Input Leap
Input Leap is software that mimics the functionality of a KVM switch, which historically would allow you to use a single keyboard and mouse to control multiple computers by physically turning a dial on the box to switch the machine you're controlling at any given moment.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- Flatpak
The latest version (3.0.3) was released in June 2025, and the GitHub repository has been archived.
Input Leap News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
- Fearswe updated Input Leap
Maoholguin added Input Leap as alternative to Switchy for Mac
developersharif added Input Leap as alternative to EasySwitch- MiroJanosik2 reviewed Input Leap
I use it on 3 computers on one desk with Ubuntu 26, two of them have XFCE4/XUbuntu (works no problem), and one has Gnome/Wayland (there F-keys like F3 switches to terminal as Ctrl+Alt+F3 and I have to F2 back to the graphical view, but otherwise it just works).
Installed with "flatpak install flathub io.github.input_leap.input-leap". Setting up took me a while but it is quite straight-forward if you just read the wiki.
Nice software.
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What is Input Leap?
Input Leap is software that mimics the functionality of a KVM switch, which historically would allow you to use a single keyboard and mouse to control multiple computers by physically turning a dial on the box to switch the machine you're controlling at any given moment. Input Leap does this in software, allowing you to tell it which machine to control by moving your mouse to the edge of the screen, or by using a keypress to switch focus to a different system.
At the moment, Input Leap is not compatible with Synergy.
Input Leap needs to be installed on all machines that will share keyboard and mouse.
What's different?
Whereas Synergy has moved beyond its goals from the 1.x era, Input Leap aims to maintain that simplicity. Input Leap will let you use your keyboard and mouse from one computer to control one or more other computers.
Clipboard sharing is supported.
That's it.
Input Leap information
Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.8Alternatives
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- English
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OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
- 8,334 Stars
- 441 Forks
- 814 Open Issues
- Updated (Archived)
Comments and Reviews
I use it on 3 computers on one desk with Ubuntu 26, two of them have XFCE4/XUbuntu (works no problem), and one has Gnome/Wayland (there F-keys like F3 switches to terminal as Ctrl+Alt+F3 and I have to F2 back to the graphical view, but otherwise it just works).
Installed with "flatpak install flathub io.github.input_leap.input-leap". Setting up took me a while but it is quite straight-forward if you just read the wiki.
Nice software.
Free and Open Source powerfull tool to share keyboard and mouse across many computers. Many thanks to the devs for maintaining a good successor to Barrier !
no releases it is stuck
Doesn't seem to have a Windows installer.
This is the new and maintained fork of Barrier.