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:
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 |
Opensource.
[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 | Gateron | No | USB, Bluetooth | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Keyed Up Labs [22] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Launch [23] | Kailh | No | USB | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Opensource, 84-keys, 4-port superspeed hub |
Launch Lite | Kailh | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Opensource, 70-keys |
Logitech G [24] | Omron / Kailh | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Leopold [25] [26] | Capacitive - Topre / Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Matias [27] | Matias | Yes | USB | Yes | No | Unlimited | Formerly Alps, now a Matias Alps-style reproduction. |
Model F Labs [28] | Capacitive - Buckling spring | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Model F Labs Beam Spring [29] | Beam Spring | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Niztech [30] [31] | Capacitive - Niz EC [32] | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Northgate OmniKey | Alps SKCM White | No | AT | No | No | ? | No longer manufactured. |
NuPhy [33] | Gateron | No | USB & Bluetooth | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | USB hub for use with 2.4GHz peripherals. |
OLKB [34] | Personalized | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | Opensource. [35] DIY. |
Razer | Razer [36] | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
ROCCAT Vulcan [37] | ROCCAT Titan | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
SteelSeries Apex [38] | SteelSeries | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS [39] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Topre Realforce [40] | Capacitive - Topre | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Unicomp | Buckling spring | No | USB, PS/2 | No | No | 2 | |
UNIQEY [41] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Varmilo [42] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Vortex [43] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
WASD [44] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Wooting [45] | Adomax Flaretech [46] / Lekker [47] | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Analog input and
optoelectronic switches. / Analog input and Hall Effect switches. [48] [49] |
XMIT [50] | ? | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Hall Effect switches. |
Plank EZ [51] | Cherry / Kailh | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited |
Free and open-source firmware,
ortholinear |
ErgoDox EZ [52] | Cherry / Kailh | Yes | USB | No | Optional | Unlimited |
Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar |
Moonlander Mark I [53] | Cherry / Kailh | Yes | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited |
Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar |
ABS M1 [54] | Alps SKBM Black [55] | No | USB | No | No | ? | No longer manufactured |
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:
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 |
Opensource.
[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 | Gateron | No | USB, Bluetooth | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Keyed Up Labs [22] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Launch [23] | Kailh | No | USB | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | Opensource, 84-keys, 4-port superspeed hub |
Launch Lite | Kailh | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Opensource, 70-keys |
Logitech G [24] | Omron / Kailh | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Leopold [25] [26] | Capacitive - Topre / Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Matias [27] | Matias | Yes | USB | Yes | No | Unlimited | Formerly Alps, now a Matias Alps-style reproduction. |
Model F Labs [28] | Capacitive - Buckling spring | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Model F Labs Beam Spring [29] | Beam Spring | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Niztech [30] [31] | Capacitive - Niz EC [32] | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Northgate OmniKey | Alps SKCM White | No | AT | No | No | ? | No longer manufactured. |
NuPhy [33] | Gateron | No | USB & Bluetooth | Yes | Yes | Unlimited | USB hub for use with 2.4GHz peripherals. |
OLKB [34] | Personalized | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | Opensource. [35] DIY. |
Razer | Razer [36] | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
ROCCAT Vulcan [37] | ROCCAT Titan | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
SteelSeries Apex [38] | SteelSeries | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS [39] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Topre Realforce [40] | Capacitive - Topre | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Unicomp | Buckling spring | No | USB, PS/2 | No | No | 2 | |
UNIQEY [41] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
Varmilo [42] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Vortex [43] | Cherry | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited | |
WASD [44] | Cherry | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | |
Wooting [45] | Adomax Flaretech [46] / Lekker [47] | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Analog input and
optoelectronic switches. / Analog input and Hall Effect switches. [48] [49] |
XMIT [50] | ? | No | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited | Hall Effect switches. |
Plank EZ [51] | Cherry / Kailh | No | USB | No | No | Unlimited |
Free and open-source firmware,
ortholinear |
ErgoDox EZ [52] | Cherry / Kailh | Yes | USB | No | Optional | Unlimited |
Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar |
Moonlander Mark I [53] | Cherry / Kailh | Yes | USB | No | Yes | Unlimited |
Free and open-source firmware, split, columnar |
ABS M1 [54] | Alps SKBM Black [55] | No | USB | No | No | ? | No longer manufactured |