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Barrier
Barrier is a network-based software utility that functions as a keyboard and mouse switch, allowing a single set of input peripherals to control multiple computers. By capturing raw hardware signals at the system level, it redirects input events across a local network to create a unified workspace across distinct physical displays and operating systems.
The project operates as a client-server system that maintains persistent network connections to route input data. It distinguishes itself by normalizing disparate hardware signals into a unified internal format, enabling consistent interaction regardless of the underlying operating system or hardware architecture. A centralized state machine manages focus and configuration, while virtual coordinate mapping allows the cursor to move seamlessly across screen boundaries as if the connected machines were a single desktop environment.
Beyond basic input redirection, the software includes clipboard synchronization to share text data between connected devices. It utilizes binary protocol serialization to minimize latency during high-frequency peripheral interaction, ensuring that input remains responsive across the network.
Features
- Input Sharing Tools - Controlling multiple computers with a single mouse and keyboard by moving the cursor seamlessly across screen boundaries.
- Software KVM Switches - A network-based utility that shares a single keyboard and mouse across multiple computers by routing input events over a local connection.
- Software KVM Switches - Managing multiple physical workstations as a single cohesive workspace by routing input peripherals over a local network connection.
- Input Event Routers - A communication engine that captures raw hardware signals and transmits them over a persistent connection to control remote computer systems.
- Input Event Interception - Captures raw keyboard and mouse signals at the system level to enable redirection.
- Input Sharing Configuration - Allows management of multiple machines via a single keyboard and mouse through custom layouts.
- Peripheral Management - Enables interaction with multiple operating systems using a single set of input hardware.
- Clipboard Synchronization Utilities - Sharing text and data across multiple connected computers by automatically syncing clipboard content for seamless copy and paste operations.
- Socket Communication - Distributes input events to connected machines over persistent TCP network connections.
- Virtual Peripheral Bridges - A software layer that emulates local hardware input on remote machines to enable seamless cursor movement and keystroke transmission between distinct systems.
- Awesome List - A community-curated directory that catalogs and links out to other open-source projects, rather than a standalone tool you run yourself.
- System Tools - Open-source KVM switch software.
- System Utilities - Software KVM switch for sharing mouse and keyboard.
- Remote Desktop - Utility for sharing mouse and keyboard across local network devices.
- Clipboard Synchronization - Syncs clipboard contents across multiple connected computers for seamless copy-paste.
- Cross-Platform Input Multiplexers - A background process that synchronizes peripheral signals across different operating systems to create a unified workspace experience on multiple physical displays.
- Persistent Network Connections - Maintains continuous network connections to facilitate low-latency input data transmission.
- Language Features - Normalizes disparate hardware signals into a unified internal format for cross-platform compatibility.
- Stdin Stream Readers - Translates platform-specific hardware signals into a common format for cross-system transmission.
- Desktop Workflow Orchestrators - Streamlining productivity by managing multiple workstations as a single cohesive workspace without switching physical input devices.
- Scale-Based Coordinate Mappings - Translates cursor movement across physical display boundaries into logical navigation events.
- Input Routing Systems - Connects disparate computer systems to share input peripherals regardless of the underlying operating system or hardware architecture.
- State Machine Routing - Manages active focus and configuration to route input events to the correct machine.
