KiteRelay

Private and remote

From anywhere. Through nobody.

Tailscale is built in, so the box joins a private network only your devices can see. Everything else here is what keeps it that way.

01Remote & protected

Included, nothing extra to buy

Reach it from anywhere. Nobody else can.

Tailscale is built in. Turn it on once in the Network drawer and your box joins a private network only your devices can see, so you can take over from an office, or a phone on mobile data, exactly as you would from the next room.

The Tailscale card in the Network drawer, reading Not connected, with a Get Login Link button, a field for a key, a Connect button and a Refresh button.
The Tailscale card in the Network drawer. One link to sign in, and a new unit is linked to no account until you do.
Where the picture travelsYour browser reaches the box directly: over your own WiFi at home, or over Tailscale, encrypted end to end, when you are away. The box reaches the other computer over two cables, HDMI for its screen and USB-C for its keyboard and mouse. The only thing that reaches our servers is an update check, never your picture or your keystrokes.Our serversHome · your WiFiAway · TailscaleHDMIUSB-CYou · any browser, anywhereThe box · on your own networkupdate check onlyThe other computerSees a monitor and a keyboard
Where the picture travels. Our servers are drawn only to show what reaches them. Product renderings. The desktops shown are illustrations.

No ports opened on your router. The picture and your keystrokes travel straight between your browser and the box, never through our servers. The box checks for updates, and remote access, if you turn it on, is handled by Tailscale rather than by us.

Six layers between it and everyone else

Six layers around the boxThe box sits in the centre. Around it, numbered one to six: A password on the page., Two-Factor Login., Network Lockdown., Connections, with Disconnect., Nothing passes through us., Logs that never land..010203040506
Numbered as the list beside it. Product rendering.
  1. 01

    A password on the page.

    The control page will not open without it. You choose it the first time you sign in, and it is the only one you need.

  2. 02

    Two-Factor Login.

    Add a 6-digit code from your authenticator app, with recovery codes you save once. Signing out ends every remembered sign-in, on every device.

  3. 03

    Network Lockdown.

    Turn it on and the box stops answering anything outside your private network, even on your own WiFi.

  4. 04

    Connections, with Disconnect.

    Every live connection shows its address, browser and how long it has been there, with a Disconnect button beside each one.

  5. 05

    Nothing passes through us.

    Your screen and your keystrokes go directly between your browser and the device. Nothing you see or type touches our servers.

  6. 06

    Logs that never land.

    Sign-ins and connection history live in memory and are gone on restart. It keeps no record of your sessions between restarts.

Two cards from the Security drawer: Two-Factor Login, off, with a Set up 2FA button, and Network Lockdown, off, with an Enable Tailscale-only Access button.
Two-Factor Login and Network Lockdown, as shipped. Both off until you turn them on.

02Trust

Locked down, and for a computer you own.

It’s for a computer you own.
Built to run a machine you own, or one you are authorised to manage. Not to watch someone else’s.
It stays on your network.
The screen and your controls go straight between your browser and the box, never through our servers, with no cloud account in the middle. Away from home, it travels with you over Tailscale.

If you find a security problem, write to support@kiterelay.com. A real person reads it. What to include and what happens next are on the security page, and the standard security.txt points the same way.

Questions about this? The FAQ has a section on away from home.

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