Magic Keyboard mechanical keyboard
The most recommended of 13 mechanical keyboards
Praised for its slim, low-profile mechanical design and polished website. Critics find the large number keys and the missing numpad and navigation keys off-putting.
Praised for its slim, low-profile mechanical design and polished website. Critics find the large number keys and the missing numpad and navigation keys off-putting.
66 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 55
- criticize it
- 11
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 55 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 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
Attractive, well-designed look
“It looks super nice. I really like the name and the design, but as others have said the numbers seem to be a bit of a turn off.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “On first look this is great work. The attention to detail on both the keyboard and the website is really impressive.”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “Absolutely love the design, features, website, attention to detail”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” - Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard”
- Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard”
- Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard”
Eager to buy at launch
“This looks dope, looking forward to ordering in the future.”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “so glad this exists. Can't wait til this drops”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “Looks beautiful, congrats on the launch!”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” - Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard”
- Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard”
Slim low-profile mechanical feel
“This looks great. Never liked the idea of having to add wrist rests to all these tall bulky mechanical keyboards.”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “Love the design and have also wanted a super low profile mechanical keyboard like this!”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “Hence the appeal of this design: Mechanical, yet slim.”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” - Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard”
Polished website and attention to detail
“On first look this is great work. The attention to detail on both the keyboard and the website is really impressive.”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “Absolutely love the design, features, website, attention to detail”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “I like the website more than the keyboard itself”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” - Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Odd number keys and font
“It looks super nice. I really like the name and the design, but as others have said the numbers seem to be a bit of a turn off.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “the numbers look like they came off a special calculator for people with failing eyesight”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “LOVE the industrial design. HATE the font, especially on the number keys.”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” - Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard”
Low profile not for everyone
“as a HHKB user I'm not a fan of low profile keyboards otherwise I would've bought this”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “Looks great, but at this point I’m too used to HHKB layout on custom MX/topre boards”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “Beautiful! Looking forward to the Kickstarter. But also, why is it completely flat?”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” No numpad or navigation keys
“No ISO? No numpad? Also we're doing preorders for preorders now?”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “still squished the arrow keys into the rest of the keyboard”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “not convenient -- no Insert/Pageup/Screenshot buttons”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” Missing or hard-to-see symbols
“The keyboard seems to be missing important symbols, such as - and =”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard” “the loss of visibility for the shifted symbols is a huge loss”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard”
Other mechanical keyboards people recommend
The four most recommended other mechanical keyboards, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Keyboard mechanical keyboardThis page | 55 | 11 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
| IBM Model M keyboard | 39 | 10 | 80% | 8 | 18 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Keychron keyboard | 29 | 18 | 62% | 8 | — | — |
| Filco Majestouch TKL | 15 | 2 | 88% | 3 | 15 yrs5 owners | — |
| Truly Modular Keyboard | 10 | 1 | 91% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
40 of the 70 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“a magic keyboard with usb-c to lightning cable DOES NOT count as an accessory somehow. So you can use that.”
“would be an instant buy from me honestly”
“No ISO? No numpad? Also we're doing preorders for preorders now?”
“It looks super nice. I really like the name and the design, but as others have said the numbers seem to be a bit of a turn off.”
“It supports multiple dials, including some flatter ones.”
“so glad this exists. Can't wait til this drops”
“Hence the appeal of this design: Mechanical, yet slim.”
“it was an instant buy for me anyway”
“I type faster on Magic Keyboard”
“This is very cool and it looks like a lot of effort went into it.”
“more travel and more "snappy", tactile feeling”
“The design is on point and the numbers look great.”
“the loss of visibility for the shifted symbols is a huge loss”
“I love a lot of the design but the unnecessary "quirkiness" in aspects like this are a bit of a turn-off”
“The keyboard seems to be missing important symbols, such as - and =”
“LOVE the industrial design. HATE the font, especially on the number keys.”
“low profile keyboards are indeed my jam”
“those gigantic numbers are just bizarre and not at all good to look at”
“the numbers look like they came off a special calculator for people with failing eyesight”
“not convenient -- no Insert/Pageup/Screenshot buttons”
“this is a surprisingly great discovery for my morning”
“I'll pay double for an ortholinear with similar features and style.”
“Looks great, but at this point I’m too used to HHKB layout on custom MX/topre boards”
“An indie dev beating Apple at its own game is some feat.”
“This looks dope, looking forward to ordering in the future.”
“Love the design and have also wanted a super low profile mechanical keyboard like this!”
“It's made for keyboard enthusiasts. Give it a shot.”
“On first look this is great work. The attention to detail on both the keyboard and the website is really impressive.”
“I like the website more than the keyboard itself”
“Absolutely love the design, features, website, attention to detail”
“Thin, premium typing experience, accessibility features.”
“We do some firmware trickery to make the globe key behave just like the Magic Keyboard.”
“no fingerprint sensor is a deal breaker for me”
“Beautiful! Looking forward to the Kickstarter. But also, why is it completely flat?”
“This looks great. Never liked the idea of having to add wrist rests to all these tall bulky mechanical keyboards.”
“Looks beautiful, congrats on the launch!”
“still squished the arrow keys into the rest of the keyboard”
“as a HHKB user I'm not a fan of low profile keyboards otherwise I would've bought this”
“Wow, beautiful. Both the site and the keyboard.”
“I switched to using my iPad Pro M5 + Magic Keyboard nearly full time”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.