Input Leaf 🍃

Use your PC's mouse and keyboard to control your Android phone or tablet over Wi-Fi/LAN. Input Leaf is a free, open-source Android client for Input Leap and compatible Deskflow setups — no USB cables and no root required.

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PC mouse + keyboard -> Local Network (Wi-Fi/LAN) -> Android phone / tablet
Move your desktop cursor off the edge of your monitor to smoothly glide onto your Android screen.

Input Leaf is an open-source Android client designed for software KVM switches. It connects seamlessly to Input Leap and compatible Deskflow servers running on your desktop or laptop (Windows, macOS, or Linux).

Instead of switching hands between your physical keyboard and phone touch screen, or constantly pairing Bluetooth devices, Input Leaf turns your phone or tablet into an additional screen in your desktop setup.

• No root required — Works out-of-the-box using Shizuku or Android Accessibility APIs.
• Ultra-low latency — Shizuku engine injects native system-level input events directly for zero perceptible lag.
• Full mouse and keyboard sharing — Smooth cursor control, left/right/middle click, wheel scrolling, and hardware modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Meta).
• Compatible with Input Leap & Deskflow — Speaks the standard open-source KVM protocol over TCP.
• 100% local and private — All communication stays on your local area network (LAN); no cloud relays or external servers.
• mDNS server auto-discovery — Finds compatible servers on your local Wi-Fi automatically.
• Encrypted TLS connections — Supports TLS encryption with Trust-On-First-Use (TOFU) certificate pinning.
• Battery efficient and resilient — Automatic exponential-backoff reconnects when network interruptions occur.

Input Leaf acts as the client on your Android device. You will need a compatible server application running on your PC:

┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│             Desktop / Laptop             │
│       (Windows / macOS / Linux)          │
│                                          │
│   Input Leap Server  /  Deskflow Server  │
└────────────────────┬─────────────────────┘
                     │
                     │  TCP Port 24800 (Wi-Fi / Ethernet LAN)
                     │  Optional TLS / mTLS Encryption
                     ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│          Android Phone / Tablet          │
│                                          │
│             Input Leaf App               │
│                    │                     │
│         ┌──────────┴──────────┐          │
│         ▼                     ▼          │
│   Shizuku Engine        Accessibility    │
│  (System Injection)     (Stock Fallback) │
│  • Lowest latency     • Zero extra apps  │
│  • Full shortcuts     • Touch emulation  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘

When your mouse crosses the configured border of your desktop monitor, the server sends coordinates and keystrokes over your local network to Input Leaf, which translates and injects them into Android in real time.

Download and install either:

• Input Leap Releases (Windows, macOS, Linux), or
• Deskflow Releases (Windows, macOS, Linux).

1. In the server application, choose Server (share this computer's mouse and keyboard).
2. Click Configure Server... to open the screen grid layout.
3. Drag a new screen from the top right into the grid and place it adjacent to your desktop screen (for example, to the right or below).
4. Double-click the new screen and set the Screen name to match your Android device's Screen Name (view or customize it in Input Leaf under Settings -> Screen name; it defaults to your sanitized device model, such as pixel-8 or android-phone).
5. Click OK and press Start.

Detailed Guides:

• Complete Input Leap on Android Setup Guide
• Complete Deskflow on Android Setup Guide

1. Download the latest input-leaf_<version>_universal.apk from GitHub Releases.
2. Open the APK on your Android device and tap Install.

Open Input Leaf and complete the quick onboarding wizard:

• Shizuku (Recommended): Open the Shizuku app, start it via Wireless Debugging, and allow Input Leaf when prompted.
• Accessibility Service (Fallback): Enable the Input Leaf Accessibility Service and Keyboard in Android Settings -> Accessibility.

1. Input Leaf will automatically discover the server on your local Wi-Fi. You can also tap + to enter the PC's IP address manually.
2. Tap Connect.
3. Push your PC mouse cursor across the configured monitor edge — your cursor will appear on your Android screen.

Input Leaf offers two distinct input engines to match your device and preferences:

When using Shizuku Mode, Input Leaf passes through hardware-level keyboard shortcuts directly to Android:

Splash Screen	Guided Onboarding	Shizuku Permission
System Overlay	Connected & Ready	Custom Settings

Contributions, feature suggestions, and bug reports are welcome:

1. Fork the repository on GitHub.
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feat/my-new-feature).
3. Commit your changes with descriptive messages (git commit -m "feat: add support for custom hotkey mapping").
4. Push to your branch (git push origin feat/my-new-feature).
5. Open a Pull Request.

Check out our Issue Tracker or start a discussion on the Community Forum.

• Author: Anas Vhora (@anasvhora284)
• Thanks to all Input Leaf contributors for their valuable support and code contributions.
• Thanks to the upstream developers and contributors of Input Leap, Deskflow, Barrier, and Shizuku.

Input Leaf is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.