Is deskflow still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v1.27.0, 1 months ago.

Can I trust deskflow?

Widely used. 31k stars, 12 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to install deskflow on Linux (deskflow/deskflow) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

deskflow/deskflow

Share a single keyboard and mouse between multiple computers.

C/C++ (CMake)#keyboard#keyboard-emulation#mouse#mouse-emulation

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (GPL-2.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v1.27.0, 1 months ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used31k stars, 12 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 30,963
Activity: Updated this month

Saved setup from 8 h ago

Will it work on Linux?

Yes, it installs on your Linux

A ready-made Linux download is in the latest release.

Your system

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Start here

Website ↗deskflow.orgThe project's own site.

Download for Linux

v1.27.0 · 10/1/2026 ↗

deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-resolute-x86_64.deb

deb · x64 · 1.5 MB · 2,611 downloads · best match

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-resolute-x86_64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-resolute-x86_64.deb"

Other Linux downloads (15)

deskflow-1.27.0-debian-forky-x86_64.deb

deb · x64 · 1.4 MB · 1,054 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-debian-forky-x86_64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-debian-forky-x86_64.deb"

deskflow-1.27.0-debian-trixie-x86_64.deb

deb · x64 · 1.4 MB · 1,642 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-debian-trixie-x86_64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-debian-trixie-x86_64.deb"

deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-stonking-x86_64.deb

deb · x64 · 1.5 MB · 795 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-stonking-x86_64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-stonking-x86_64.deb"

deskflow-1.27.0-debian-forky-aarch64.deb

deb · ARM64 · 1.3 MB · 617 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-debian-forky-aarch64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-debian-forky-aarch64.deb"

deskflow-1.27.0-debian-trixie-aarch64.deb

deb · ARM64 · 1.3 MB · 525 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-debian-trixie-aarch64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-debian-trixie-aarch64.deb"

deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-resolute-aarch64.deb

deb · ARM64 · 1.3 MB · 388 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-resolute-aarch64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-resolute-aarch64.deb"

deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-stonking-aarch64.deb

deb · ARM64 · 1.3 MB · 317 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-stonking-aarch64.deb"
sudo apt install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-ubuntu-stonking-aarch64.deb"

deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-44-x86_64.rpm

rpm · x64 · 957 KB · 845 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-44-x86_64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-44-x86_64.rpm"

deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-46-x86_64.rpm

rpm · x64 · 959 KB · 309 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-46-x86_64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-46-x86_64.rpm"

deskflow-1.27.0-opensuse-tumbleweed-x86_64.rpm

rpm · x64 · 962 KB · 160 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-opensuse-tumbleweed-x86_64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-opensuse-tumbleweed-x86_64.rpm"

deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-44-aarch64.rpm

rpm · ARM64 · 892 KB · 207 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-44-aarch64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-44-aarch64.rpm"

deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-46-aarch64.rpm

rpm · ARM64 · 893 KB · 171 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-46-aarch64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-fedora-46-aarch64.rpm"

deskflow-1.27.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak

flatpak · x64 · 1.2 MB · 1,696 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak"
flatpak install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak"

deskflow-1.27.0-opensuse-tumbleweed-aarch64.rpm

rpm · ARM64 · 895 KB · 143 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-opensuse-tumbleweed-aarch64.rpm"
sudo dnf install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-opensuse-tumbleweed-aarch64.rpm"

deskflow-1.27.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak

flatpak · ARM64 · 1.0 MB · 459 downloads

Download

curl -LO "https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/releases/download/v1.27.0/deskflow-1.27.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak"
flatpak install ./"deskflow-1.27.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak"

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Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
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Details

License: GPL-2.0
Open issues: 257
Branch: master

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.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

.github/workflows/ci-comment.yml

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml

.github/workflows/sonarcloud-analysis.yml

.github/workflows/valgrind-analysis.yml

CMakeLists.txt

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