Make the machines feel closer.

Rat Systems makes playful, private tools that collapse the distance between you and your Mac.

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Less in the way.
More in your hands.

The best tools leave room for you. They ask less of your attention, leaving more space for your imagination. Technology can't be another thing to manage. It must be an extension of your will.

Scattered cave-painting hand stencils in charcoal and ochre

Rat Remote

Your Mac, within reach.

Using a Siri Remote to control the Mac from across the room

Remote Rat

Your Mac, at your fingertips.

A woman comfortably controlling her Mac from an iPad on the sofa

Local first.

Your devices can do more for themselves. We build around that, keeping the work close to you instead of sending it to a server by default.

Already in your hands.

The remote on your sofa. The iPad in your bag. We find new uses for the things you already own, so you can do more without buying more hardware.

Fast enough to forget.

A pause between what you do and what happens can break your flow. We care about those small moments, so you can keep your attention on the task.