Warning: the Q software is in very early stage. It's buggy, incomplete, and poorly documented. That means it is a start. However it is improving fast. Only use it if you are comfortable being a beta tester and contributing useful feedback.
Q clients can be downloaded from the Q website: http://q.daskeyboard.com/
Q clients are available for the following platforms:
- Q Desktop: Linux, Windows
- Mac
- Q Mobile: Android
In order to use the Q clients, you'll need to create an account at http://q.daskeyboard.com/
This is where we interact with each other: http://qforum.daskeyboard.com
A bit of lingo first: a signal is a message that contains color information (and more) to be displayed on a 5Q keyboard. All 3rd party platforms communicate with the 5Q clients by sending signals very much like your friends send text messages to your phone. Instead of being a text message, a signal contains also key color information.
Even without a real 5Q keyboard, you can play with Signals. Signals will be display on the Q desktop "dashboard mode" and the Q Android app.
There are several possibilities to send signals to the 5Q keyboard:
- Zapier (https://zapier.com): use Zapier clould platform to create zaps (like IFTTT recipes). Select the Action called "Das Keyboard Q". Zapier will create signals based on triggers such as emails, Facebook events, even new Youtube videos and much more. The app is currently working with invitations only, here is the link to access it: https://zapier.com/developer/invite/52454/1adf69b9a21dcfa16a1953d99baf253e/.
- API: see documentation at https://github.com/DasKeyboard/q/blob/master/q-api-doc.md.
At this point of the development, we would like to ask the community for input on all aspects of the project: features, API, ideas, etc... Please use the forum to do this: http://qforum.daskeyboard.com.
This is what is on the radar. Please note that we do not provide release dates, so no need to ask.
- More lighting effects
- SDK to create apps that talks to the 5Q
- RGB profile sharing marketplace (open source and free)
- Q apps sharing marketplace (open source and free)
- Mac software (delivered)