# Corne keyboard

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Corne keyboard and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 3 years (3 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** A small split keyboard with a compact layout and tenting that owners say reduces wrist and finger strain and gives room to experiment with layouts. Owners who said so report using it for about three years.

## Why people recommend it

- Reduces wrist and finger strain (2 comments): "The small layout and tenting reduce wrist and finger strain significantly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808765)) "I full time code on a corne and notice only improvements to ergonomics." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45884043))

## What people warn about

- Hard to switch from laptop keyboard (1 comments): "I love my Corne but I never use it any more because I have to switch to my laptop keyboard too often." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808283))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [MoErgo Glove80](https://hackerapproved.com/p/glove80.md): 29 recommend
- [Kinesis Advantage](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kinesis-advantage-keyboard.md): 29 recommend
- [ZSA Moonlander](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zsa-moonlander.md): 27 recommend
- [ZSA Voyager](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zsa-voyager.md): 17 recommend
- [ErgoDox EZ](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ergodox-ez.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Corne+split+keyboard+3x6+crkbd&tag=YOURTAG-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://github.com/foostan/crkbd)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Corne keyboard", https://hackerapproved.com/p/corne-keyboard/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).