input-leap/input-leap
Input Leap
Input Leap is a software KVM switch and multi-machine input controller that allows a single keyboard and mouse to control several physical workstations over a local network. It functions as a network input emulator, sending keyboard and mouse signals to remote operating systems to manage a multi-machine workspace as if it were a single system with multiple monitors.
The project also serves as a cross-platform clipboard synchronizer, enabling the sharing of copied text and data between different operating systems so that content can be pasted across all connected machines.
Features
- Cross-Computer Input Sharing - Allows a single keyboard and mouse to control multiple computers by moving the cursor across screen edges.
- Clipboard Synchronization - Maintains a synchronized memory region to propagate clipboard changes across all connected network nodes.
- Clipboard Copying - Synchronizes text and data across connected machines to enable seamless cross-system copy and paste.
- Software Peripheral Sharing - Enables a single keyboard and mouse to control multiple computers via network signals.
- Software KVM Switches - Functions as a software KVM switch to share a single keyboard and mouse across multiple computers via a network.
- Network Input Replication - Captures local keyboard and mouse movements and sends them as serialized events to remote machines.
- Multi-Workstation Input Controllers - Provides a solution for controlling several physical workstations from a single set of input peripherals.
- Virtual Input Emulators - Sends keyboard and mouse signals over a network to programmatically control remote operating systems.
- OS-Level Input Emulators - Simulates hardware-level keyboard and mouse events to control remote operating systems.
- Multi-Monitor Workspace Managers - Manages a setup with several computers to function as a single system with multiple monitors.
- Local Peer Discovery - Locates other connected machines on a local network using port scanning and heartbeat signals.
- Encrypted Tunneling Protocols - Establishes secure, encrypted peer-to-peer communication channels for transmitting input and clipboard data.
- Cross-Machine Cursor Mapping - Implements coordinate-based mapping to determine when a cursor should shift control from one machine to another.
