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Product numbers for Keychron keyboards, e.g., V6C3 for V6 with tactile (brown) switches

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This is mostly to have a page where the Keychron keyboard model numbers can be very quickly found with a straight text search, no matter the notation, for example, “V6C3” vs. “V6-C3”.

Encoding

The model number’s second-last position (only K8 so far): The first two, “Version” and “Switch Type” are combined into a single letter:

White
backlight		 RGB
backlight		 RGB backlight
aluminium frame
Non-hot-swappable
mechanical
(Gateron G)		 O P Q
Hot-swappable
mechanical
(Gateron G)		 U V W
LK Optical R S T

Q is for non-hot-swappable switches. V is for hot-swappable switches (without an aluminium frame). W is for hot-swappable switches (with an aluminium frame). T is for optical switches.

The model number’s last position: 1 is for linear switches. 2 is for clicky switches. 3 is for tactile switches.

The list

Note that it is very far from complete. It is driven by whatever comes up at, for example, Reddit. Though some kind of automation / scraping in the future, at least of the model numbers, may make it more complete.

  • Keychron K4. Sample question. Switch variants: “Gateron G Pro” vs. “LK Optical”. Switch variants: “Red” vs. “Blue” vs. “Brown”. LED (backlight) variants: “RGB” vs. “White”. Frame variants: “Aluminium frame” vs. no aluminium frame” (plastic or none?)
    1. K4J1: K4. RGB. Linear (red). Gateron G Pro. Aluminium frame. AKA K4-J1.
    2. K4J2: K4. RGB. Clicky (blue). Gateron G Pro. Aluminium frame. AKA K4-J2.
    3. K4J3: K4. RGB. Tactile (brown). Gateron G Pro. Aluminium frame. AKA K4-J3.

  • Keychron K6. Sample question. Switch variants: “Gateron G Pro” vs. “LK Optical”. Switch variants: “Red” vs. “Blue” vs. “Brown”. LED (backlight) variants: “RGB” vs. “White”. Frame variants: “Aluminium frame” vs. no aluminium frame” (plastic or none?)
    1. K6O1: K6. RGB. Linear (red). Gateron G Pro. Aluminium frame. AKA K6-O1.
    2. K6O2: K6. RGB. Clicky (blue). Gateron G Pro. Aluminium frame. AKA K6-O2.
    3. K6O3: K6. RGB. Tactile (brown). Gateron G Pro. Aluminium frame. AKA K6-O3.

  • Keychron K8. Sample question.
    1. K8J2: K8. RGB. Clicky (blue). Gateron G Pro. Aluminium frame. AKA K8-J2.

  • Keychron V5. Blog post
    1. V5C3: V5. Tactile (brown). AKA V5-C3.

  • Keychron V6
    1. V6C1: V6. Linear (red). AKA V6-C1.
    2. V6C3: V6. Tactile (brown). AKA V6-C3.
    3. V6C3BO: V6. Tactile (brown). ISO layout (Nordic). AKA V6-C3-BO. But only “V6-C3” on the sticker.

  • Keychron K5 Pro.
    1. K5PH1: K5 Pro. ABS. Linear (red). RGB. AKA K5P-H1.
    2. K5PH3: K5 Pro. ABS. Tactile (brown). RGB. AKA K5P-H3 and K5P-H3-BO.

  • Keychron K8 Pro. Sample question. All variants: Gateron G Pro switch. Aluminium frame. RGB backlight. Type (ABS/PBT): “Fully assembled (hot-swappable) / RGB backlight aluminium frame—PBT Keycaps” vs. “Fully assembled (hot-swappable) / RGB backlight aluminium frame—PBT keycaps”. Switch option (red/brown): “Gateron G Pro red” vs. “Gateron G Pro brown”. Four combinations:
    1. K8PJ1: K8 Pro. ABS. Linear (red). RGB. AKA K8P-J1.
    2. K8PJ3: K8 Pro, ABS. Tactile (brown). RGB. AKA K8P-J3.
    3. K8PJ1P: K8 Pro. PBT. Linear (red). RGB. AKA K8P-J1P.
    4. K8PJ3P: K8 Pro, PBT. Tactile (brown). RGB. Gateron G Pro. AKA K8P-J3P.

  • Keychron K10 Pro. Sample question. All variants: K Pro switch (rebranded Gateron?) and PBT keycaps (ABS is available separately). Note: One of the four combinations under “Type And Color” is not hot-swappable. “Fully assembled (hot-swappable) / RGB backlight aluminium frame—PBT keycaps” vs. “Fully assembled (hot-swappable) / RGB backlight aluminium frame—PBT Keycaps”. “Switch Type” (red/brown/<none>/Banana (two-stage tactile)): “K Pro Red” vs. “K Pro Brown” vs. “Barebone” (that is, <none>) vs. “K Pro Banana”. Eight combinations:
    1. K10PA1: K10 Pro. Linear (red). Not hot-swappable. White backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-A1.
    2. K10PA3: K10 Pro. Tactile (brown). Not hot-swappable. White backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-A3.
    3. K10PA4: K10 Pro. Banana (brown). Not hot-swappable. White backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-A4.
    4. K10PB1: K10 Pro. Linear (red). Not hot-swappable. RGB backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-B1.
    5. K10PB3: K10 Pro. Tactile (brown). Not hot-swappable. RGB backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-B3.
    6. K10PB4: K10 Pro. Banana (brown). Not hot-swappable. RGB backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-B4.
    7. K10P01: K10 Pro. Linear (red). Hot-swappable. White backlight. White & fully assembled. AKA K10P-O1.
    8. K10P03: K10 Pro. Tactile (brown). Hot-swappable. White backlight. White & fully assembled. AKA K10P-O3.
    9. K10P04: K10 Pro. Banana (brown). Hot-swappable. White backlight. White & fully assembled. AKA K10P-O4.
    10. K10PP1: K10 Pro. Linear (red). Hot-swappable. RGB backlight. White & fully assembled. AKA K10P-P1.
    11. K10PP3: K10 Pro. Tactile (brown). Hot-swappable. RGB backlight. White & fully assembled. AKA K10P-P3.
    12. K10PP4: K10 Pro. Banana (brown). Hot-swappable. RGB backlight. White & fully assembled. AKA K10P-P4.
    13. K10PG1: K10 Pro. Linear (red). Hot-swappable. White backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-G1.
    14. K10PG3: K10 Pro. Tactile (brown). Hot-swappable. White backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-G3.
    15. K10PG4: K10 Pro. Banana (brown). Hot-swappable. White backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-G4.
    16. K10PH1: K10 Pro. Linear (red). Hot-swappable. RGB backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-H1.
    17. K10PH3: K10 Pro. Tactile (brown). Hot-swappable. RGB backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-H3. “K10P-H3” may be ABS keycaps and K10P-H3P-BO may be PBT keycaps (or it may be mislabelled or changed over time. Or perhaps different internal versions of this keyboard)
    18. K10PH4: K10 Pro. Banana (brown). Hot-swappable. RGB backlight. Black & fully assembled. AKA K10P-H4.

A shortcut?

The Keychron website has a query parameter, “_psq”, so the combination of options for the particular variant may not have to be guessed.

But it does not work at all. It is for informational purposes only. It only works with the “variant” query parameter (e.g., “&variant=40384084115545”) and only if the product page is known.

Example:

https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-v6-qmk-custom-mechanical-keyboard-iso-layout-collection?_psq=V6-C3

This does not change to the variant (it shows the default V6-C1). Whereas this does:

https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-v6-qmk-custom-mechanical-keyboard-iso-layout-collection?variant=40384084115545

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