Beakl Keyboard Layout

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Beakl Keyboard Layout

BEAKL layout is designed by Xay Voong, with help of Ian Douglas. The design started in 2016 and evolved over the next 5 or more years.

beakl 15 layout 2024-04-20
beakl 15 layout 2024-04-20

BEAKL layout does not have any official website. info about it is hard to find. The only good info site, is this site https://deskthority.net/wiki/BEAKL

Design Concept of Beakl Layout

BEAKL layout is based on the idea any key by pinky is bad, including the pinky keys on homerow. It put emphasis on the 3 long fingers of each hand.

here's beakl's finger ease design score card.

beakl layout design score 2024-04-03 Ntp
beakl layout design score. lower number is easier.