The essential tool for
files too big to email.
P2P file sharing that works like OS network sharing — over the internet. No size limits. No cloud in the middle. Install it once.
You already know
how this works.
Install once, done
It's an app, not a website — that's how it connects through firewalls, shares your files directly, and transfers at full network speed. Browser tools can't do that.
Add a contact by email
Your email is your identity on Handrive. Add someone as a contact — just like connecting to a machine on your local network.
Point to any folder
Share any folder on your machine. It stays on your machine — nothing uploads anywhere. Your contact browses and downloads directly from you.
Three things
worth knowing.
Free forever
Files go straight between machines — no cloud relay, no egress fees. That's where other services get expensive. P2P skips all of that. It's not a free tier. It's just free.
Your files go directly to them
Encrypted on your machine, decrypted on theirs. No cloud in the middle. Not even me. Nobody else can see what you're sending — that's the whole point.
Both sides say yes
Like OS network sharing — you set permissions on your side, they connect to you on theirs. Nobody can push files to you uninvited. No surprise shares from strangers.
The things you stop
worrying about.
No size limit. Ever.
Other tools say your file is too big. Handrive doesn't care. One 4K video or ten thousand raw photos — same process, no splitting, no compressing, no workaround.
Full speed, anywhere
Across the globe or on hotel WiFi — full bandwidth, no slowdown. Most tools choke on long-distance or lossy connections. Handrive uses whatever bandwidth is available and doesn't give up.
Close the lid. Come back later.
Your laptop went to sleep halfway through a 60GB transfer. That's fine. Open it tomorrow and it picks up where it stopped. No starting over.
Nobody else sees your files
Not me, not anyone. Encrypted on your device, decrypted on theirs. The only people who can see your files are you and whoever you chose to share with.
Essential software
for file sharing.
If you've ever hit a file size limit, paid for cloud storage you only needed once, or waited 20 minutes for something to upload — Handrive is the tool you install once and never think about again.
There's also a plane shooting game built in, for when you're waiting on a large transfer.
Can it scale?
Yes.
Headless server
Run Handrive on a NAS or cloud server without a GUI. Always-on, 24/7 file access.
Learn more →CLI, REST API, MCP
Four interfaces — desktop, CLI, REST API, and 40+ MCP tools for AI assistants.
Learn more →Clustering
Log in on unlimited devices. All shares, contacts, and metadata sync automatically.
Learn more →Run an AI agent?
OpenClaw, Claude, or your own — 40+ MCP tools let your agent manage files on Handrive.
Learn more →Say you have millions of files across many machines. Run Handrive on each one, log in with the same email, and create shares. People add you as a single contact and see everything. They can browse, download, even upload with editor access — or manage members as admin. One machine can also run multiple instances to saturate available bandwidth.
Free. Install it once.
Beta — more features are on the way. Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
All downloads at handrive.ai/download