Keychron is building open-source gaming mouse firmware to maximize performance and minimize latency
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What just happened? Keychron is further expanding its commitment to the open-source community by building new firmware for gaming mice. The company hopes that the ZGM project will enjoy the same popularity as other FOSS firmware initiatives designed for keyboards.
Keychron has just introduced its blueprint for developing open-source mouse firmware. The Zephyr Gaming Mouse (ZGM) project is going to do to mice what QMK or ZMK did for keyboards, Keychron said, bringing greater flexibility and transparency to what modern rodents can do beyond the capabilities stated by manufacturers.
The GitHub page for ZGM is up, though the firmware's code isn't arriving until the first quarter of 2027. However, we already know quite a bit about the new firmware and its developers' principles. ZGM is built on Zephyr, a real-time operating system...
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