About IdleLink

IdleLink started as a weekend project: why are three perfectly capable PCs sitting idle while one laptop fans out on a long video encode?

The answer is friction. Distributed computing frameworks exist, but they require server configuration, cloud accounts, or a CS degree to operate. IdleLink removes that friction entirely. Install on any Windows machine, and it discovers peers on your LAN in seconds.

The architecture is deliberately peer-equal — no dedicated master server, no single point of failure. The lightest machine coordinates, the heaviest machine works. When the heavy machine is offline, the next one picks up automatically.

IdleLink is built by a solo developer and aims to stay lean, privacy-first, and LAN-native. The relay is optional. The plugin API is open. The binary is self-contained.