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Trying to build your own keyboard? Here are some links!

Keyboard builds

List of open source, ergonomic keyboards
https://github.com/Ultrahalf/ergo-keeb

Keyboard builders digest - Great site for news and inspiration
https://kbd.news/

Shopping for parts

Little Keyboards - Low Cost boards with kits and low cost cases.
https://www.littlekeyboards.com/

Kriscable - In Europe but also has cool cables
https://kriscables.com/

Keebio - A little more expensive but offers pre-soldered boards for easier entry
https://keeb.io/

Insane ergo keyboards
https://bastardkb.com/

https://shop.beekeeb.com/

https://novelkeys.com/

https://mysticmechs.com/

https://boardsource.xyz/

Affordable Switches
https://divinikey.com/collections/switches https://bolsakeyboardsupply.com/collections/all https://en.akkogear.com/store/switch/ https://www.kailh.net/

High Quality key Caps

KBDFANS - https://kbdfans.com/collections/keycaps?filter.v.availability=1&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=52&sort_by=created-descending
Keebmonkey - https://www.keebmonkey.com/collections/keycaps KPREPUBLIC - https://kprepublic.com/collections/keycaps

Firmware and setup

QMK Configurator - Firmware modification and compilation in your browser
https://config.qmk.fm/#/lily58/rev1/LAYOUT

Via - Keyboard Configuration in browser
https://usevia.app/#/

My Builds

Lily58 Pro upload successful

Quefrency Rev. 3 upload successful

Spare parts numpad. upload successful

Quefrency with green LEDs and spare keycaps upload successful

Another Quefrency! This one is for a friends birthday. Fun cat keycaps. The tape is to explain what the cat keys are before first use. upload successful

Why am I building keyboards like this? -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76eALNFp3kk