# Install synergy-core with Homebrew, zypper, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix

Synergy, the keyboard and mouse sharing tool. Version 1.20.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13. Also installable with zypper: sudo zypper install synergy.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:synergy-core
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install synergy-core
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install synergy
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/synergy/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install synergy
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: synergy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#synergy
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sy/synergy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Chocolatey (92%):

```sh
choco install synergy
```

  Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: synergy from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','zerotier-one'

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:synergy-core
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.20.4
- **Source summary:** Synergy, the keyboard and mouse sharing tool
- **Homepage:** <https://symless.com/synergy>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/symless/synergy>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-13T04:48:24Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- synergy (alias)
- synergy-client (alias)
- synergy-legacy (alias)
- synergy-server (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.20.4
## Project history and usage

Synergy is a keyboard, mouse, and clipboard sharing tool for controlling nearby computers from one workstation. In package-manager terms, `synergy-core` is the source-built core for a tool that sits between desktop productivity software and networked input plumbing.

### Project history

The official repository says it contains the source code used to build Synergy 1 and the core for Synergy 3. It also states that Synergy is based on the upstream Deskflow community project, which is sponsored by Synergy.

The official product page presents Synergy as a cross-platform tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux, focused on moving one keyboard and mouse across computers, sharing clipboard data, and avoiding hardware KVM switching.

### Adoption history

The product site positions Synergy for enterprise engineering and IT teams, creative workflows, home labs, streaming setups, and other multi-computer desks. The input package metadata lists Homebrew, Chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, and zypper packages, reflecting a mix of commercial-product users and source/package-manager users.

### How it is used

Users run Synergy when multiple nearby computers should behave like one desk: one keyboard, one mouse, shared clipboard, hotkeys, key swapping, and screen layout configuration. The Homebrew formula exposes command-line executables such as `synergy`, `synergy-client`, `synergy-server`, and legacy variants.

### Why package nerds care

Synergy is interesting to package maintainers because it is desktop software with network behavior, input-device integration, licensing considerations, and a relationship to an upstream community project. The `synergy-core` package gives Unix package managers a way to expose the core binaries separately from the commercial distribution story.

### Timeline

- Current repository: Source is used to build Synergy 1 and the core for Synergy 3.
- Current repository: Community development is directed upstream to Deskflow, with stable changes flowing downstream to Synergy.
- 2026: The official product page lists Synergy 1 v1.20.4 and Synergy 3 v3.6.3 releases dated June 12, 2026.

### Related projects

- Deskflow is the upstream community project named by the official Synergy repository and product site. Synergy is the stable, supported commercial product downstream of that open source community work.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/symless/synergy>
- <https://symless.com/synergy>
- input source_facts.executables
- input source_facts.package-manager


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service

## Other Package-Manager Records

- zypper - synergy - 1.9.1-5.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: synergy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Mouse, keyboard and clipboard sharing utility | http://synergy-project.org/
- MacPorts - synergy: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/synergy/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - synergy: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sy/synergy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- zypper - qsynergy - 1.9.1-5.9: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: qsynergy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Qt GUI for easily configuring Synergy2 | http://synergy-project.org/
- Chocolatey - synergy: installed executable or alias match | Chocolatey community package catalog: synergy from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','zerotier-one'


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/synergy-core.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/synergy-core.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph