| Layout | Design priorities | Base language, country[clarification needed] | Homing keys | Created year | # changes from QWERTY | Backspace location | Extra arrow keys? | Programmer features? | Math and symbols? | Modifiers (#core, #aux) | Dead keys? |
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| QWERTY | Various[1] | English,United States | F J | 1870 (approx.)[citation needed] | 0 | top right | No | No | mostly no | Varies | Varies |
| Dvorak | Ergonomics (hand alternation) | English, United States | U H | 1936 | 28 | top right | No | Varies | No | 1 main, 1 aux | Varies |
| Colemak | Ergonomics (total movement, combos); QWERTY learning[2][3][4] | English, United States | T N | 2006 | 17 | center left (QWERTY capslock) | No | No | No | 1 main, 1 aux | 14 aux; acute accent non-dead |
| Workman | Ergonomics (lateral extension, finger-specific); QWERTY learning[5] | English, United States | T N | 2010 | 22 | center left (QWERTY capslock) | No | Varies | No | 1 main, 1 aux | 14 aux; acute accent non-dead |
| Neo | Ergonomics (home row, alternation)[6] | German,Germany | E N | 2010 | 28 | top right, and shifted alternate | Yes | Yes (home-area shifted punctuation) | Yes (<100) | 3 main | 3 main; 8 shifted; 6 aux |
| BÉPO | Ergonomics (combos, home row)[7] | French,France | E T | 2004–2006 | 29 | center left (QWERTY capslock) | No | Yes (unshifted punctuation) | Some (<50) | 1 main, 1 aux | 14 aux |
| Asset | QWERTY similarity; Ergonomics (combos, home row)[8] | English, United States | T N | 2006 | 15 | center left (QWERTY capslock) | No | No | No | 1 main | No |
| Minimak | QWERTY learning; Ergonomics (total movement, repetition)[9] | English, United States | T N | 2012 | 8 default (versions with 4 or 12 available) | center left (QWERTY capslock) | No | No | No | 1 main, 1 aux | ? |
| QWPR | QWERTY learning; Ergonomics (total movement, repetition)[10] | English, United States | T N | 2013 | 11 | left (QWERTY tab), top right | Yes | Yes (home-area shifted punctuation) | Yes (>>100) | 2 main | 1 main, 2 shifted, 14 aux, 6 doubled |
| JCUKEN (Latin) | Phonetic similarity to ЙЦУКЕН | International,Soviet Union | A O | 1919 | 30 | top right | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| HCESAR | Ergonomics for Portuguese (letter frequency and hand muscles) | Portuguese,Portugal | D U | 1937 | 29 | top right | No | No | No | ? | 2 main, 3 shifted |
| Turkish (F-keyboard) | Ergonomics for Turkish (letter frequency and hand muscles) | Turkish,Turkey | A K | 1955 | 27 | top right | No | No | No | ? | ? |
