Hi HN, maker here. I built Handrive because I kept running into the same problem: moving large files between machines meant either paying per-GB fees or routing everything through someone else's server.
Handrive is peer-to-peer — files go directly between devices with end-to-end encryption. Nothing touches a cloud server. It's free, no file size limits, and runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
What I'm most excited about: it ships with a 40+ tool MCP server. AI agents (Claude, etc.) can automate the entire file workflow — monitoring shares, triggering transfers, managing permissions, organizing files. There's also a REST API and headless mode for running on servers and NAS devices.
Five interfaces: Desktop GUI, CLI, REST API, MCP stdio, and MCP HTTP SSE.
handrive•1h ago
Handrive is peer-to-peer — files go directly between devices with end-to-end encryption. Nothing touches a cloud server. It's free, no file size limits, and runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
What I'm most excited about: it ships with a 40+ tool MCP server. AI agents (Claude, etc.) can automate the entire file workflow — monitoring shares, triggering transfers, managing permissions, organizing files. There's also a REST API and headless mode for running on servers and NAS devices.
Five interfaces: Desktop GUI, CLI, REST API, MCP stdio, and MCP HTTP SSE.
Docs: https://handrive.ai/docs MCP guide: https://handrive.ai/docs/mcp-guide Download: https://handrive.ai/download
Happy to answer questions about the architecture, the MCP integration, or anything else.