• ✨ Features
• 🧰 Requirements
  • Windows (Client)
  • Linux (Server)
• ⚙️ Setup
  • 0. Update IP addresses
  • 1. Define Firewall Rules for TCP/65433
    • 1.1: Using GUI
    • 1.2: Using Powershell:
    • To Delete the Rule Later (Optional)
  • 2. Install Requirements
  • 3. Run Script

Clipboard Syncer (Windows ↔ Linux)

A simple Python-based clipboard sync tool between a Windows PC and a Linux laptop over the same network.

✨ Features

• Send copied text from Windows (using Ctrl + Alt + C) to Linux:
  • Text gets appended to PCRecieved.txt
  • Also copied last received text into the Linux clipboard.
• Send clipboard content from Linux (using Ctrl + Shift + V) to Windows:
  • Text gets appended to LinuxReceived.txt
  • Also copied last received text into the Windows clipboard.

🧰 Requirements

Windows (Client)

• Python 3.x
• Modules:
  • pyperclip
  • keyboard

Linux (Server)

• Python 3.x
• Modules:
  • pyperclip
  • keyboard
• Note: Linux side Must run with sudo due to keyboard requiring root access permission.

⚙️ Setup

0. Update IP addresses

0. In server-linux.py (Linux), set the correct IP of your Windows PC:

WINDOWS_CLIENT_IP = "192.168.x.x"

• Note: Use ipconfig on Windows to find your correct IP address.

1. in client-windows.py (Windows), set the correct IP of your Linux PC:

SERVER_IP = "192.168.x.x"

• Note: Use ifconfig on Linux to find your correct IP address.

1. Define Firewall Rules for TCP/65433

1.1: Using GUI

To ensure your Linux server can send data to your Windows clipboard sync client, you need to allow incoming connections on a specific TCP port (e.g., 65433) in Windows Firewall. 0. WIN+R => wf.msc => Inbound Rules => New Rule 1. Define Allow Rule for Port TCP/65433

• OR You Can use Powershell

1.2: Using Powershell:

0. Open PowerShell as Administrator
   • Press Win + S, search for PowerShell
   • Right-click and choose Run as Administrator
1. Run the Following Command:

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Clipboard Sync" `
                    -Direction Inbound `
                    -LocalPort 65433 `
                    -Protocol TCP `
                    -Action Allow

3. Verify the Rule
   • Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security
   • Go to Inbound Rules
   • Look for the rule named "Allow Clipboard Sync"

• 🛠 Notes

  • You can change 65433 to any other port number if needed — just make sure it matches your Python script.
  • Make sure your Windows machine has a private or trusted network profile.
  • No restart is needed; the rule applies immediately.
  • This rule only opens TCP traffic on port 65433.

To Delete the Rule Later (Optional)

If you want to remove this rule, run:

Remove-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Clipboard Sync"

• By completing this step, your Windows system is ready to receive clipboard data from your Linux machine over the network.

2. Install Requirements

• Install Python 3.12 on both Windows and Linux
• then on Windows open Powershell as Administrator:

python -m pip install pyperclip
python -m pip install keyboard

• and on Linux:

sudo pip install pyperclip
sudo pip install keyboard

• Note: keyboard need to install with root access(sudo)

3. Run Script

0. On Linux run Server side:

sudo python3 linux-server.py

0. then On Windows open Powershell as Administrator and run Client:

python windows-client.py

• Enjoy Script 😊