Linux users lack reliable sharing across Wayland and X11
Linux desktop users and developers run into gaps when sharing clipboard contents, X11 selections, or keyboard and mouse input across Wayland, X11, and isolated environments. The workarounds described include piping `wl-copy` into `xclip`, which can stop working or leave duplicate processes to clean up, while users are still seeking input-sharing software that works with Wayland. Screen-region sharing is an adjacent request, but is not central to this problem.
For linux desktop users and developers. Mentioned from Aug 2018 to Jul 2025 on GitHub, Hacker News and Stack Exchange.
5 different people described this problem in 5 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 3.0/10
- Pain
- 6.4/10
- Frequency
- 6.5/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Professionals
- Competition
- Medium
- Build difficulty
- High
What people said
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I’ve got a hack involving wl-copy piped to xclip that mostly works but sometimes it just stops working for no apparent reason. Or I wind up with multiple copies of xclip running and I have to clean it up.
Any recommendations for KM software that works with wayland (like barrier / synergy)? Thats been holding me back so far
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