EurKEY keyboard layout
Shares rank 2 of 7 keyboard layouts by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good for multilingual typing
“I, too, have to switch between English, German and Italian and I found it to be great.”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Designing a 36-key custom keyboard layout (2021)” “Writing code, German and English text and it’s great.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Writing non-English languages with a QWERTY keyboard” “EURkey seems to work particularly well for German”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Writing non-English languages with a QWERTY keyboard” Easy access to special characters
“This is as easy as you can make typing special characters by configuring the keyboard”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Writing non-English languages with a QWERTY keyboard” “You too could have it easily accessible on your keyboard”
Comment from 26 Jun 2026 in “Zig's New BitCast Semantics and LLVM Back End Improvements”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No Slavic language support
“there is no support for Slavic languages”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Designing a 36-key custom keyboard layout (2021)”
Other keyboard layouts people recommend
The four most recommended other keyboard layouts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dvorak keyboard layout | 11 | 4 | 73% | 5 | 25 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| EurKEY keyboard layoutThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Colemak keyboard layout | 7 | 7 | 50% | 6 | — | — |
| Clearflow keyboard layout | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
| Engram keyboard layout | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“You too could have it easily accessible on your keyboard”
“there is no support for Slavic languages”
“I, too, have to switch between English, German and Italian and I found it to be great.”
“This is as easy as you can make typing special characters by configuring the keyboard”
“EURkey seems to work particularly well for German”
“I like this layout and it seems to be available on all Linux distros”
“Writing code, German and English text and it’s great.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.