# Deskflow

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/deskflow/

8 people recommended Deskflow in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Open-source Synergy successor that shares one keyboard and mouse across computers, with critics noting missing trackpad support, high-DPI bugs on Windows and Wayland problems.

Summary written by Claude from 12 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Open-source fork of Synergy (2 comments in the sample): "these days i strongly prefer deskflow (oss version of synergy) for this sort of thing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48183199)) "I also recommend checking out the open source fork of Synergy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185350))

## What people warn about

- Trouble on Wayland and GDM (2 comments in the sample): "Have fun trying to make Deskflow/Synergy working on GDM." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47448983)) "is not working well with Wayland" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47451549))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Deskflow", https://hackerapproved.com/p/deskflow/ (8 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.