The Freewrite Wordrunner features a compact tenkeyless design, a body made from durable die-cast aluminum, backlit “high-quality tactile switches,” and several layers of sound deadening so it can be used in shared spaces without becoming a distraction to others.

Astrohaus has cornered a very specific niche. The Michigan-based startup builds hardware for writers looking to eliminate distractions. It’s really tough

Among the sea of announcements, we have a new mechanical keyboard that has an interesting design and some neat features. The Astrohaus Freewrite Wordrunner will be able to keep track of how many words you write.

The Detroit-based company Astrohaus has been making its “distraction-free writing tools” under the Freewrite name for about a decade. So far, those have all been standalone, single-purpose devices meant simply for drafting text,

The creators of the the Freewrite line of smart typewriters is branching out into mechanical keyboards at CES 2025, but with a twist.

Enter the Freewrite Wordrunner, an upcoming wireless keyboard that's designed to help those of us who write for a living. The 88-key, tenkeyless Wordrunner has a raft of unique, writer-friendly features including a electromechanical "wordometer" that counts your words like your car's odometer counts miles (or km).