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Sharing with control

9t shares outward in two ways: public handoffs for other people, and QR handoff for your own devices. Nothing shared stays shared by accident.

Open any item and choose Share (or 9t share <id|name> from the CLI):

9t share ab12cd34 --lifetime 1d --password optional-password

Each link gets a signed, unguessable token under /s/… with:

  • Expiry — 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days, or custom. Expired links stop resolving; the sweeper purges them.
  • Optional password — visitors see an unlock screen first. Wrong passwords never reveal whether the item exists.
  • Access counts — every view is counted on the link so you can see if it spread.
  • Revocation — kill the link any time from the Shares tab. The item itself is untouched.

Files download through a protected endpoint; snippets render as text; links show a destination preview before redirecting. Passwords are hashed — the server never stores them in plain text.

Share links are bearer tokens. Anyone with the URL (and password, if set) can open them until they expire or you revoke them. Send them over a channel you trust.

QR handoff to your own devices

Every item page (/o/<id>) shows a QR code. Sign in on the other device, scan, done — the item opens there in seconds. This is the fastest way to move something from laptop to phone when both are in your hands.

Trash, restore, and lifetimes

Deleting an object moves it to Trash; it is purged after your retention window (default 7 days, configurable 0–365). Per-object lifetimes (1 hour / 1 day / 7 days / forever) converge on the same sweeper. Restore any time before the purge with 9t restore or the Trash tab.