| DESKFLOW-CLIENT(1) | User Commands | DESKFLOW-CLIENT(1) |
NAME¶
deskflow-client - manual page for deskflow-client v1.22.0.0, protocol v1.8
SYNOPSIS¶
deskflow-client [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION¶
Keyboard and mouse sharing utility
OPTIONS¶
- -h,--help
- Print this help message and exit
- --config-toml TEXT
- Use TOML configuration file
Usage: deskflow-client [--address <address>] [--yscroll <delta>] [--sync-language] [--invert-scroll] [--display <display>] [--no-xinitthreads] [--daemon|--no-daemon] [--name <screen-name>] [--restart|--no-restart] [--debug <level>] <server-address>
Connect to a Deskflow mouse/keyboard sharing server.
- -a, --address <address>
- local network interface address.
- -d, --debug <level>
- filter out log messages with priority below level. level may be: FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTE, INFO, DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2.
- -n, --name <screen-name> use screen-name instead the hostname to identify
- this screen in the configuration.
- -1, --no-restart
- do not try to restart on failure.
* --restart restart the server automatically if it fails.
- -l --log <file>
- write log messages to file.
- --enable-crypto
- enable TLS encryption.
- --tls-cert
- specify the path to the TLS certificate file.
- -f, --no-daemon
- run in the foreground.
* --daemon run as a daemon.
- --yscroll <delta>
- defines the vertical scrolling delta, which is 120 by default.
- --sync-language
- enable language synchronization.
- --invert-scroll
- invert scroll direction on this computer.
- --display <display>
- when in X mode, connect to the X server at <display>.
- --no-xinitthreads
- do not call XInitThreads()
- -h, --help
- display this help and exit.
- --version
- display version information and exit.
* marks defaults.
The server address is of the form: [<hostname>][:<port>]. The hostname must be the address or hostname of the server. The port overrides the default port, 24800.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2024-2025 Deskflow Devs
Copyright © 2012-2025 Symless Ltd.
Copyright © 2009-2012 Nick Bolton
Copyright © 2002-2009 Chris Schoeneman
SEE ALSO¶
deskflow(1), deskflow-client(1), deskflow-server(2)
All documentation is on the web, so please point your browser at <https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/wiki> and surf away.
| July 2025 | deskflow-client v1.22.0.0, protocol v1.8 |