Synergy

Synergy is a keyboard and mouse sharing app. Use the keyboard, mouse, or trackpad of one computer to control nearby computers, and work seamlessly between them.

This project contains the source code for Synergy 1 Community Edition which is actively maintained, free to use, and does not require a license or serial key.

Wayland support: Wayland is supported (GNOME 46 is required).

To use the community edition, install the synergy package with your favorite package manager or build it yourself using the Developer Quick Start instructions below.

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Developer Quick Start

How to build Synergy 1 Community Edition. Check the Developer Guide wiki page if you have problems.

1. Dependencies:

Windows:

python scripts/install_deps.py

macOS/Linux:

./scripts/install_deps.py

2. Configure:

Windows:

cmake -B build --preset=windows-release

macOS:

cmake -B build --preset=macos-release

Linux:

cmake -B build --preset=linux-release

3. Build:

cmake --build build -j8

4. Test:

./build/bin/unittests

Packages

Synergy 1 Community Edition is packaged by the community (status shown below). Package maintainers can use scripts/package.py to build packages.

Synergy 2 is no longer in development and we recommend that package maintainers do not provide it.

Synergy 3 and Synergy 1 (licensed) are available to download from the official packages.

Community edition:

Windows:

choco install synergy

macOS:

brew install synergy

Debian, Ubuntu, etc:

sudo apt install synergy

Fedora, Red Hat, etc:

sudo dnf install synergy

Arch, Manjaro, etc:

sudo pacman -S synergy

Repology: