The best split keyboards, according to hackers
13 split keyboards were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 6 earn the Hacker Approved badge.
Top picks
The three most recommended split keyboards with the badge. Each figure is 2 people. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Contoured, tentable, mountable split ergonomics
Split, contoured keyboard with a large thumb cluster that people find comfortable and ergonomic, especially with tenting and mounting. Most common caveat: a difficult learning curve.
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Eases wrist and hand strain
Owners praise its contoured, split layout for easing wrist and hand strain and keeping typing speed; critics say it is bulky, expensive and hard to travel with.
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Easy to customize and program
A programmable ortholinear split keyboard that people praise for easy customization, comfort and solid build; the most common caveat is the lack of function keys.
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All 13 split keyboards, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tied 1 | MoErgo Glove80 | 29 | 3 | 91% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Tied 1 | Kinesis Advantage | 29 | 6 | 83% | 8 | 18 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| 3 | ZSA Moonlander | 27 | 12 | 69% | 6 | 5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Tied 4 | ZSA Voyager | 17 | 1 | 94% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Tied 4 | ErgoDox EZ | 17 | 13 | 57% | 5 | — | — |
| 6 | Ultimate Hacking Keyboard | 15 | 2 | 88% | 7 | — | Approved |
| 7 | Corne keyboard | 13 | 0 | 100% | 5 | 3 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| 8 | Kinesis Freestyle | 10 | 1 | 91% | 2 | — | — |
| 9 | Svalboard | 8 | 1 | 89% | 6 | — | — |
| Tied 10 | Dygma Defy | 7 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| Tied 10 | Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard | 7 | 5 | 58% | 3 | — | — |
| Tied 12 | Ultimate Hacking Keyboard | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
| Tied 12 | Keyboardio Atreus | 5 | 1 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same split keyboard in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to split keyboards that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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