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HHKB Studio Mechanical Keyboard

Minimal Movement. Endless Creativity.

Advanced navigation functions in a compact design.

With integrated mouse functionality including a pointer stick cursor and three mouse buttons, you eliminate unnecessary hand movement and can comfortably use your HHKB Studio anywhere.

Gesture Pads let you work with more freedom and intuition.

The four touch-operated Gesture Pads offer a vast range of capabilities, such as adjusting volume, window toggling, moving sources when coding, or creating shortcut keys for smooth operations of your favorite applications.

HHKB original 45g-actuation linear mechanical switches.

Our new, linear key switches offer a soft, muted tone with light actuation to reduce key chatter and hand fatigue—allowing deep concentration even after hours of typing. This keyboard is also hot-swappable, so you can easily integrate your preferred switches and create your perfect tool and environment for creation.

Keymap customizability enables use with any host device.

Change the keymap and Gesture Pad functions to maximize your output. Save up to four customized layout profiles on your keyboard and use shortcut keys to quickly change to a different profile. These different profiles allow you to create optimal and customized keymaps catered to specific applications or operating systems that you use.

Maximum connectivity

  • Connect via Bluetooth up to 4 devices with seamless device swapping
  • USB-C connection for wired use
  • Compatible with PC and Mac
  • Works with most Bluetooth-enabled iOS and Android phones and tablets

Compact size & ergonomic design

  • Unique 60-key layout to save space and maximize efficiency
  • ‘Control’ key placement reduces finger travel distance, especially during programming
  • Contoured key settings reduces fatigue
  • Increased keystroke precision and keystrokes per minute

Highly customizable

  • DIP switch to personalize your experience
  • Three height adjustment options
  • Hot-swappable key switches
  • MX-stem switches to allow for easy key cap customization

Innovative minimalist design

  • Intuitive ON/OFF switch
  • Integrated battery box to preserve rectangular shape
  • 4-section LED light strip to identify source connection
  • Premium textured PBT keycaps stay dry and resist shine
  • Ultra-durable dye-sublimation key labels that never fade

Compare with other HHKB models

Compare with other HHKB models
Feature
HHKB Studio Keyboard HHKB Studio Keyboard
HHKB Professional Classic Keyboard HHKB Professional Classic Keyboard
HHKB Professional Classic Type-S Keyboard HHKB Professional Classic Type-S Keyboard
HHKB Professional HYBRID Keyboard HHKB Professional HYBRID Keyboard
HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S Keyboard HHKB Professional HYBRID Type-S Keyboard
Silent Switches No No No No No
Switch Type Linear MX (Hot-Swappable) Topre Topre (Silent) Topre Topre (Silent)
Bluetooth Yes No No Yes Yes
Custom Keymapping Yes No Yes Yes Yes
USB Type-C Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DIP Switch Settings Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PBT Space Bar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
3 Adjustable Height Options Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Integrated Pointing Stick Yes No No No No
Customizable Gesture Pads Yes No No No No
Available Colors Charcoal, Snow Charcoal, White Charcoal, White, Snow Charcoal, White Charcoal, White, Snow
Available Keycaps Charcoal, Snow, Blank, Stamped Charcoal, White, Snow, Limited Edition Colors, Blank, Stamped Charcoal, White, Snow, Limited Edition Colors, Blank, Stamped Charcoal, White, Snow, Limited Edition Colors, Blank, Stamped Charcoal, White, Snow, Limited Edition Colors, Blank, Stamped
  Studio Pro Classic Pro Classic Type-S Pro HYBRID Pro HYBRID Type-S

HHKB Studio FAQs

The HHKB was designed for programmers by programmers to provide a unique keying experience and to reduce hand and finger fatigue. Unique characteristics include:

  • Electrostatic Capacitive Switches – High-quality switches provide silky smooth key press and appealing sound, with a lifespan of up to 50 million presses
  • Compact Size – 60 keys. 40% smaller than standard keyboards. Perfect for a mobile workforce and minimalist style
  • Intelligent Key Layout – Designed by programmers for programmers to improve speed, accuracy and to reduce hand and finger fatigue - hands never need to leave the home row.
  • High-Quality Frame and Keys – Keys are made of top quality PBT texturized to stay dry and resist shine. Permanent sublimation dye symbols won’t fade.
    • Charcoal model: frame (ABS), key (PBT)
    • White model: frame (AES), key (PBT)
  • Customizable – DIP Switch for customized user experience, adjustable feet in three different heights, options of printed or blank keycaps

The HHKB Keyboard comes with a 2-year certified U.S. manufacturer’s warranty. We encourage you to register your product to stay informed about important updates.

Important: Registration is optional and not required to maintain your warranty. Your warranty rights remain intact even if you choose not to register.

You can register your keyboard here.

There are two points: Immersion and Customizability.

  1. Sense of immersion - Today's front-end engineers have more opportunities to edit and distribute video and audio as well as pure programming, and the value of silence in creative work is growing. In order for these front-end engineers to be able to "immerse" themselves in creative work, a linear type switch with minimal noise was the optimal solution. The answer is the adoption of the Cherry MX compatible key switch "HHKB Studio Original Kailh Linear 45 G."
  2. Customizability - Continuing the tradition of 27 years, the Professional series works as a great "out-of-the-box" solution, not requiring any modifications to output incredible performance and satisfaction. At the same time, the switch adopted is a Topre capacitive switch with little room for customizability.

This time, HHKB Studio has proposed a new concept as a completely different product line for the Professional series.

One of its core concepts is customizability. As for the key switches, we actively adopted the Cherry MX-compatible key switch, which is one of the most versatile key switch in the world, and made the keyboard hot-swappable, while ensuring high quality and high performance.

This makes it possible for each user to create their own perfect keyboard, personalized to their specific preferences and needs.

The Professional series will continue to use Topre capacitive switches and continue to be sold at the same time.

HHKB Studio is compatible with switches with MX-style 3- and 5-pin mechanical switches (for example, made by Cherry, Gateron, Kailh, etc.) in normal profiles.

No. HHKB Studio utilizes a different application than HHKB Professional, so to change HHKB Studio keymap, you will need to download the HHKB Studio Keymap Tool software application.

No, they cannot. They can only be used with the series for which they were saved.