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Mouse without Borders

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Control multiple PCs effortlessly with a single mouse and keyboard, drag-and-drop files between machines, and customize your screens with Bing images, all without extra gear.

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License model

  • FreeProprietary

Platforms

  • Windows
4.1 / 5 Avg rating (17)
131 likes
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Features

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  1.  Mouse Sharing
  2.  Keyboard Sharing
  3.  Peer-To-Peer
  4.  Support for Multiple Monitors
  5.  32-bit support
  6.  Universal clipboard
  7.  Share Clipboard
  8.  Automatic Connection
  9.  Drag and Drop
  10.  Media button support

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Mouse without Borders information

  • Developed by

    Truong Do (Microsoft Employee)
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.1 (17 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    15 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 17 comments and reviews about Mouse without Borders, and it has gotten 131 likes

Mouse without Borders was added to AlternativeTo by Danilo_Venom on Sep 14, 2011 and this page was last updated Feb 13, 2025.

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Comment summary: Mouse without Borders is praised for its simplicity, speed, and effectiveness in Windows setups. Users appreciate its ease of installation and Microsoft trustworthiness. It handles keyboard, mouse, and clipboard sharing efficiently and is ideal for setups with up to four computers. However, some users report issues, such as incompatibility with certain devices, latency problems, and a limited feature set compared to alternatives like Synergy. The software is free and generally meets the needs of Windows users.
Spiral_Plus
  
Top positive commentMay 29, 2020

I've used Mouse without Borders for several years now. There are the occasional bugs that others have mentioned, but overall, it has saved me from weird situations when no USB port would work to attach keyboards or mice. I enjoy the simplicity of installing it on all of my computers and having any mouse/keyboard be able to travel to any other computer. The limit of 4 computers is my only complaint.

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Guest
  
Top negative commentJun 19, 2021

Latency issues, over and over and over again ShareMouse has NO problems with latency, so why does mouse without borders? This software is trash.

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Roberto Ocampo
  
Positive commentAug 18, 2023

Excellent for basic control on 2 PCs o computers. That's what i was looking for.

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TBayAreaPat
  
ReviewApr 26, 2023
  1. You must have your Home Network set up first.
  2. It's Microsoft.
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Guest
  
Positive commentApr 6, 2021

Easy to install and nice gui

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john able
  
Positive commentMar 9, 2021

Originally I was looking for the fastest and easiest way to transfer small amounts of data (like clipboard data or a small text file) between computers. Anything was on the table from mapping drives on the network, email, skype (or any specialty software), thumb drive in a handy spot (like in the keyboard). ... and came across Synergy. It sounded totally cool. Plus I have a number of computers around me and saw an immediate benefit to using one keyboard and one mouse to run a whole room. But..... Synergy said they couldn't actually move data between systems yet - it was coming in the next version? Lame. The most popular one here seemed to be Barrier, so i downloaded the executables and installed them on 2 windows systems to try out. It seemed simple and straightforward set one up as a server the other a client. Did't end up so simple for me though. Normally if it would take me all day to figure out - i'd stick with it and troubleshoot. But i'm getting too old for this stuff. And there are so many options. I cut my losses and moved on to Mouse Without Borders. It took longer to download than to install. Seriously in 5 minutes I had all my systems using one mouse, one keyboard, and its so simple to just drag a file from one desktop to another. So for being simple, fast, all I need and more, and the first one I was able to install in a reasonable time. 5 STARS ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!

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Kit
  
Positive commentJul 6, 2020

After a slightly awkward set-up, it works amazingly. A small binary (1.3MB). I've wanted something like this for years.

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What is Mouse without Borders?

Mouse Without Borders allows you to reach across your PC's as if they were part of one single desktop. Using Mouse Without Borders you can move your mouse between the 3 or more screens, even though one of them is attached to a different PC from the other two. You can also move files between the 2 computers simply by dragging them from one desktop to another. In fact you can control up to four computers from a single mouse and keyboard with no extra hardware needed – it’s all software magic, developed by Truong Do who by day is a developer for Microsoft Dynamics. The software is easy to setup and in addition to enabling drag and drop of files, you can lock or log in to all PCs from one PC, and as a whimsical bonus is it allows you to customize your Windows logo screen with the daily image from Bing or a local collection of pictures.