HyperView lets you reach, watch and control computers that are somewhere else, including machines behind a firewall you don't control, with no public address. People connect through a browser. Software and AI agents connect through an API. You pay for connected time, not for users or machines.
The console and the server
HyperView has two parts:
The console is the web app where you list, organise, connect to and govern your machines. It never talks to your machines directly.
The HyperView Server is a small program you install on each machine you want to reach. It registers with your console, checks in regularly, and handles connections. It runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, server and desktop editions. A Linux machine with no desktop still gets full access and automation.
In this knowledge base, server means the HyperView software. The machine itself is called a system.
How the connection gets through
Your browser and your systems usually can't reach each other directly, both sit behind firewalls. HyperView uses venues: relay points around the world. The console connects out to a venue, the system connects out to a venue, and the venue joins them. Neither side needs an inbound port opened. For the outbound rule and bandwidth, see A session is slow or won't connect.
If your organisation can't use a shared relay, you can run your own. See Venues and private venues.
Three ways to reach a system
An installed system. The HyperView Server stays on the machine, it appears on the Systems screen, and anyone with access can connect at any time. Use this for machines you manage.
Remote support. You send someone a one-time link, they run a small program, and you get a session. The program deletes itself afterwards. Use this to help a person with their own computer.
Automation. An AI agent using the
hvcommand-line tool along with a custom AI skill, or your own code calling the REST API. The automation opens a session and drives the system: screenshots, keyboard, mouse, shell and files.
All three give you the same thing: a session on a system.
What you pay for
HyperView bills for connected time. Adding users and installing the server on more machines doesn't change your bill. Only sessions do. See How session time is counted.
What it's used for
Remote desktop. Work on a machine that's somewhere else, from a browser, whether it's your own machine or the machine of someone you're helping.
AI agents and software. Give an agent or your own code the same session a person gets, with permissions and approvals around it.
Fleet inspection. Inspect systems, read their logs and run commands on them.
Where to start
Connect your first machine: Quick start: your first connected system
Let an AI agent drive a system: Give an AI agent access to your systems
Review the security model: Secure the account