A closet full of boards you can't even account for?
“Collecting can easily spiral into an obsession in the search for the perfect keyboard, and before you know it, you'll have a closet full of keyboards you don't even use.” — real buyer, https://www.howtogeek.com/i-cant-stop-buying-mechanical-keyboards-from-one-to-too-many/
Once the collection passes a handful of boards, the questions start: what case, PCB, plate, and switches went into each build, where did the parts come from, and how much did the whole thing actually cost? Spread across six vendors, two group buys, and a dozen switch orders, the real number is invisible until you put every build in one place. Most people discover they have spent over a thousand dollars on the hobby without ever seeing it totalled.
A good collection organizer does two things at once. It documents each build well enough to replicate it later, with the full parts list, vendor, and per-component price, so the daily driver you assembled eight months ago is not a mystery. And it rolls those costs into a single spend figure so you can see the real total, alongside which boards you actually use versus the ones sitting retired in a drawer. That visibility is what turns a pile of boards back into a managed collection.
Keyboards Studio is built for this. The Build Planner holds one entry per board with case, PCB, plate, switches, keycaps, and per-part prices, status, and a rating, and the Dashboard sums your total estimated spend across every build. A Sound Test Journal links to each build so you can see which boards you reach for. It is a one-time purchase, offline single-file app with no account and no subscription, and everything stays local, with CSV export whenever you want a backup.
Keyboards Studio — one file, offline, yours forever.
No account, no subscription. One purchase, personalized with your name, works without internet.
Common questions
- Can it tell me how much I've spent on the hobby?Yes. Each build records per-component prices and the Dashboard sums them into a total estimated spend, so you finally see the real number across all your boards and parts.
- Will it help me replicate an old build?Each Build Planner entry stores the full parts list, vendors, and mods, so you can reproduce a board months later instead of guessing which case, PCB, or switches you used.
- Is it online or does it need an account?Neither. Keyboards Studio is a one-time purchase, single-file app that runs fully offline with no login or subscription, and your collection data stays on your device.