Barrier (Open-source KVM software)

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Barrier: A Free, Open-Source and Cross-Platform Alternative to Synergy

You’ve probably heard of Synergy before. If you didn’t, Synergy is a piece of software that allows you to shares one mouse and one keyboard between multiple computers.

A great piece of software that costs $29 for the basic version and $39 for the pro version.

If you’d love to have the capabilities that Synergy provides but don’t want to fork over $29, you should check out Barrier which is free, open-source and cross-platform.

Synergy started as an open source project. So the guys over at Barrier forked that original Synergy project, updated it and kept its minimalistic design.

Linux Install:
$ sudo apt install barrier -y

Windows install:
https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/releases

Mac Install:
https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/releases

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There is a more up-to-date version of this, under a different name.

If you want to remove Barrier, run the following command:

$ sudo apt remove --purge barrier -y

Install flatpak with the following commands:

$ sudo apt install flatpak

$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Install Deskflow:

$ flatpak install flathub org.deskflow.deskflow

If you want to run the application via the Linux terminal, run the following command, after installing:

$ flatpak run org.deskflow.deskflow

More info:

https://deskflow.org/

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I found an Android version, but it requires some work to get it functioning properly. Not hard. If you have any issues, post a replay and I will see what I can do.

https://github.com/jglanz/deskflow-android

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