{"id":48375,"date":"2025-03-13T13:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=48375"},"modified":"2025-03-13T13:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:31:54","slug":"input-leap-share-mouse-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2025\/03\/input-leap-share-mouse-keyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Input Leap to share Mouse \/ Keyboard between Linux, Windows & macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Got multiple computers\/laptops but only one mouse & keyboard? Without buying a KVM switch, here’s a software can do the job sharing them between your computers.<\/p>\n

It’s Input Leap<\/a> a free open-source application forked from Barrier, allowing to use single mouse and keyboard to control multiple computers in same local network.<\/p>\n

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Relationship between Barrier and Input Leap<\/h3>\n

Input Leap is a fork of barrier, by barrier’s active maintainers.<\/b><\/p>\n

One of the core Barrier<\/a> developer has not been active for a few years, and other maintainers do not have enough administrative access to maintain the project. So, the active maintainers of Barrier created the new Input Leap fork.<\/p>\n

Barrier is considered unmaintained currently, though Input Leap intends to maintain compatibility with older versions of Barrier.<\/b><\/p>\n

Step 1: Install Input Leap:<\/h3>\n

Input Leap has been made into many Linux Distributions’ system repositories, including Arch Linux, Fedora, Manjaro, and Solus.<\/p>\n

For Debian 12<\/b>, Ubuntu 22.04<\/b>, Ubuntu 24.04<\/b>, and Ubuntu 24.10<\/b>, as well as Windows 10\/11, and macOS 10.12 and newer, it provides official packages through the Github releases page:<\/p>\n

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Download Input Leap (under ‘Assets’)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Just select download the package for your operating system, then double-click to install.<\/p>\n

For Ubuntu, download the .deb<\/code> package, then either click open it with App Center (or Ubuntu Software) to install, or open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install drag-and-drop-deb-package-here<\/pre>\n
For other Linux, Input Leap is available to install as Flatpak package<\/a> that runs in sandbox environment.<\/p>\n
NOTE 1: Input Leap seems NOT working on Wayland, and it even crashes the system in my case. Ubuntu 24.04 and higher need to switch to “Ubuntu on Xorg” session from login screen.<\/b><\/p>\n
NOTE 2: You need to install Input Leap on all the computers want to share\/use the mouse & keyboard.<\/b><\/p>\n
Step 2: Setup Input Leap in Server – Computer connected with Mouse & Keyboard<\/h3>\n
Input Leap works in 2 modes:<\/p>\n