> Documentation index: https://docs.kiste.run/llms.txt, a list of every page in this documentation.

# Copy files

> Copy files and directories to and from a Kiste with kiste scp, scp and rsync.

## kiste scp

```bash
kiste scp ./report.zip current:/workspace/
kiste scp current:/workspace/report.zip ./report.zip
kiste scp a.txt b.txt build:~/
kiste scp -r ./src build:/workspace/src
kiste scp --name build --download -r /workspace/results ./results
```

Paths are local paths or `NAME:/remote/path`, where `NAME` may be `current` or
`self`. The last path is the destination. `-r` copies directories, `-p` keeps
modification times and modes. `--download` treats paths without a `NAME:` as
remote, together with `--name`.

`kiste scp` uses the same connection as `kiste ssh`: through kiste.run, with
the pinned host key and the shared connection.

## scp, rsync and sftp directly

After signing in, every Kiste is an SSH host named `NAME.kiste` on your
computer ([SSH configuration](https://docs.kiste.run/ssh/ssh-config.md)), so the usual tools work:

```bash
scp ./data.csv review-42.kiste:/workspace/
rsync -az --delete ./site/ review-42.kiste:/var/www/site/
sftp review-42.kiste
```

## Through the desktop

The desktop viewer carries text through the clipboard, not files. To move a
file into a Kiste from a phone or a computer without the CLI, put it somewhere
the Kiste can download it from, or publish an upload app with
[Kiste Stream](https://docs.kiste.run/stream.md).

## Related topics

- [Overview](https://docs.kiste.run/ssh.md)
- [Port forwarding](https://docs.kiste.run/ssh/forward.md)
- [SSH configuration and editors](https://docs.kiste.run/ssh/ssh-config.md)
- [Device keys](https://docs.kiste.run/ssh/devices.md)
- [Run commands](https://docs.kiste.run/ssh/commands.md)
- [Coding agents and credentials](https://docs.kiste.run/ssh/agents.md)
- [Browser terminal](https://docs.kiste.run/ssh/browser-terminal.md)
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