ClipMesh LAN clipboard

Frictionless text and file transfer across Windows, Mac, iPad, Android and NAS on one LAN

Problem

People juggling devices across ecosystems — the exact list raised on V2EX includes Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android, NAS and virtual machines — find the Apple-only experience smooth but cross-platform copying degrades into sending files to yourself in a chat app. Existing options mean input-method hacks or wrestling with open-source tools and self-hosting.

Solution

A small local client plus a browser page that auto-discovers and pairs devices on the LAN: copy on one, paste on another, with text, images, arbitrary files and clipboard history. No cloud round-trip, no internet required.

Users

Developers and remote workers who use several devices across OSes; home users with a NAS

MVP

LAN auto-discovery and pairing; real-time text clipboard sync; drag-and-drop file transfer with history; fully offline operation; start with Win/Mac plus one mobile web client

Revenue

One-time personal license around $15–25, family/multi-device subscription, enterprise intranet license; open-source the core sync module to build trust

Why now

Device counts keep rising while every big-vendor sync is locked to its own ecosystem; local-first transports are cheap and a solo dev can maintain it