Womier DUO87 adds detachable touch display to modular keyboard in crowdfunding

Womier’s DUO87 landed in crowdfunding with a pitch that goes beyond the usual hot-swap prebuilt. The 87-key board is built around a detachable touch display the company calls Smart Deck, and the early-bird headline price sits at about $99, putting the whole modular experiment squarely in impulse-buy territory for a lot of keyboard buyers.

The interesting part is that Womier did not bolt on the screen as eye candy and stop there. The DUO87’s Smart Deck is meant to be customizable, the board uses POGO-pin connection points for instant module swaps, and the touchscreen can work independently of the keyboard itself. Notebookcheck also reported that the modular bay can take a numeric keypad or figurine inserts, which makes the system feel more like a desk platform than a fixed keyboard. Womier says the board has hot-swappable switches, full RGB control, and a planned plugin store so users do not have to build every macro by hand.

That is where the DUO87 becomes more than another crowdfunding oddity. If the software lands and the module handoff stays simple, the setup could replace a separate macro pad or even a small stream-deck style control surface for users who want shortcuts, status widgets, or a constantly changing display on the keyboard itself. Womier is also offering two switch options, both pre-lubricated, which keeps the rest of the package aimed at daily use rather than pure concept-car theatrics.

The campaign itself was listed as running from May 12 through June 11, with its Hong Kong-based page showing 454 followers. One tracker snapshot put pledges at HK$166,070 against a HK$50,000 goal from 196 backers, while another crawl showed HK$12,882 from 16 backers, a reminder that live campaign figures can swing depending on when the page is checked. Crowdfunding rules still apply here: what ships can differ from the pitch, and some projects never make it out the door at all.

Womier has been building toward this direction for a while. The company says it was founded in 2014 and already sells keyboards and accessories for gamers and professionals, with earlier boards like the WK98 and MT75 adding screens and knobs before the DUO87 arrived. Its previous Kickstarter efforts, including the RD75 and ERA75, also pulled real backer counts and cash, so this is not a one-off stunt. The real question is whether the Smart Deck becomes the rare built-in display that actually earns desk space, or just another modular novelty that looks smarter than it feels.