DESKFLOW-SERVER(1)

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version 1.23.0 · 2 versions
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💖 DESKFLOW-SERVER(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the User Commands section of the manual, and buckle up because this one is literally the server side of Deskflow and it's giving main character energy 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

deskflow-server — Keyboard and mouse sharing utility (Server) 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

deskflow-server [OPTIONS]

no cap, that's the whole vibe. you run it, it does its thing 🦋

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Keyboard and mouse sharing utility. that's it, that's the whole description, she's concise and she knows it ✨

🫶 OPTIONS 🫶

here's where it gets juicy. every single flag, right here, no skips, no edits:

  • -h,--help — Print this help message and exit. your little escape hatch 🚪
  • --config-toml TEXT — Use TOML configuration file. cute, structured, toml-core of you 📝

and then there's this whole usage situation, which is basically its own little manual inside the manual:

Usage: deskflow-server --config <pathname> [--address <address>]
[--display <display>] [--daemon|--no-daemon] [--name <screen-name>]
[--restart|--no-restart] [--debug <level>]

Start the Deskflow mouse/keyboard sharing server. yes queen, start her up 👑

  • -a, --address <address> — listen for clients on the given address. that's your front door, bestie 🚪
  • -c, --config <pathname> — path of the configuration file. she needs her little instruction booklet 📖
  • -d, --debug <level> — filter out log messages with priority below level. level may be: FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTE, INFO, DEBUG, DEBUG1, DEBUG2. so like, FATAL = only the actual disasters reach you, DEBUG2 = absolutely everything is spilling the tea 😭
  • -n, --name <screen-name> — use screen-name instead the hostname to identify this screen in the configuration. name her, she deserves an identity 💖
  • -1, --no-restart — do not try to restart on failure. if she falls, she stays fallen, respectfully 💀
  • * --restart — restart the server automatically if it fails. she gets back up, she's resilient like that 🔥
  • -l --log <file> — write log messages to file. receipts, kept forever 🧾
  • --enable-crypto — enable TLS encryption. lock it down, keep it private 🔐
  • --tls-cert — specify the path to the TLS certificate file. your little certificate bestie 🎀
  • --disable-client-cert-check — disable client SSL certificate checking (deprecated). > bestie listen, this one is deprecated. it's giving old news, it's giving legacy, tread carefully 🫠
  • -f, --no-daemon — run in the foreground. she's right there with you, in your terminal, very present 🫶
  • * --daemon — run as a daemon. she's off doing her own thing in the background, mysterious, iconic 🧚
  • -h, --help — display this help and exit. (yes, this one shows up twice in the list. she said "and I'll do it again" 💅)
  • --version — display version information and exit. who even is she? find out 📌
  • --display <display> — when in X mode, connect to the X server at display. x-mode behavior, noted ✨
  • * — marks defaults. so the starred ones? those are the vibes she ships with ⭐

and then the ✨ address lore ✨, which is genuinely important so don't scroll past:

The argument for --address is of the form: [<hostname>][:<port>]. The hostname must be the address or hostname of an interface on the system. The default is to listen on all interfaces. The port overrides the default port, 24800.

🌈 so basically: 24800 is the house default, and if you pass a port it overrides that. no port? all interfaces, come on in. periodt.
  • Copyright © 2024-2025 Deskflow Devs
  • Copyright © 2012-2025 Symless Ltd.
  • Copyright © 2009-2012 Nick Bolton
  • Copyright © 2002-2009 Chris Schoeneman

protect the legacy, honor the lineage, slay 💜

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

All documentation is on the web, so please point your browser at <https://github.com/deskflow/deskflow/wiki> and surf away. 🌊

and that's the whole page, bestie!! mwah 🫶 this was deskflow-server v1.23.0.0, pro..., dated August 2025 — iykyk 💖✨

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