# Show someone a document without sharing your screen. > Open a document, note or transcript together: people get the real page live in their browser, no account. Mac, Windows, Linux, browser; phone apps next. Last updated: 2026-11-12 ยท HTML: https://www.kolhive.com/en/show-a-document-live/ With other people Now available Open together sends people a link to a window you have open in KolHive: a document, a note, a transcript or a web page. They open it in their browser, with no account and nothing to install, and see the real page, live, with everyone's pointer. One person writes at a time, and a tap passes the pen. You let each person in and can end it for everyone. It runs in KolHive on Mac, Windows, Linux and in the browser, on a phone or tablet too. The KolHive apps for iPhone, iPad and Android come next. [Download](https://www.kolhive.com/en/download/) [Open in browser](https://web.kolhive.com/) Free for macOS, Windows, Linux and the web. [Start demo](https://demo.kolhive.com/?lang=en) ### The real page Sharp text they can scroll and read, not a video of your screen. ### No account for guests A link or a code, opened in any browser. ### Sealed Encrypted from device to device. Our server passes it on and can't read it. ### Free Part of KolHive: up to 8 people, for up to 4 hours. ## How it works Four steps, and you stay in charge. ### Open together In the window menu (hold the maximize button), or in the window's actions on a phone. ### Send the link Copy it, share it, send it in KolChat or show the QR code. ### Let them in Each person waits until you let them in. You can remove anyone and end it for everyone. ### Pass the pen One person writes at a time. Give the pen with a tap and take it back. ## What you can use today, and what is coming ### Available now - KolHive for macOS, Windows, and Linux, free, and in the browser at web.kolhive.com. - Open together in KolHive on Mac, Windows, Linux and in the browser, for documents, notes, transcripts and web pages. Guests join in any browser. ### Coming - The KolHive apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. - Pictures inside documents. - KolHive for iPhone and iPad: coming to the App Store. - KolHive for Android: coming to Google Play. ## Questions and answers **Does the other person need KolHive or an account?** No. They open the link in any browser and type a name. People who use KolHive can join from the app too. **Is this screen sharing?** No. They get the real page, drawn on their own device, so text stays sharp. Only the window you chose is shown, never the rest of your screen. **Can they edit?** One person writes at a time. You hold the pen and can give it to anyone with a tap. A transcript's text is edited by you only. **Who can see it, and what stays afterwards?** Only the people you let in. It goes from device to device encrypted; our server passes it on and can't read it. Nothing is saved on their device, and it ends when you end it or after 4 hours. **What about sound and pictures?** When you play a transcript, play and pause follow for everyone, but the sound plays on your device only. Pictures inside documents don't travel yet. **How many people, and does it cost anything?** Up to 8 people at once, for up to 4 hours. It's part of KolHive and free. ## Keep exploring KolHive - **[Continue on another device](https://www.kolhive.com/en/continue-on-another-device/)** Hop moves an open window, and Nearby sends a file, to another of your devices. - **[AI OS](https://www.kolhive.com/en/ai-operating-system/)** What an AI operating system is, and how KolHive works as one. - **[Private AI](https://www.kolhive.com/en/private-ai/)** A model on your own computer, files kept local, apps that ask first. ## Get KolHive. Download it for your computer or open it in the browser. One free account for KolHive, KolChat and KolWrite. [Download](https://www.kolhive.com/en/download/) [Open in browser](https://web.kolhive.com/)