BEAKL

BEAKL, short for Balanced Effortless Advancet Keyboard Layout, is an alt layout project first started in 2016. Layouts from the BEAKL family are optimized for very high alternation, high in-rolls, very low out-rolls, and very low redirects. Additionally, BEAKL is unique among contemporary layouts for minimizing pinky usage, even on the home row, and deprioritizing same-finger usage optimization.

According to the official website, the currently recommended versions are 43, T-t 04, T-s 01, and T-r 01.

Versions

BEAKL

base

shift

altgr

Finger	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10
Usage	0.26% (P2)	10.15% (P94)	15.66% (P92)	13.21% (P63)	17.5%	17.41% (P97)	10.47% (P18)	8.66% (P45)	2.43% (P8)

	Same Finger	Full Scissor	Half Scissor	Lat. Stretch
Bigram	2.47% (P88)	0.07% (P28)	2.50% (P92)	3.36% (P65)
Skipgram	6.94% (P91)	0.32% (P61)	2.03% (P35)	4.40% (P37)

	No Thumbs	With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs.	0.07% (P1)	0.04% (P0)
Weak Redirects	0.06% (P1)	0.02% (P2)
Other Same Finger	30.13% (P95)	17.17% (P91)
Rolls : Alts	1.32 (P11)	1.27 (P3)
2-Roll In : Out	4.78 (P100)	2.32 (P98)
3-Roll In : Out	388.83 (P98)	3.94 (P77)

Author

Xay Voong

Year

2023

Official Website

BEAKL

base

shift

altgr

Finger	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Usage	4.33% (P22)	7.53% (P54)	15.87% (P93)	11.56% (P39)	17.8%	9.2%	12.77% (P66)	9.24% (P12)	8.19% (P37)	3.11% (P13)

	Same Finger	Full Scissor	Half Scissor	Lat. Stretch
Bigram	1.30% (P76)	0.00% (P2)	1.20% (P48)	2.13% (P27)
Skipgram	4.38% (P32)	0.22% (P44)	2.39% (P59)	3.45% (P18)

	No Thumbs	With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs.	0.13% (P5)	0.31% (P7)
Weak Redirects	0.50% (P69)	0.17% (P56)
Other Same Finger	24.18% (P87)	12.65% (P69)
Rolls : Alts	1.34 (P13)	1.30 (P6)
2-Roll In : Out	4.44 (P98)	2.56 (P99)
3-Roll In : Out	635.16 (P100)	41.06 (P100)

Author

Xay Voong

Year

2023

Official Website

BEAKL

base

shift

altgr

Finger	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Usage	4.33% (P22)	8.15% (P74)	15.96% (P94)	10.85% (P23)	17.8%	6.7%	15.44% (P89)	9.51% (P13)	8.19% (P37)	2.67% (P10)

	Same Finger	Full Scissor	Half Scissor	Lat. Stretch
Bigram	1.00% (P62)	0.01% (P6)	0.68% (P7)	1.80% (P21)
Skipgram	4.85% (P48)	0.24% (P47)	2.40% (P60)	2.11% (P5)

	No Thumbs	With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs.	0.10% (P3)	0.31% (P8)
Weak Redirects	0.52% (P69)	0.20% (P64)
Other Same Finger	21.59% (P81)	12.54% (P67)
Rolls : Alts	1.40 (P20)	1.33 (P10)
2-Roll In : Out	4.08 (P97)	2.07 (P93)
3-Roll In : Out	469.24 (P99)	19.91 (P96)

Author

Xay Voong

Year

2023

Official Website

BEAKL

base

shift

altgr

Finger	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Usage	4.33% (P23)	8.15% (P74)	15.96% (P94)	10.85% (P23)	17.8%	6.3%	13.62% (P79)	12.44% (P47)	8.19% (P37)	2.00% (P3)

	Same Finger	Full Scissor	Half Scissor	Lat. Stretch
Bigram	0.98% (P59)	0.01% (P8)	0.57% (P3)	1.56% (P13)
Skipgram	4.70% (P45)	0.24% (P48)	2.50% (P67)	2.76% (P9)

	No Thumbs	With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs.	0.07% (P0)	0.29% (P6)
Weak Redirects	0.59% (P74)	0.21% (P69)
Other Same Finger	22.25% (P84)	12.33% (P59)
Rolls : Alts	1.55 (P46)	1.32 (P9)
2-Roll In : Out	3.60 (P95)	1.96 (P87)
3-Roll In : Out	273.85 (P97)	26.78 (P98)

Author

Xay Voong

Year

2023

Official Website

BEAKL

base

shift

altgr

Finger	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10
Usage	4.25% (P15)	7.49% (P52)	16.17% (P97)	10.70% (P16)	17.5%	15.98% (P93)	12.61% (P65)	7.85% (P26)	3.21% (P15)

	Same Finger	Full Scissor	Half Scissor	Lat. Stretch
Bigram	0.82% (P44)	0.42% (P98)	0.90% (P21)	2.20% (P29)
Skipgram	5.49% (P69)	0.49% (P86)	2.58% (P72)	2.57% (P8)

	No Thumbs	With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs.	0.09% (P2)	0.26% (P3)
Weak Redirects	0.41% (P59)	0.17% (P59)
Other Same Finger	21.31% (P77)	12.69% (P70)
Rolls : Alts	1.43 (P25)	1.30 (P7)
2-Roll In : Out	3.44 (P92)	2.14 (P95)
3-Roll In : Out	89.79 (P95)	39.33 (P99)

Author

Xay Voong

Year

2023

Official Website

BEAKL

base

shift

altgr

Finger	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10
Usage	4.25% (P16)	7.39% (P35)	16.77% (P100)	10.89% (P27)	17.5%	14.10% (P80)	12.21% (P45)	10.57% (P64)	2.10% (P4)

	Same Finger	Full Scissor	Half Scissor	Lat. Stretch
Bigram	1.35% (P77)	0.26% (P92)	1.34% (P53)	3.04% (P54)
Skipgram	5.14% (P56)	0.66% (P98)	3.15% (P91)	4.56% (P39)

	No Thumbs	With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs.	0.10% (P4)	0.26% (P3)
Weak Redirects	0.41% (P59)	0.17% (P58)
Other Same Finger	22.49% (P85)	13.29% (P77)
Rolls : Alts	1.41 (P21)	1.28 (P4)
2-Roll In : Out	3.45 (P93)	2.06 (P92)
3-Roll In : Out	12.59 (P82)	14.31 (P93)

Author

Xay Voong

Year

2021

Official Website

BEAKL

base

shift

altgr

Finger	1	2	3	4	5	7	8	9	10
Usage	2.16% (P4)	9.58% (P90)	16.67% (P99)	10.88% (P26)	17.5%	14.51% (P81)	14.37% (P76)	8.04% (P31)	2.06% (P3)

	Same Finger	Full Scissor	Half Scissor	Lat. Stretch
Bigram	2.18% (P87)	0.23% (P83)	2.51% (P92)	3.04% (P52)
Skipgram	5.88% (P84)	0.53% (P91)	2.61% (P74)	4.48% (P38)

	No Thumbs	With Thumbs
Weak-ish Redirs.	0.10% (P3)	0.18% (P1)
Weak Redirects	0.26% (P32)	0.11% (P29)
Other Same Finger	27.66% (P92)	15.71% (P88)
Rolls : Alts	1.38 (P17)	1.26 (P1)
2-Roll In : Out	3.32 (P92)	2.04 (P90)
3-Roll In : Out	93.49 (P96)	21.02 (P97)

Author

Xay Voong

Year

2020

Official Website