PigeonPost Companion

Bridge your iPhone and your Windows PC — without the cloud.

PigeonPost Companion is the easiest way to move clipboard text and photos between your iPhone and your Windows PC. Copy something on your phone, send it to your PC's clipboard with a single tap. Pull the text currently on your PC's clipboard back to your phone just as easily. Share a photo from any app through the iOS Share Sheet and watch it land in your PC's Downloads folder seconds later.

No account. No cloud. No subscription. Your data travels directly between your devices on your own network.

— WHAT YOU CAN DO —

• Send the iPhone clipboard to your Windows PC in one tap • Pull the Windows clipboard back to your iPhone instantly • Send photos and files straight to your PC's Downloads folder • Use the built-in Share Sheet extension from Photos, Safari, Files, Notes, and any other app that supports sharing • Manage everything from one clean, native iOS interface — no command line, no setup files • Optional - iCloud settings sync • Clipboard history, dynamic island support, and optional auto-discovery via Bonjour

— WORKS EVERYWHERE YOU DO —

At home or in the office, PigeonPost Companion runs over your local Wi‑Fi or LAN — fast, private, and offline-capable.

Traveling, working from a café, or on a hotel network? The app automatically detects whether Tailscale is active on your devices and uses your private Tailnet, so you can reach your PC from anywhere on the planet — securely, as if you were at home.

— SECURE BY DESIGN —

• Optional bearer token authentication — only devices you authorize can talk to your PC • Optional Tailscale https transport • Direct device-to-device traffic — nothing is uploaded to a third-party server • Zero telemetry, zero accounts, zero data collection • Open-source server you can audit yourself

— THE COMPANION SERVER —

PigeonPost Companion connects to PigeonPost, a free, lightweight tray app for Windows 11. PigeonPost runs quietly in your system tray, exposes a small local HTTP service, and shows live transfer activity. Installation is a one-click installer — no Microsoft Store account, no admin headaches, and updates install themselves. PigeonPost is open-source and free of charge.

Download PigeonPost for Windows from: https://holgerimbery.github.io/PigeonPost/

— WHO IT'S FOR —

• Anyone who works across iPhone and Windows every day • Writers, researchers, and students who copy snippets between devices constantly • Photographers and creators who want a fast way to drop iPhone shots onto a PC • IT professionals and power users who want a clean, scriptable bridge without cloud dependencies • Privacy-conscious users who refuse to route personal data through third-party servers

— WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT —

Most "phone-to-PC" tools want you to sign up, install heavy software, and trust their servers with your data. PigeonPost Companion takes the opposite path: small, fast, transparent, and yours. Set it up in five minutes, and forget it's there until you need it.

— REQUIREMENTS —

• iPhone or iPad with iOS 16 or later • Windows 10 (build 17763) or Windows 11 PC running PigeonPost • Both devices on the same Wi‑Fi/LAN, or both signed into the same Tailscale network

Questions, ideas, or bug reports? Reach out — I read every message.