Welcome to Openterface Mini-KVM QT version (For Linux & Windows)

This is a preview version of the source code and presently, it does not support all the features found in the macOS version. We are in the process of optimizing the code and refining the building methods. Your feedback is invaluable to us. If you have any suggestions or recommendations, feel free to reach out to the project team via email. Alternatively, you can join our Discord channel for direct discussions.

Current and future features

• [x] Basic KVM operations
• [x] Mouse control absolute mode
• [x] Mouse relative mode
• [x] Audio playing from target
• [x] Paste text to Target device
• [ ] OCR text from Target device
• [ ] Other feature request? Please join the Discord channel and tell me

Suppported OS

• Window (10/11)
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Linux Mint 21.3 (Need to upgrade QT to >=6.4)
• openSUSE Tumbleweed, built by community
• Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit), working good
• Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit), not yet complete testing

Download & Run from Github build

1. Download the package from Github release page, and find the latest version to download according to your os and cpu architecture.
2. For Windows user, just run the installer and it will install all required drivers and application to your windows. You can run the application from start menu.
   • Note: If you are running under ARM architecture, an extra step is required to install "Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio" which can be downloaded here: Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable

3. For Linux user, you should install the dependency first then install the package.

   # Setup the QT 6.4.2 runtime
   sudo apt install -y libqt6core6 libqt6dbus6 libqt6gui6 libqt6network6 libqt6multimedia6 libqt6multimediawidgets6 libqt6serialport6 libqt6svg6

   # Unszip the package and install
   unzip openterfaceQT.deb.zip
   sudo dpkg -i openterfaceQT.deb

   # Run from terminal 
   openterfaceQT

   Development

   • Using QT Creator
     1. Install QT for opensource, recommanded version 6.4.3
     2. Use Qt Maintenance Tool to add following components
        • QtMultiMedia
        • QtSerialPort
     3. Download the source and import the project
     4. Now you can run the project

Build from source & Run

• For Window (TODO)

• For Linux

  # Build environment preparation   
  sudo apt-get update -y
  sudo apt-get install -y \
  build-essential \
  qmake6 \
  qt6-base-dev \
  qt6-multimedia-dev \
  qt6-serialport-dev \
  qt6-svg-dev

  # Get the source
  git clone https://github.com/TechxArtisanStudio/Openterface_QT.git
  cd Openterface_QT
  mkdir build
  cd build
  qmake6 ..
  make -j$(nproc)

# Run
./openterfaceQT

Abut the Crowdfunding Hardward

Our Openterface Mini-KVM crowdfunding campaign is now live on Crowd Supply! Check it out and please consider supporting us by backing our project. Cheers!

🚀 Let's shake things up in KVM technology together!

We're hard at work developing the host applications for this handy gadget. Our team is coding away and tweaking these tools to boost their performance and functionality. We’re all about open hardware and open-source software, and we'll keep sharing updates throughout our campaign.

Check out some early demos demonstrating the basic operation of our host application here.

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