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Build the board you actually want.

The popular open-source keyboard tools, working together in one place, for designing a keyboard that's all yours. Start with the layout, create your board, build your firmware files, and share your creation.

The TurkeyBoards turkey holding two halves of a split keyboard
corne.json
Type on your keyboard. Matching keys light up.last key: –

Open a file you already have

Drop it here, or anywhere on this page. We work out what it is and open it in the right tool. It stays in your browser: nothing is sent anywhere.

  • Layout Editor KLE raw data.jsonvia.jsonvial.json Layouts from keyboard-layout-editor.com, and VIA and Vial definitions.
  • Ergogen Builder config.yaml.tbt.json Ergogen configs from ergogen.xyz or the CLI, and TurkeyBoards projects.
  • Firmware Kit keymap.ckeymap.json.vil.keymap QMK, Vial, VIA and ZMK keymaps, added to the keyboard you're working on.
The build path

From a layout sketch to firmware, in one place

Each step hands its work to the next, so you stop copying JSON between five browser tabs. All three tools work on the same keyboard: switch between them and nothing gets lost.

  1. 1

    Layout

    Place keys, set sizes, rotate thumb clusters, write legends.

    KLE JSON
  2. 2

    Geometry

    Turn the layout into Ergogen columns, stagger and thumb clusters.

    config.yaml
  3. 3

    Plate & PCB

    Board and plate outlines plus KiCad PCBs with every part placed.

    .dxf · .kicad_pcb
  4. 4

    Firmware

    Pins and a keymap in; QMK with Vial and VIA, or ZMK for wireless, out.

    keyboard.json · .keymap
  5. 5

    Keymap art

    Every layer as an image for docs, READMEs and listings.

    .png · .svg
Tools

The bench

Every tool in one place and working together, so no more jumping between bookmarks. Everything runs in your browser, and no account is needed. Sign in if you'd like your keyboards on every computer you use.

Layout Editor

Our take on keyboard-layout-editor.com, tuned for split and ergo boards.

  • Drag keys with quarter-unit snapping, resize, rotate around any origin
  • 12 legend slots, keycap and legend colours, homing nubs, ISO and stepped keys
  • Paste KLE raw data straight onto the canvas; export JSON or SVG
  • Flags overlapping keys before they become a PCB problem
Open the editor →

Ergogen Builder

Design an ergonomic keyboard without writing YAML. Ergogen runs right in your browser.

  • A five-question guided setup, or start from a Corne, Sweep or Lily58-style design
  • Sliders for stagger, splay, thumb clusters and the gap between halves
  • MX or Choc, Pro Micro-style controller, TRRS link, wireless, OLED, encoder · plain Ergogen
  • Board and plate outlines (DXF), KiCad PCBs, and the matrix pins for QMK
Open the builder →

Firmware Kit

Wire up your keyboard, build its keymap, and download firmware files ready to compile.

  • Pro Micro, Elite-C, RP2040 boards, nice!nano and XIAO; Ergogen designs come wired
  • Layers, mod-taps, layer-taps and knobs; type on your own keyboard to fill in keys
  • QMK with Vial and VIA keymaps, or a ZMK config that builds on GitHub
  • Imports keymap.c, keymap.json, Vial .vil and ZMK .keymap files
Open the Firmware Kit →

Keymap Images

Every layer of your keymap as a clean diagram for docs, READMEs and product pages.

  • All layers in one image, or one per layer
  • Layer keys highlighted, so each picture shows how to get there
  • TurkeyBoards, dark and print styles; PNG or SVG
Open in the Firmware Kit →
Formats

Works with the files you already have

No account needed, no lock-in. Everything runs in your browser and saves to standard formats.

FormatFilesOpenSaveWhere
KLE raw data[{"w":1.5},"Tab","Q"]YesYesLayout Editor
KLE JSONlayout.jsonYesYesLayout Editor
SVG imagelayout.svg—YesLayout Editor
Ergogen configconfig.yamlYesYesErgogen Builder
Outlines and PCB.dxf .svg .kicad_pcb—YesErgogen Builder
QMK, Vial, VIAkeyboard.json keymap.c vial.json via.jsonkeymap.c via.json vial.jsonYesFirmware Kit, Layout Editor
QMK keymapkeymap.jsonYesYesFirmware Kit
Vial layout.vilYesYesFirmware Kit
ZMK.overlay .dtsi .keymap.keymapYesFirmware Kit
Keymap images.png .svg—YesFirmware Kit
Open source

Built on the work of the open-source keyboard community

None of this would be possible without these projects and the people who build and share them. Our tools read their formats, run their code and start from their boards. Visit them, read their docs, star them and support them.

Design

  • ErgogenThe keyboard generator inside the Ergogen Builder, run unchanged. GitHub
  • Keyboard Layout EditorThe layout format the Layout Editor reads and writes, and the idea it grew from. GitHub
  • Maker.jsThe 2D geometry behind Ergogen's outlines. GitHub
  • KiCadWhere the PCBs we make get routed and sent to the fab.

Firmware

  • QMK FirmwareThe firmware, keycodes and keyboard format the Firmware Kit builds for. GitHub
  • VialChange keys live, with no flashing. GitHub
  • VIAThe definition format and configurator for QMK boards. GitHub
  • ZMK FirmwareWireless firmware, with ZMK Studio for live keymap changes. GitHub

Keyboards

The templates are measured from these open-source boards' own PCBs.

Also: kle-serial, hull.js, js-yaml, math.js, JSON5, JSZip and the Commit Mono typeface. Thank you to everyone who works on them.