A Mac drive. Storage you own.

Give yourself
some leeway.

Your whole library in Finder, even when it’s larger than your disk. Keep what you need on hand. Let the rest live in storage you own.

Right-click a folder → Quick Actions → Keep on Hand

In development for macOS. Examples show the planned interface. Explore the demo ↓

An illustration, not a product screenshot.

How it works

If you’ve used on-demand files,
you already know the feeling.

Files show up in Finder. What you open is fetched. What you choose stays on hand. The difference is where your library lives: in a bucket you own.

Leeway in Finder — illustrative viewSelected files from a 200 GB library. Footage and Photos are in storage; Interview.mov and Notes.md are kept on hand. The Mac had 18 GB free before. This is not a product screenshot or measured result. Leeway Your library / Selected items NameSizeWhere Footage84 GBIn storage Photos61 GBIn storage Interview.mov2.4 GBOn hand Notes.md0.6 GBOn hand 200 GB · 18 GB free before
An illustrated Finder view, not a native app screenshot.

your library → finder

Every file listed. Content fetched when you open it.

Right there in Finder.

Browse your library in the place you already work. Open the files you need without first downloading the whole drive.

projects → kept on hand

$ leeway pin Projects/reference

Keep the essentials on hand.

Choose files and folders to keep locally. Check their status before you rely on them; keeping content on hand takes disk space.

your storage → your mac

Your account. Your bucket. Your keys.

Use your own storage.

Your file data lives in a bucket you control. You choose the storage account and keep control of its credentials.

Three layers, one library

Where you work. What you keep.
Where it all lives.

  1. 01 · FinderEvery file, where you already work.The whole library is listed, with its state beside each item.
  2. 02 · This MacOnly what you keep on hand.Opened files are fetched. Files you choose stay local and use disk space.
  3. 03 · Your bucketThe library, in your account.File data lives in storage you control, under credentials you hold.
Illustration. ▢ in storage · ▤ opening · ■ on hand

An illustrative example · not a measured result

Still room to work.

A library bigger than your laptop. Step through the demo story.

Three steps in an illustrative example

  1. 01 · Browse. The whole library shows up in Finder.
  2. 02 · Open. Leeway fetches Interview.mov as you open it.
  3. 03 · Keep. Choose Keep on Hand so it stays on this Mac.
Follow Leeway’s progress ↗
LeewaySelected files · 200 GB library
  • Footage 202684 GBIn storage
  • Photo archive61 GBIn storage
  • Interview.mov2.4 GBOn hand
  • Masters30 GBIn storage
2.4 GBkept on hand · 18 GB free before
Illustrative scenario, not a measured result.

You have a 200 GB library and 18 GB free on your Mac. You want to work with a few files, without making space for the whole collection. Leeway makes the library available in Finder and fetches file content as it’s needed.

This is the demo story we’re building toward, not a benchmark. Local use depends on the files you open, what you keep on hand, and available space. Fetching content requires a connection to your storage.

For agents

Give your agents leeway,
not free rein.

Publish a snapshot for an agent to work from. Give it a defined version of the files, while you keep working on your drive.

Read-only status commands

$ leeway status --json
$ leeway pins --json

A published version gives the work a clear starting point. Folder captures can include files from different times; stop writers before publishing. Agent permissions still set the boundary. Commands show the interface in development.

You choose when to publish the next version.

Ownership

Your storage, your keys,
and always a way out.

Your Mac, your bucket, your keysIllustration of copying files from your bucket through your mounted drive. Your storage and metadata must remain available.Your MacYour bucketCopy outYour keys

Keep control of the account.

Leeway connects your Mac to storage you control. Your bucket and its credentials belong to you.

Keep what you need to leave.

The exit plan is to copy your files out through the mounted drive while your storage and metadata remain available.

The bucket’s raw objects are not a browsable folder of original files. Keep your metadata and credentials as well as your stored data.

Room to spare.
Clear limits.

In sailing, the lee is the sheltered side of a ship. Leeway is the room it has to drift without hitting the shore. Here are the shores.

  • Opening a file that isn’t on hand needs a connection to your storage.
  • Keeping files on hand uses disk space on your Mac.
  • Your bucket holds file data, not a browsable copy of the originals. Keep your metadata and credentials too.
  • Leeway is in development for macOS. There is no release date yet.

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