synergy: [noun] a mutually advantageous conjunction of distinct elements
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).
Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the systems into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore, it synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all.
Synergy is open source and released under the GNU Public License (GPL).
Local
Getting started:
how to run synergy
how to build synergy
Using synergy:
FAQ
tips on using synergy
autostart guide
configuration file format guide
Future directions:
roadmap to future enhancements
For developers:
developer's guide
Security:
important note about security with synergy
Miscellaneous documents:
the authors of synergy
the history of synergy
the synergy license terms
news about synergy
Internet
synergy home page
synergy project page
synergy bug list
synergy community forums
"Unix" includes Linux, Solaris, Irix and other variants. Synergy has only been extensively tested on Linux and may not work completely or at all on other versions of Unix. Patches are welcome (including patches that package binaries) at the patches page.
The Mac OS X port is incomplete. It does not synchronize the screen saver, only text clipboard data works (i.e. HTML and bitmap data do not work), non-US English keyboards are untested and probably don't work, and there may be problems with mouse pointer and mouse wheel acceleration. Other problems should be filed as bugs.