Possible to upload .json or .vil as well?

[mr-september]

Would it be possible/easy to also share those .json and/or .vil files, so that anyone still planning out a build can start customizing the firmware/layout, and maybe even design keycaps accordingly?

It doesn't look like QMK Configurator nor Vial supports just loading a .hex file, I think?

(first custom keyboard ever, still completely new to everything.

[0xcharly]

You should be able to build it yourself using the qmk c2json tool, eg.:

qmk c2json -kb bastardkb/charybdis/3x5/v2/elitec -km default -o keymap.json keyboards/bastardkb/charybdis/3x5/keymaps/default/keymap.c

However, this might not work, since the QMK configurator tool will likely expect a format that matches the configuration in QMK upstream, which may not be up to date (we're upstreaming our changes, but reviews take time on the QMK side: qmk#16778).

The vial.json files are available in the vial keymap for all boards on the bkb-vial branch.