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# KMK: Clackety Keyboards Powered by Python
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KMK is a feature-rich and beginner-friendly firmware for computer keyboards
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written and configured in
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[CircuitPython](https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython).
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2021-12-02 07:56:38 +01:00
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**KMK is currently looking for maintainers.** If you like keyboards and/or
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Python, and ideally have contributed to KMK in the past, and are interested in
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(co-)maintaining KMK, comment on [the relevant GitHub
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issue](https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/issues/196) or drop by the Matrix
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channel below.
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> If you need support with KMK or just want to say hi, find us in
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> [#kmkfw:klar.sh on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#kmkfw:klar.sh). This channel
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> is bridged to Discord
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> [here](https://discord.gg/QBHUUpeGUd) for
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> convenience.
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## Features
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- Fully configured through a single, easy to understand Python file that lives
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on a "flash-drive"-esque space on your microcontroller - edit on the go
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without DFU or other devtooling available!
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- Single-piece or [two-piece split
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keyboards](https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/split_keyboards.md)
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are supported
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- [Chainable
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keys](https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/keys.md) such as
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`KC.LWIN(KC.L)` to lock the screen on a Windows PC
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- [Built-in unicode macros, including
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emojis](https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/sequences.md)
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- [RGB underglow](https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/rgb.md)
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and [LED
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backlights](https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/led.md)
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- One key can turn into many more based on [how many times you tap
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it](https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/tapdance.md)
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- Bluetooth HID and split keyboards. No more wires.
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## Getting Started
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Our getting started guide can be found
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[here](https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/blob/master/docs/Getting_Started.md)
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## The KMK Team
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KMK was originally authored by @klardotsh and @kdb424 over the winter of
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2018-19, and has been contributed to by numerous others since. Contributions
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are welcome from all, whether it's in the form of code, documentation, hardware
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designs, feature ideas, or anything else that comes to mind. A list of KMK's
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contributors can be found [on
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GitHub](https://github.com/KMKfw/kmk_firmware/graphs/contributors).
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> While Adafruit employees and affiliates are occasionally found in the commit
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> log and their help has been crucial to KMK's success, KMK is not an official
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> Adafruit project, and the Core team is not compensated by Adafruit for its
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> development.
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## Code Style
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KMK uses [Black](https://github.com/psf/black) with a Python 3.6 target and,
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[(controversially?)](https://github.com/psf/black/issues/594) single quotes.
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Further code styling is enforced with isort and flake8 with several plugins.
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`make fix-isort fix-formatting` before a commit is a good idea, and CI will fail
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if inbound code does not adhere to these formatting rules. Some exceptions are
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found in `setup.cfg` loosening the rules in isolated cases, notably
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`user_keymaps` (which is *also* not subject to Black formatting for reasons
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documented in `pyproject.toml`).
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## Tests
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Unit tests within the `tests` folder mock various CicuitPython modules to allow
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them to be executed in a desktop development environment.
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Execute tests using the command `python -m unittest`.
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## License, Copyright, and Legal
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All software in this repository is licensed under the [GNU Public License,
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verison 3](https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-general-public-license-v3-(gpl-3)).
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All documentation and hardware designs are licensed under the [Creative Commons
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Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
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license. Contributions to this repository must use these licenses unless
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otherwise agreed to by the Core team.
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