Keychron Ships the First Open-Source Firmware for Gaming Mice

Keychron announced open-source firmware for gaming mice, extending to pointing devices what QMK and VIA did for keyboards a decade ago. It matters for the same reason it mattered then: peripheral vendors ship closed configuration software that stops receiving updates long before the hardware wears out, and open firmware turns a device with an abandoned driver into one the owner can keep. The Hacker News thread hit 346 points. In a week dominated by which hardware governments will allow, a vendor voluntarily handing over control of its own is a useful contrast.