MeowShare
The full picture
Nearby sharing in three steps.
MeowShare connects two browsers on the same network in under a minute. Here's the entire flow — what happens on screen, and what happens underneath.
2 · Pick a catevery device wears one
3 · Senddirect to that device
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Open MeowShare on both devices
Go to meowshare.app on each device — or open the installed app if you've added it to a home screen. That's the whole setup. There are no accounts, no sign-in, and nothing to configure before the first send.
Both devices should be on the same network: the same Wi-Fi, or another network where they share the same visible connection.
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Each device appears as a cat
When a device opens MeowShare it picks a cat identity — fourteen professions, from astronaut to teacher — and starts looking for neighbours. Any other open device on the same network appears on a quiet radar, with its cat, its name, and what kind of device it is.
You can rename a device to anything, so your own screens read “Studio Mac” or “Kitchen iPad” instead of a cat name. The receiving device can also be set to ask before accepting anything.
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Send — then the other side decides
Pick a file, drop it on a device, type a message, paste a link, or send what's on your clipboard. The receiving device gets a clear prompt and chooses to accept or decline. When it accepts, the data moves from one browser to the other.
A transfer is finished when both browsers say so. Files aren't stored anywhere in between.
Under the surface
Discovery and signaling — then the service steps aside.
Two small jobs happen over the network before anything is transferred. The service you reach at meowshare.app announces who is nearby and passes the connection handshake between the two browsers. Both jobs are about introductions, not content.
The actual payload — your file, message, or clipboard item — then travels between the two browsers over a WebRTC data channel. Nothing about it is stored by the service, and there is no cloud copy unless you put one there yourself.
Browser Ayour laptop
Payload · direct, no cloud step
Browser Byour phone
If the network blocks direct browser-to-browser traffic, the transfer won't complete — MeowShare doesn't quietly route payloads through a server.
QR & share-code pairing
Discovery is automatic — pairing is the fallback that works anyway.
Discovery assumes both devices look like they're on the same network. Guest Wi-Fi, hotspot setups, VPNs, and some office or school networks break that assumption even when the devices are sitting next to each other.
For those moments, one device can open its private room: a QR code plus a six-character code. The other device scans the QR code with its camera or types the code, and the pair connects through that room. Rooms are short-lived — they expire after 30 minutes without activity.
A code is only as private as the room it opens. Treat it like a temporary door code, not a secret.
Six characters, no confusing look-alikes (no 0/O, 1/I). Generated fresh inside the app each time.
Astronaut Cat
Chef Cat
connected · direct
One device shows the room — the other joins it.
Which browsers
Any modern browser, on any mix of operating systems.
MeowShare runs in Safari, Chrome, Edge, and Firefox — across macOS, iOS, Windows, Android, Linux, and ChromeOS. What varies between browsers is the polish: clipboard access, notifications, and background behaviour are all browser policy, not MeowShare features.
If a device is invisible on the radar or a capability seems missing, the Devices page explains what to expect per platform and how to install the app as a PWA.
Install as an app (optional)
MeowShare is installable as a PWA. On your home screen it behaves like a native app with its own icon — handy for devices you share with often. On iOS use “Add to Home Screen” in Safari; on desktop Chrome and Edge, use the install button in the address bar.
The app still needs a network connection to meet other devices — an install only changes how MeowShare looks and launches, not how transfers work.
One minute, two devices
See it click together yourself.
Open the app on a phone and a computer that share Wi-Fi. It takes longer to read this sentence than to pair them.