Keyboard Builders' Digest

My digest is turning 5 these days. KBD#201 is live. With October’s best-selling switches, the Glitter65 HE and KiiBOOM Jade75 reviews, cool DIY and commercial keyboard projects, keyboard art, goodies, meetups, new vendors and discount codes, etc.

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I never fail to get a big smile when I see one of my silly little projects in KBD. Thanks for what you’re doing for the community, Tamas.

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That Glitter65 looks really good in PC

Indeed. I wonder why they abandoned the original concept with some special lighting. It was a main feature in the original product brief I received in the summer.

Hehe, thanks. I’m a big fan of silly little projects. :slight_smile:

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KBD#202 is here. With the Womier SK71 Pro and Dareu COOL60 reviews, my thoughts about the awesome Clackify keyboard stand, open-source and some promising commercial keyboard projects, tips, keyboard art, goodies, meetups, etc.

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My November 2025 switch top list is out. Based on real sales data provided by 14 contributors from all around the globe, representing slightly less than 1 million switches sold.

And the full list with all the 400+ switches mentioned in this series, with specs and regularly updated price and stock info:

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KBD#203 is out. With the November switch top list, the Dry Studio Battleye 74.5 RT review, plus many open-source and also some promising commercial keyboard projects. Tips, keyboard art, goodies, meetups, new vendors and discounts, etc.

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Not enough content for the final KBD issue of 2025, so instead, here is the year’s last kbd.news post with my top picks of all the keyboards I’ve reviewed in 2025:

Happy end of the year folks, whether you’re celebrating holidays, just chilling, or doing your own keyboard thing! :smiley:

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New monthly switch market overview, with December’s best-seller models, per-shop lists and comments, etc:

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KBD#204 is out. With the December switch top list, the Elytra, Epomaker RT82, Dierya DK81E, and Cybrix 29 reviews, open-source and also some promising commercial keyboard projects. Tips, keyboard art, goodies, meetups, new vendors and discounts. (The KBDNEWS coupon code is accepted in 190 shops now.)

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KBD#205 is here. With the KiiBOOM Meow/Phantom 81 Lite and the AM Infinity mouse reviews, open-source and promising commercial keyboard projects. Tips, keyboard art, goodies, meetups, lots of new vendors this time, and some new discounts. (The KBDNEWS coupon code is accepted in 191 shops now.)

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nice collection

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The switch database has been updated with last month’s data. Sales volumes provided by 18 shops and vendors, representing about 1 million switches sold. (With Divinikey joining the ranks for the first time.)

Related write-up:

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cool!

KBD#206 is live. With the January switch top list and the IQUNIX Magi65 Pro review, open-source and promising commercial keyboard projects. Tips, keyboard art, goodies, meetups, some new vendors and new discounts. (The ‘KBDNEWS’ coupon code is accepted in 193 shops now.)

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February’s best-seller switches. Again, based on a sample of about 1 million switches sold by the participating shops and manufacturers:

The switch database and switch quiz have been updated too.

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