Mouse Without Borders for Linux (Go Client for the PowerToys Protocol)
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HN · launched Jul 7, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: remote desktop and control software · 115 launches, 17 in the last 7 days ▲ +31% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
No Reverse-engineering the proprietary PowerToys Mouse Without Borders protocol and implementing low-level mouse/keyboard virtual input drivers, clipboard sharing, and network tunneling across Linux displays (X11/Wayland) demands deep OS and kernel-level input knowledge.
What it would actually take: The architecture requires socket communication reverse-engineered from Microsoft's PowerToys protocol, combined with low-level Linux virtual input injection (via uinput/libinput) and display server event grabbing across both X11 and Wayland protocols. The difficult challenges include synchronizing seamless cursor transition across boundaries, encrypted network sockets, and handling edge cases in Wayland security restrictions that disallow global input snooping without custom compositor protocols.
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Competitors
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Attention rank: #1257 of 1402 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 244 days after the earliest competitor.
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