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Welcome to the dactyl-build wiki!

Here I will have documented my journey to build my own custom dactyl keyboard

I want to have a curved keyboard at home, because I really like the kinesis advantage I have at work. However, I do think that the advantage does not look very cool, but the dactyl does! Then I got numerous ideas to add to the base dactyl, such as bluetooth and RGB lighting.

The desired features of the keyboard:

• dactyl shape (similar to the kinesis advantage; I have one at work)
• kennykaye's wrist rest
• custom switch layout; mixture of blues, greens and whites
• built-in bluetooth
• built-in USB hub for a mouse. Maybe even for USB sticks / game controllers
• RGB leds, eventually programmable
• Keyboard controllers programmed in rust

Other possible features

• layout toggle (qwerty/dvorak/other?)
• dual kb layout (two halves work independently)

You can also check out the diary I'm keeping while I work on the project and several ideas about programming the keyboard I have.