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| Original author | Chris Schoeneman |
| Developer | Symless |
| Release | 13 May 2001[1] |
| Stable release | 1.22.2[2] 
/ 12 October 2026 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| License | Proprietary and GPLv2[3] |
| Website | symless |
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Synergy is a software application for sharing a keyboard and mouse between multiple computers. It is used in situations where several PCs are used together, with a monitor connected to each, but are to be controlled by one user. The user needs only one keyboard and mouse on the desk—similar to a KVM switch without the video.
Partly open source and partly closed source, the open source components are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, which is free software. The first version of Synergy was created on May 13, 2001, by Chris Schoeneman and worked with the X Window System only. Synergy now supports Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.
Once the program is installed, users can move the mouse "off" the side of their desktop on one computer, and the mouse pointer will appear on the desktop of another computer. Key presses will be delivered to whichever computer the mouse-pointer is located in. This makes it possible to control several machines as easily as if they were a single multi-monitor computer. The clipboard and even screensavers can be synchronized.
The program is implemented as a server which defines which screen-edges lead to which machines, and one or more clients, which connect to the server to offer the use of their desktops. The keyboard and mouse are connected to the server machine.
As of version 2.0 (2017) keystrokes, mouse movements, and clipboard contents are sent via an encrypted SSL network connection. This previously required the purchase of the Pro edition in version 1. In July 2013, the Defuse Security Group reported[4] the proprietary encryption used in Synergy 1.6 to be insecure and released an exploit that could be used to passively decrypt the commands sent to the Synergy 1.6 clients.[5] This was solved by using SSL in 1.7.
TCP/IP communications (default port 24800[6]) are used to send mouse, keyboard, and clipboard events between computers in Synergy 1.
The first incarnation of Synergy was CosmoSynergy, created by Richard Lee and Adam Feder then at Cosmo Software, Inc., a subsidiary of SGI (née Silicon Graphics, Inc.), at the end of 1996. They wrote it, and Chris Schoeneman contributed, to solve a problem: most of the engineers in Cosmo Software had both an Irix and a Windows box on their desks, and switchboxes were expensive and annoying. CosmoSynergy was a great success, but Cosmo Software declined to productize it, and the company was later closed. Synergy is a from-scratch reimplementation of CosmoSynergy. It provides most of the features of the original and adds a few improvements.
Synergy+ was created in 2009 as a maintenance fork for the purpose of fixing bugs inherited from the original version. The original version of Synergy had not been updated for a notable length of time (as of 6 June 2010, the latest release was 2 April 2006).[7] There was never official confirmation that the original Synergy project had been abandoned; however, there was public discussion providing speculation.[8] In said discussion, Chris Schoeneman (the creator of Synergy)[9] stated that instead of supporting a 1.3.x team, he intends on releasing version 2.0 of Synergy, and publicly announced on 27 Aug 2008 that he has been making progress on this version.[10]
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Synergy is a software application for sharing a keyboard and mouse between multiple computers. It is used in situations where several PCs are used together, with a monitor connected to each, but are to be controlled by one user. The user needs only one keyboard and mouse on the desk—similar to a KVM switch without the video. Partly open source and partly closed source, the open source components are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, which is free software. The first version of Synergy was created on May 13, 2001, by Chris Schoeneman and worked with the X Window System only. Synergy now supports Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.
Rational Synergy is a software tool that provides software configuration management (SCM) capabilities for all artifacts related to software development including source code, documents and images as well as the final built software executable and libraries. Rational Synergy also provides the repository for the change management tool known as Rational Change. Together these two tools form an integrated configuration management and change management environment that is used in software development organizations that need controlled SCM processes and an understanding of what is in a build of their software. The name Synergy refers to its database level integration with Change Management that provides views into what is in a build in terms of defects.
Synergy International Systems (SIS) is an American information technology and consulting company that provides web-based software to international development agencies, country governments, NGOs and private sector partners. Their key products are focused on monitoring and evaluation (M&E), national development effectiveness, aid management, judicial system modernization, social protection, public financial management, disaster relief and reconstruction, environment, education, and public health. The company is based in Washington, D.C. and they maintain is a global learning center in Yerevan, Armenia. The company's services include software development and customization, IT strategy consulting, systems integration, capacity development and technical support. Synergy has developed management information systems for public and private sector clients in 65 countries.
Predix was an industrial IoT software PaaS developed by GE Digital, the software and services division of General Electric, that provided edge-to-cloud data connectivity and analytics and services to support industrial applications. Although initially considered a pioneering move by GE in the IoT and Industry 4.0 space, the platform came to be widely regarded as a critical failure for GE's digital business and chief contributing factor in the breakup of the GE conglomerate as a whole in 2024. Over the course of Predix' development and launch, GE invested over $7 billion into consulting teams, hiring and training software developers, and additional support services for the platform, with then-GE Chief Digital Officer Bill Ruh forecasting in 2016 that the software business, with Predix at the helm, would generate at least $15 billion in revenue by 2020. Due to a mixture of overreliance on expensive external consulting teams, overhiring, primarily marketing Predix to internal business units rather than targeting external customers, poor synergy between Predix and existing business units, lack of unifying vision and collaboration, and struggles within GE to adapt from industrial manufacturing to a Silicon Valley startup culture, the platform failed to perform as predicted. In 2021, GE CEO Larry Culp announced the breakup of GE, with GE Digital being absorbed into GE Vernova in 2023 in advance of the spinoff the following year. In 2022, the Predix name was retired, and key elements of it were relegated to a smaller role within the software business, rebranded under the cloud-based Asset Performance Management suite.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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