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Synergy
Raised as a usability problem by 15 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 10 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Input latency makes sharing keyboard and mouse across machines painfulUnreviewed
20122026- Input latency makes sharing keyboard and mouse across machines painful2022-08-15
- Third mouse button and key mappings break, and special keys mess up the other computer when crossing screens2022-03-19
- Keyboard and mouse sharing unusable between Windows 10 and Ubuntu machines, took hours of fighting2018-06-21
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 15 complaints
- Must keep separate configs for laptop at work and at home2026-06-03
- Every update requires manually logging in, finding the download page and reinstalling on each computer2024-05-21
- Manual drag-based monitor setup, frequent refusal to connect, spontaneous disconnects, config corruption2023-07-12
- Input latency makes sharing keyboard and mouse across machines painful2022-08-15
- Third mouse button and key mappings break, and special keys mess up the other computer when crossing screens2022-03-19
- Synergy is buggy and finicky for input devices, so it's unreliable to use2020-09-02
- Must restart it several times a day; copy paste breaks randomly2018-06-21
- Made the Mac unusable for the commenter, forcing a refund2018-06-21
- UI is nearly unusable on high DPI Windows screens and looks dated2018-06-21
- Keyboard and mouse sharing unusable between Windows 10 and Ubuntu machines, took hours of fighting2018-06-21
- Mouse keeps leaving screen and jumping to screen middle, service restarts randomly2018-06-20
- Paid upgrade to 2.0 does not work behind corporate proxy2018-06-20
- Had to compile from source, and the build errors made the software unusable2015-08-11
- Mouse pointer disappears and window focus breaks across machines, hurting productivity2015-06-22
- Setting it up is very hard, a 'black art' with confusing IP configuration2012-02-26