# OLKB Planck keyboard

5 Hacker News commenters recommended OLKB Planck keyboard and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A compact 40% ortholinear keyboard that people say cuts awkward hand movement and lets them do more with fewer keys.

## Why people recommend it

- Less hand movement and awkward reaches (2 comments): "switching to a 40% ortholinear was a huge change, it eliminated way too many awkward movements" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49987991)) "it's just so much less hand movement that it feels so much better to type on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808213))
- Does more with fewer keys (2 comments): "Sometimes there is just no home row quite like a 48 key planck's." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49113923)) "it becomes surprisingly intuitive to do more with less" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45940599))
- Recommended and restocked by fans (2 comments): "I recommend you checking out the planck and preonic keyboards from olkb." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48808036)) "Good thing I stockpiled on Planck boards" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659531))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Magic Keyboard mechanical keyboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mechanical-magic-keyboard.md): 55 recommend
- [IBM Model M keyboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ibm-model-m-keyboard.md): 39 recommend
- [Keychron keyboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keychron-keyboard.md): 29 recommend
- [Filco Majestouch TKL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/filco-mechanical-keyboard.md): 15 recommend
- [Truly Modular Keyboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/a-truly-modular-keyboard.md): 10 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=OLKB+Planck+keyboard&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://olkb.com/)

## Cite as

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