Choose a file
Pike encrypts it locally and prepares resilient coded pieces.
Open source · direct connection
Send files.
Skip the cloud.
Private, post-quantum file transfer directly between your devices. No account. No size limit. Not one byte through Pike.
✓ No signup✓ Any file size✓ Browser to browser
PikeMKV4.8 GB
Sending directly to Pixel 9
78%✓Safety code matchedNo one in the middle
We couldn't read or carry your file even if we wanted to.
0 bytes through a server
957 MB/s encode
∞ file size
PIKE FOR WEBThe product is
The product is
the homepage.
Drop a file and create a direct, encrypted link between two browsers. This interactive demo runs the complete sender and receiver flow locally.
Pike webDEMO Files stay on this device
Drop any file here
or click to choose from your device
No upload. No size limit.FILE
no file chosen
Enter a tap code
Ask the sender for their three-word code.
✓
YOUR TEMPORARY TAP CODE
Waiting for the other device…
FILE
Encrypted locally
VERIFY ON BOTH DEVICES
Safety code
········
Compare this code with the other device. If both match, no one is between your devices.
0%
Transferring directly…
Encrypted pieces are moving browser to browser.
HOW IT WORKSIntroduced by Pike.
Introduced by Pike.
Carried by nobody.
The directory behaves like a disposable phone book, never a courier. It forgets the introduction as soon as your devices meet.
Share three words
A temporary tap code lets the receiving device find yours.
Transfer direct
The directory entry disappears. The file streams device to device.
SERVER×
The file path never includes us.
If a direct connection cannot be made, Pike stops. It never silently falls back to a server that carries your file.
SECURITY / PERFORMANCEHard to intercept.
Hard to intercept.
Easy to verify.
Multiple layers work together so privacy is an architectural property, not a promise.
01POST-QUANTUM
PQ
Future-safe key exchange
Hybrid X25519 + ML-KEM-768 protects connections today and against future quantum computers.
02HUMAN VERIFIED
482913
See who's connected
A short safety code lets both people rule out an active person-in-the-middle.
03RATELESS CODING
Built for bad Wi‑Fi
Recover the file from whichever coded pieces arrive, without waiting on missing packets.
04NATIVE SPEED
0MB/s
encode
0MB/s
decode
Your network is the limit
Fast enough to disappear behind your connection speed, even for huge files.
PIKE CLITwo commands.
Two commands.
One direct path.
Use Pike from macOS, Linux, or Windows. Local devices discover each other automatically; internet transfers use a disposable tap code.
curl -fsSL https://pike.sh/install | shpike — zsh
~ pike send holiday-film.mkv
Preparing 8.42 GB file…
✓ Encrypted with XChaCha20-Poly1305
Share this tap code:
orbit-coral-frostWaiting for receiver
DOCUMENTATION
Inspect every layer.
Start quickly, understand the protocol deeply, or audit every line.
OPEN SOURCEDon't trust.
Don't trust.
Verify.
Read the implementation. Audit the cryptography. Rebuild the protocol. Pike's behavior is available to inspect, not hidden behind a policy.
Explore the source ↗PIKE / COREPublic repository
RustApache-2.0Open protocol
pike-core/
├── crypto/
├── transport/
├── coding/
└── discovery/Your file has
one destination.
The other device. Nowhere else.