List of mechanical keyboards

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	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 / Kailh / Gateron	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	Open source. [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 [22]	Gateron	No	USB, Bluetooth	No	Yes	Unlimited
Keyed Up Labs [23]	Cherry	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited
Launch [24]	Kailh	No	USB	Yes	Yes	Unlimited	Open source
Logitech G [25]	Omron / Kailh	No	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited
Leopold [26] [27]	Capacitive - Topre / Cherry	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited
Matias [28]	Matias	Yes	USB	Yes	No	Unlimited	Formerly Alps, now a Matias Alps-style reproduction.
Model F Labs [29]	Capacitive - Buckling spring	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited
Model F Labs Beam Spring [30]	Beam Spring	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited
Niztech [31] [32]	Capacitive - Niz EC [33]	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited
Northgate OmniKey	Alps SKCM White	No	AT	No	No	?	No longer manufactured.
NuPhy [34]	Gateron	No	USB & Bluetooth	Yes	Yes	Unlimited	USB hub for use with 2.4GHz peripherals.
OLKB [35]	Personalized	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited	Open source. [36] DIY.
Razer	Razer [37]	No	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited
ROCCAT Vulcan [38]	ROCCAT Titan	No	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited
SteelSeries Apex [39]	SteelSeries	No	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited
Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS [40]	Cherry	No	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited
Topre Realforce [41]	Capacitive - Topre	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited
Unicomp	Buckling spring	No	USB, PS/2	No	No	2
UNIQEY [42]	Cherry	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited
Varmilo [43]	Cherry	No	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited
Vortex [44]	Cherry	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited
WASD [45]	Cherry	No	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited
Wooting [46]	Adomax Flaretech [47] / Lekker [48] / Magnetic/Hall Effect switches with North pole orientation	No	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited	Analog input and optoelectronic switches. / Analog input and Hall Effect switches. [49] [50]
XMIT [51]	?	No	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited	Hall Effect switches.
Planck EZ [52]	Cherry / Kailh	No	USB	No	No	Unlimited	Free and open-source firmware, ortholinear
ErgoDox EZ [53]	Cherry / Kailh	Yes	USB	No	Optional	Unlimited	Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar
Moonlander Mark I [54]	Cherry / Kailh	Yes	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited	Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar
NuPhy Air75 HE [55]	Low-Profile Magnetic Switches	Yes	USB	No	Yes	Unlimited	ANSI 75%, 84 keys
ABS M1 [56]	Alps SKBM Black [57]	No	USB	No	No	?	No longer manufactured
Epomaker Hack59 [58]	Epomaker Flamingo Switch	No	USB-C	No	Yes	?	Layout not longer used

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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.
56. "ABS's M1 mechanical keyboard". The Tech Report. 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
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