# EurKEY keyboard layout

7 Hacker News commenters recommended EurKEY keyboard layout and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend EurKEY as a free layout for typing special characters in several languages alongside English, including German and Italian. The one caveat raised is that it has no support for Slavic languages.

## Why people recommend it

- Good for multilingual typing (3 comments): "I, too, have to switch between English, German and Italian and I found it to be great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47033405)) "Writing code, German and English text and it’s great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46418293)) "EURkey seems to work particularly well for German" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46420784))
- Easy access to special characters (2 comments): "This is as easy as you can make typing special characters by configuring the keyboard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46421723)) "You too could have it easily accessible on your keyboard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48683399))

## What people warn about

- No Slavic language support (1 comments): "there is no support for Slavic languages" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47033507))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Dvorak keyboard layout](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dvorak-keyboard-layout.md): 11 recommend
- [Colemak keyboard layout](https://hackerapproved.com/p/colemak-keyboard-layout.md): 7 recommend
- [Clearflow keyboard layout](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clearflow-keyboard-layout.md): 6 recommend
- [Engram keyboard layout](https://hackerapproved.com/p/engram-keyboard-layout.md): 5 recommend
- [US International keyboard layout](https://hackerapproved.com/p/us-international-keyboard-layout.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

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