - Topre / CherryNoUSBNoNoUnlimited
Matias [28] MatiasYesUSBYesNoUnlimitedFormerly Alps, now a Matias Alps-style reproduction.
Model F Labs [29] Capacitive - Buckling springNoUSBNoNoUnlimited
Model F Labs Beam Spring [30] Beam SpringNoUSBNoNoUnlimited
Niztech [31] [32] Capacitive - Niz EC [33] NoUSBNoNoUnlimited
Northgate OmniKey Alps SKCM WhiteNoATNoNo?No longer manufactured.
NuPhy [34] GateronNoUSB & BluetoothYesYesUnlimitedUSB hub for use with 2.4GHz peripherals.
OLKB [35] PersonalizedNoUSBNoNoUnlimitedOpen source. [36] DIY.
Razer Razer [37] NoUSBNoYesUnlimited
ROCCAT Vulcan [38] ROCCAT TitanNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
SteelSeries Apex [39] SteelSeriesNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS [40] CherryNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Topre Realforce [41] Capacitive - TopreNoUSBNoNoUnlimited
Unicomp Buckling springNoUSB, PS/2NoNo2
UNIQEY [42] CherryNoUSBNoNoUnlimited
Varmilo [43] CherryNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Vortex [44] CherryNoUSBNoNoUnlimited
WASD [45] CherryNoUSBNoYesUnlimited
Wooting [46] Adomax Flaretech [47] / Lekker [48] / Magnetic/Hall Effect switches with North pole orientationNoUSBNoYesUnlimitedAnalog input and optoelectronic switches. /
Analog input and Hall Effect switches. [49] [50]
XMIT [51] ?NoUSBNoYesUnlimitedHall Effect switches.
Planck EZ [52] Cherry / KailhNoUSBNoNoUnlimited Free and open-source firmware, ortholinear
ErgoDox EZ [53] Cherry / KailhYesUSBNoOptionalUnlimited Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar
Moonlander Mark I [54] Cherry / KailhYesUSBNoYesUnlimited Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar
NuPhy Air75 HE [55] Low-Profile Magnetic SwitchesYesUSBNoYesUnlimitedANSI 75%, 84 keys
ABS M1 [56] Alps SKBM Black [57] NoUSBNoNo?No longer manufactured
Epomaker Hack59 [58] Epomaker Flamingo SwitchNoUSB-CNoYes?Layout not longer used

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  39. "SteelSeries Apex" . Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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  44. "Vortex Mechanical Keyboards" . Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  45. "WASD Keyboards" . Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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  52. "Planck EZ" . Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  53. "ErgoDox EZ" . Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  54. "Moonlander Mark I" . Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  55. "NuPhy Air75 HE - Specifications - SocSpecifications" . Retrieved 2025-01-31.
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