{"slug": "input-leap", "name": "Input Leap", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 2.8, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-01-09", "latest": "2026-05-18", "why": "the current iteration, Input Leap, has worked for this for me for years now", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 0, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "the current iteration, Input Leap, has worked for this for me for years now", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/input-leap/input-leap", "official_url": "https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Input Leap"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 770973856, "item_id": 48185866, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185866", "by": "seemaze", "date": "2026-05-18", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Input leap[0] is a great open source KVM software", "excerpt": "I use two computers displayed side-by-side with the picture-in-picture feature of a single ultra-wide monitor. Input leap[0] is a great open source KVM software version of the deskhop which allows me to control both computers on the same monitor with the sam peripherals. [0]https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap", "context": "", "use_case": "sharing keyboard/mouse across computers", "switched_from": "", "story": "Two computers, one monitor, zero fiddling \u2013 Alex Plescan"}, {"id": 759187969, "item_id": 47449248, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449248", "by": "saghm", "date": "2026-03-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "the current iteration, Input Leap, has worked for this for me for years now", "excerpt": "> the #1 thing I miss right now is Barrier (Synergy) for using my macbook from my linux desktop) It's admittedly tough to keep up with all of the forks that have happened, but the current iteration, Input Leap, has worked for this for me for years now https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["sharing keyboard/mouse across computers"], "compared": [{"slug": "synergy", "name": "Synergy", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47448328", "title": "Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48156186", "title": "Two computers, one monitor, zero fiddling \u2013 Alex Plescan", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478558", "title": "Linux Runs on Raspberry Pi RP2350's Hazard3 RISC-V Cores (2024)", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"compare": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 770973856, "item_id": 48185866, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185866", "by": "seemaze", "date": "2026-05-18", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Input leap[0] is a great open source KVM software", "excerpt": "I use two computers displayed side-by-side with the picture-in-picture feature of a single ultra-wide monitor. 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Also has a wiki page with the history of all the forks! https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years"}, {"id": 759187969, "item_id": 47449248, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449248", "by": "saghm", "date": "2026-03-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "the current iteration, Input Leap, has worked for this for me for years now", "excerpt": "> the #1 thing I miss right now is Barrier (Synergy) for using my macbook from my linux desktop) It's admittedly tough to keep up with all of the forks that have happened, but the current iteration, Input Leap, has worked for this for me for years now https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years"}, {"id": 744960704, "item_id": 46560044, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46560044", "by": "walterbell", "date": "2026-01-09", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Similar to synergy/barrier/input-leap, but using USB gadget mode", "excerpt": "Going in the other direction: recent Intel laptops with Thunderbolt should support USB gadget mode. In theory, this would allow a Linux laptop to emulate keyboard and mouse input to an iPad Mini portrait sidecar, with seamless kb/mouse context switching onto USB, as the cursor moved into the configured virtual viewport of the iPad \"monitor\". Similar to synergy/barrier/input-leap, but using USB gadget mode instead of ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Linux Runs on Raspberry Pi RP2350's Hazard3 RISC-V Cores (2024)"}]}