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Keychron Q9 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard

SKU: Q9L-M1
$149.00 $179.00

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Color
Switches

The fully assembled version includes:

  • The keyboard PCB, the case, and the steel plate.
  • Double-shot OSA PBT keycaps (including Mac & Windows keycaps).
  • Gateron G Pro (Q9) or Keychron K Pro switches (Q9 Plus Version).

The barebone version does not include the keycaps and switches.
No discount codes can be used for Q9 and Q9 Plus Versions.

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Keychron Q9 Plus 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Keychron Q9

The Q9 and its Plus Versions with split spacebar are 40% ultra-mini all-metal custom keyboards ideal for various situations and will upgrade your typing experience. With full aluminum CNC machined body, double-gasket design, and QMK/VIA support, they are the ultimate choice for ultra-mini keyboards.

Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Keychron Q9

Keychron Q9 Plus 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Keychron Q9 Plus Version

Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Q9 Plus version

The Plus Version offers a split-spacebar design to get the function key, the left spacebar, and the right spacebar. Or you can remap the split keys to your liking (Backspace, Delete, etc.), which makes your thumb hit more accessible and functional.

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Features of Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard
Customize Your Q9 / Q9 Plus

Choose the keycaps, switches, and more accessories for your Q9 / Q9 Plus

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A Refined Piece of Metal Art

The entire metal body is crafted with 6063 aluminum that is processed through CNC machined, polished, anodized, sandblasted, and undergoes 24 more manufacturing stages to make this solid metal piece of art that is the Q9. 

Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

All-around customizable keyboard

To build a fully customizable keyboard, we designed every component easily assembled. Therefore, you can customize and adjust each component you want.

Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Double Gasket Design

The Double Gasket Design is a new innovative structure in the industry. In addition to the gaskets on the plates, we added silicone pads between the top and bottom cases to significantly reduce the acoustic resonance between the metals and reduce the noise of the impacted metals. This design allows the keyboard to maintain the flexibility of the gasket structure and improves the overall typing sound. 

Double Gasket Design of Keychron Q4 60% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard
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OSA Profile Double-shot PBTKeychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

An Epic Core Inside The Keyboard

A powerful ultra-low-power ARM architecture MCU equipped with 128K Flash will provide more flexibility for developers. The polling rate is 1000 Hz right out of the box, which makes the latency hardly noticeable even in competitive games.

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OSA Profile Double-shot PBT Keycaps

For the new double-shot PBT keycaps, we built a new profile. It has a similar height to the OEM profile and has an SA-like shape. We named it the OSA (OEM spherical angled) keycap. The PBT keycaps will provide excellent oil resistance, enhance the type feel, and prevent the legends from fading out.

OSA Profile Double-shot PBT Keychron Q4 60% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard
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Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Switch layouts between macOS & Windows

Built with the Mac users’ experience in mind while still retaining compatibility for Windows devices, the Keychron Q9 comes with a system toggle and an additional set of customized keycaps for both Windows and macOS systems. You can now save two different layouts on the keyboard, one for each system.

Programmable Knob

Designed to enhance your creative workflow, the premium rotary encoder allows you to easily customize your favorite keys and macros on the knob through the VIA software.

Rotary encoder function of Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

You can easily customize the Q9's knob to your desired key or macro commands such as: zooming in/out, adjusting screen brightness, brush size, volume, selecting video clips or photos, or backlight hue.

Program Q9 with QMK & VIA

With full QMK and VIA support, you can easily program and remap each key on the keyboard. The open-source firmware means endless possibilities for keyboard layouts, shortcuts, backlight effects, even the knob, and more. 

QMK VIA screen capture of Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Get the Q9 Plus keymap working on VIA

Since the VIA code for the Q9 Plus version is still awaiting approval from Github, it is not yet automatically recognized. Please download the keymap JSON file below, open VIA, turn on "Show Design tab" on "Settings" tab, and drag the JSON file into the “Design” tab on VIA to get the Q9 Plus keymap working on VIA.

Note: The Q9 can be automatically recognized now by the VIA, so it doesn't need the keymap downloaded.

Hot-swappable

The hot-swappable sockets are mounted on the PCB, so you can install or change the switches without soldering. The PCB supports both 3 pin and 5 pin MX mechanical switches.

South-facing RGB LED Lights

The south-facing RGB LED is designed to better illuminate the keyboard backlight from the typist’s angle with the premium non-shine-through PBT keycaps installed. The south-facing RGB is also free from interference when the users install OEM or Cherry-profile alternative keycaps on the keyboard.

Note: The Q9's top case has sharper corners to make it much more compatible with third-party keycaps.

Barebone US layout of Keychron Q9 40% Percent Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Pre-lubed Gateron G Pro & Keychron K Pro Switches

By optimizing the switch mold,  these Pro switches wobbles less than the standard mechanical switch and feels smoother on each hit. Plus, the factory pre-lubed switches will ensure the best fingertip smoothness. Not to mention the K Pro banana switch provides an early tactile bump at the top with a uniquely smooth experience like those Panda switches on the market.

Note: The Gateron G Pro Switches are mounted on the Q9 Fully Assembled Version, while the Keychron K Pro Switches are on the Q9 Plus Fully Assembled Version.

