Open-source keyboard firmware for custom keyboards.
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Open-source keyboard firmware for custom keyboards. Based on 18 Reddit mentions across 10 subreddits, QMK Firmware has a 50% positive sentiment score in the Mechanical Keyboards space. Reddit users most frequently discuss QMK Firmware in r/olkb.
Sentiment Breakdown
Top Subreddits
- r/olkb 6 mentions
- r/MechanicalKeyboards 3 mentions
- r/planetemacs 1 mentions
- r/nfultz 1 mentions
- r/prototipandopodcast 1 mentions
- r/keycaps 1 mentions
- r/keyboards 1 mentions
- r/TrackPoint_Builders 1 mentions
- r/Keychron 1 mentions
- r/qmk 1 mentions
What Reddit Praises
- Looking for Keycaps: Cyberpunk, 'Control'/Brutalist Govt, Retro Computing, or Ukiyo-E/Japan
- Custom Trackpoint mouse for Keychron Q11
- I built a real-time typing assistant that lights up the next predicted letter as you type, using custom QMK firmware and per-key RGB
- I built a real-time typing assistant that lights up the next predicted letter as you type, using custom QMK firmware and per-key RGB
- First PCB, What do you think
Common Complaints
- use led matrix as caps/numlock or layer indicator
- Binepad BNK-16 - Review and issues
- Defining what key is used for Bootmagic doesn't work
- Drop Keyboard Configurator is not online
- First PCB, What do you think
What Redditors Are Saying
"Specs: \- 36 keys, 4x10 matrix \- Kailh Choc V1 Ambient Twilight switches \- Kailh Choc hotswap sockets \- Sea-Picro RP2040 controller \- QMK firmware \- Caseless \- Black PCB, white silkscreen"
"It seems like it would have been mappable with their configurator, but it's not a QMK firmware board, so hence my inquiry if there's a mirror anyone kept."
"It's a custom, self-designed PCB I made in KiCad and semi-finished by JLCPCB (USB-C port, two diodes), Trackpoint module from Holykeebs, Kailh low-profile hotswappable switches, EVQWGD001 encoder wheel, couple of extra buttons for configurations, QMK firmware and a 3D printed ..."
"Specs: \- 36 keys, 4x10 matrix \- Kailh Choc V1 Ambient Twilight switches \- Kailh Choc hotswap sockets \- Sea-Picro RP2040 controller \- QMK firmware \- Caseless \- Black PCB, white silkscreen"
"I had no idea how to write QMK firmware or what HID even meant when I started this."
"The documentation provided ([https://docs.qmk.fm/keycodes](https://docs.qmk.fm/keycodes) ) does not map completely to the BNK-16."
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