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Finger 123478910
Usage 6.76% (P65)10.56% (P92)8.34% (P9)11.30% (P20)12.21% (P61)13.55% (P66)12.18% (P83)7.87% (P64)
Same Finger Full Scissor Half Scissor Lat. Stretch
Bigram 0.47% (P13) 0.10% (P50) 0.84% (P9) 0.31% (P12)
Skipgram 4.31% (P31) 0.08% (P12) 2.09% (P31) 0.59% (P5)
No Thumbs Left Space Right Space
Weak-ish Redirs. 1.01% (P74) 1.60% (P92) 1.01% (P75)
Weak Redirects 0.18% (P24) 0.08% (P28) 0.08% (P28)
Other Same Finger 17.12% (P26) 11.66% (P28) 11.66% (P28)
Rolls : Alts 2.04 (P78) 2.68 (P82) 1.44 (P37)
2-Roll In : Out 0.79 (P13) 0.71 (P5) 0.99 (P18)
3-Roll In : Out 0.81 (P29) 4.10 (P84) 0.66 (P31)
Author
Zak Venter
Year
2026
Finger Map
Angle Mod
Source (AKL Discord)

Stand is notable for its LRH cluster on the vowel index, concentrating index finger movement and enabling high rolls.

Install

Section titled “Install”

Kanata is a keyboard remapper that works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

  1. Install Kanata by following “Step 1: Set Up Kanata” in Nova’s Kanata setup guide:

    Step 1: Set Up Kanata (Kanata Guide for Alt Layouts)

  2. Download the Kanata config file for Stand:

    Stand

  3. Make sure you know how to type your computer password using Stand.

  4. Run Kanata with the downloaded config file and make sure the layout works as you expect: 

    kanata --cfg path/to/config.kbd

  5. To have Stand activate whenever your computer starts up, follow the instructions to “Automatically start Kanata”:

    Automatically start Kanata (Kanata Guide for Alt Layouts)