Local-first device handoff

Ephemeral local handoff, at
LAN speed.

Move text, images, and any file between your nearby devices — no account, no cloud relay, no storage buildup.

Read architecture
Nearby Echo×
MacBook Air Nearby device found
Windows Desktop Ready to handoff

Devices connected on your LAN

02

Handoff, not storage

Pastey is built for passing things across devices, not collecting them forever. Encrypted room payloads stay local, and burning the room clears its managed transfer state.

Uploads, relays, and caches accumulate.

Room burned
managed payloads cleared

03

Nearby devices, zero ceremony

Open Pastey on two devices under the same local network. They discover each other automatically, so sending feels closer to dropping something across the desk than uploading it somewhere.

04

Any file is just bytes.

Different file formats enter the same encrypted transfer path. Pastey does not need per-format adapters: payload chunks flow to the receiver while acknowledgements return to the sender.

Sender
.pdf.png.zip.gguf
Encrypted payload chunksACK / control

One binary path. No per-format adapters.

Receiver chunks received

05

LAN-native speed

Pastey avoids the upload-relay-download loop. Built to use most of your LAN. Observed at roughly 75–80% of practical LAN ceiling in current validation.

Actual throughput depends on Wi-Fi/Ethernet quality, device I/O, CPU, system load, and runtime conditions.
Cloud path
Device A Upload Relay Download Device B
Pastey path
Device ALANDevice B
Built to use most of your LAN.Observed at roughly 75–80% of practical LAN ceiling in current validation.
75–80%

06

Transfer lifecycles that end

Payloads are temporary by design, so transfers do not become another storage pile. Room owners decide when the managed lifecycle ends.

  1. Create
  2. Encrypt
  3. Chunk
  4. Stream
  5. Receive
  6. Clear

Local. Direct. Deliberate.

Move it locally. Clear it cleanly.

Download Pastey for macOS or Windows and move your next handoff across the LAN.