Gateron G Pro Switch Features
Gateron G Pro Switch Features
All New Screw In PCB Stabilizers of Keychron Custom Mechanical Keyboard

All New Screw-in PCB Stabilizers

The screw-in design increases stability and makes it easier for changes and upgrades. Precise craftsmanship makes the stabilizers more stable and less shaky. The big keys’ (space bar, shift, enter, delete) typing experience is now more stable and smooth. The Keychron Q9 also supports third-party stabilizers, including Cherry or Durock.

ANSI & ISO Layouts

ISO layout is widely used in Europe while the ANSI layout is widely used by the rest of the world.

Note: If you live in Europe, we recommend you purchase the "Barebone ISO” version with the corresponding ISO keycaps. The "Barebone ISO” is suitable for all ISO keyboard countries like the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, etc.

ANSI Layout

ISO Layout

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What's in the box?

Package List of the Keychron Q9 / Q9 Plus 40% Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard Fully Assembled Knob Version
Package List of the Keychron Q9 / Q9 Plus 40% Layout Mini Custom Mechanical Keyboard Barebone Knob Version

Specs

Width94.1 mm
Length326 mm
Front Height19.6 mm  (without keycaps)
Back Height28.2 mm (without keycaps)
Feet Height2.5 mm
Angle5.2°
Weight1050 g ± 10g (Fully Assembled Version)
Body MaterialFull CNC machined aluminum
Plate MaterialSteel
Polling Rate1000 Hz
Keycaps (Fully Assembled Version)Double-shot PBT keycaps, not shine-through, OSA Profile (OEM height, SA shape)
MCUUltra-low-power Arm Cortex-M4 32-bit STM32L432 (128KB Flash)
SwitchesGateron G Pro (Q9 Fully Assembled Version) or Keychron K Pro (Q9 Plus Fully Assembled Version)
BacklightSouth-facing RGB LED
Switch SupportHot-swappable (5 pin & 3 pin)
StabsScrew-in PCB stabs
ConnectivityType-C wired
CableType-C cable + Type-A to Type-C adapter
Operating Environment-10℃ to 50℃
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Learn more about the Keychron Q9 / Q9 Plus such as the  shortcuts, assembling guide, factory reset, and more in the FAQ section.

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Customer Reviews

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I.Y.
8/10

This keyboard has great sound and very high quality but the only bad part is that there is no back space

K
KVESY
A little gem

This is just what i have been looking for. I usually write in Swedish or English and for Swedish layout the more normal 40% lacks a few sockets for all letters needed to be able to write in Swedish, so the Q9 is a prefect layout for a small form factor keyboard for me.

Pros: Small, very sturdy design. Feels high quality. VIA compatible. Unique layout. Stabilizers was actually ready to use, no rattle at all!
Cons: The normal layers is very weird, so you have to use VIA to re-program all 2nd function on the number row. The tape-mod as installed does nothing. Recommender all users to fix a new tempest-tape mod on the PCB for a better sound.

Major drawback that loses one star: Plates are ONLY pre-order and will not ship until 19 Aug, this is just ridiculous. Should be able to buy with the barebones kit directly, especially as shipping from Keychron.com is VERY expensive!

All in all: Very good keyboard for those who want to try 40isch %. Would recommend the barebone kit!

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J.F.
The perfect beginner 40% for the intermediate mechanical keyboard enthusiast.

While this 40% keyboard has some features that make it a bit larger than most 40's, those same features actually assist in the troublesome adjustment to the extremely compact layout.

The board is heavy. The build feels tight, the gasket flex feels amazing, and with the Gateron Oil Kings I put in it, it sounds incredible.

Great premium experience.

Keychron Q9 QMK/VIA custom mechanical keyboard 40 percent layout full aluminum body for Mac Windows Linux fully assembled black frame with Gateron G Pro switch red
Q series

Keychron Q9 QMK Custom Mechanical Keyboard

From $119.00 $139.00

The fully assembled version includes:

  • The keyboard PCB, the case, and the steel plate.
  • Double-shot OSA PBT keycaps (including Mac & Windows keycaps).
  • Gateron G Pro (Q9) or Keychron K Pro switches (Q9 Plus Version).

The barebone version does not include the keycaps and switches.
No discount codes can be used for Q9 and Q9 Plus Versions.

Please drop your email on "Notify Me When Available" if the product model is out of stock.

Type

  • Fully Assembled Knob (Plus Version)
  • Barebone Knob (Plus Version)
  • Fully Assembled
  • Fully Assembled Knob
  • Barebone
  • Barebone Knob
  • Barebone ISO
  • Barebone ISO Knob

Color

  • Carbon Black
  • Silver Grey
  • Shell White
  • Carbon Black - B
  • Silver Grey - B
  • Navy Blue - B
  • Carbon Black - A
  • Silver Grey - A
  • Navy Blue - A
  • Navy Blue

Switches

  • Keychron K Pro Red
  • Keychron K Pro Brown
  • Keychron K Pro Banana
  • Barebone
  • Gateron G Pro Red
  • Gateron G Pro Blue
  • Gateron G Pro Brown
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