---
title: "Bloody cool: Share Keyboard/Mouse between computers"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/31/bloody-cool-share-keyboardmouse-between-computers.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/31/bloody-cool-share-keyboardmouse-between-computers.html"
published: "2003-03-31T18:34:00"
updated: "2003-03-31T18:34:00"
tags: ["Cool Tools", "Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Synergy -- Share Keyboard/Mouse between computers [Cool Tools] - Posted @ 12:39 pm : PermLink Synergy (GPL) With synergy, all the computers on your desktop form a single virtual screen. You use the mouse and keyboard of…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
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---

# Bloody cool: Share Keyboard/Mouse between computers

By Roy Osherove March 31, 2003 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools), [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published March 31, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

_Synergy -- Share Keyboard/Mouse between computers_ [_\[Cool Tools\]_](http://sastools.com/b2/category/CoolTools "category: Cool Tools") _-  Posted @ 12:39 pm: [PermLink](http://sastools.com/b2/post/79394117)_

[**_Synergy_**](http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/about.html) _(GPL)_

> _With synergy, all the computers on your desktop form a single virtual screen. You use the mouse and keyboard of only one of the computers while you use all of the monitors on all of the computers. You tell synergy how many screens you have and their positions relative to one another. Synergy then detects when the mouse moves off the edge of a screen and jumps it instantly to the neighboring screen. The keyboard works normally on each screen; input goes to whichever screen has the cursor._

_(via_ [**_LarkWare_**](http://larkware.com/Articles/TheDailyGrind35.html)_)_

\[via Sanjay's Coding Tips \]

wow. that looks totally awsome!

## More in Cool Tools

[All posts in Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

- May 6, 2003

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- May 6, 2003

    ### [KlipFolio](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/6/klipfolio.html)

- Mar 13, 2003

    ### [Free GUI component for VS .NET users](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/3/13/free-gui-component-for-vs-net-users.html)


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