This is not a new goal for Astrohaus, which has produced several devices to help people write without distractions. For example, the company's Freewrite Alpha is a $350 standalone writing gadget with an embedded monochrome screen. The Wordrunner, however, is a traditional keyboard that connects to a computer.

The Freewrite Wordrunner is a mechanical keyboard meant for writers. It sports a tenkeyless design with a set of custom function keys catering to common writing

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

The Freewrite Wordrunner from Astrohaus has a few tricks and tweaks to help you stay focused on your writing. One could be addictive.

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.

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

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.

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).