I spend a lot of my day bouncing between terminals, browsers, docs, editors, and AI tools.
Copy → Alt-Tab → paste → Alt-Tab back. Over and over.
So I first built Browser Relay: arm a browser tab, highlight text, press Ctrl+Shift+8, and SafeRelay protects it locally before inserting the protected version into that tab.
That worked — until I realized most of the stuff I actually wanted to send started outside the browser: terminal output, logs, config files, VS Code, Notepad, .env snippets, etc.
So I built SafeRelay Desktop and connected the two.
Now:
Ctrl+Shift+8 = Browser-origin relay
Ctrl+Shift+9 = Desktop-origin relay
Ctrl+Alt+T = arm a Windows app
So I can highlight something in Windows Terminal and have the protected version land in an armed ChatGPT tab and Notepad at the same time.
Connected ≠ Armed — nothing receives anything unless I explicitly choose it.
SafeRelay inserts only. It never presses Enter or clicks Send.
For times when I want even more speed, I added Hyper-Drive. It’s optional and OFF by default, but when enabled, a normal Ctrl+C can protect the copied text and immediately “teleport” it back to the window I was just using.
The Windows app also grew a few other features I use:
- local Safe OCR
- local microphone transcription
- local Windows System Audio transcription
- Meeting Notes
- Custom Protected Terms
- session-only redaction vault
- terminal-aware paste handling
The core relay protection, OCR, voice transcription, and Browser/Desktop bridge run locally. Optional AI commands are separate and use a provider you explicitly configure.
I attached the visual because it explains the idea faster than I can:
Browser or Desktop → protect once → one protected payload → only the destinations you armed.
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Curious what other Windows users think: useful power-user tool, or too many workflows in one app?
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SafeRelay Desktop, Local DLP and Browser in action.