# Pears

> Unleash the Power of P2P

Pears helps developers build peer-to-peer apps with a runtime and tools that remove server hosting and central infrastructure.

Pears provides a peer-to-peer development runtime and documentation that let developers create applications that run directly between user devices without managing servers. Users can build desktop and terminal apps, sync data over P2P, and distribute software without traditional hosting. The platform focuses on developer workflows and client-side performance.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Developer Tooling
- Status: Active
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/pears

## Products

- [PearPass](https://thegrid.id/profiles/pears): PearPass is an open-source password manager that stores credentials locally on user devices with peer-to-peer syncing. Built on Pear Runtime, it enables encrypted cross-device synchronization without servers or cloud infrastructure. The application supports passwords, credit cards, identities, secure notes, and custom fields with end-to-end encryption powered by Libsodium cryptographic libraries. (Wallet, Live)
- [Pear Runtime](https://thegrid.id/profiles/pears): Pear Runtime is a peer-to-peer application framework that enables developers to build and distribute P2P applications without traditional servers. It supports desktop and terminal apps with P2P networking and distribution. (Developer Tooling, Live, Main Product)
- [PearPass](https://thegrid.id/profiles/pears): PearPass is a peer-to-peer password manager that stores credentials locally on user devices and syncs them across devices via P2P connections with end-to-end encryption. (Service Provider, Live)

## Links

- [Main](https://pears.com)
- [Documentation](https://docs.pears.com)
- [Blog](https://pears.com/news)
- [Privacy policy](https://pears.com/privacy)
- [Terms of Service](https://pears.com/terms)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/Pears_p2p)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@Pears_p2p)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/holepunchto)

## Relationships

- [Tether](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Tether): Parent organization

## Legal

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- [Data Licensing & Disclaimers](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/data-licensing-and-disclaimers): Licensing models and disclaimers
- [Open Data (ODbL)](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data): Open Database License terms and scope for The Grid's open data service.
- [Attribution Guidelines](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/open-data-attribution-guidelines): How to attribute The Grid's data when using the open data service.
- [Web Services Terms](https://about.thegrid.id/legal/web-services-terms): commercial Terms for using data services.
- [All Legal Documents](https://about.thegrid.id/legal): Full index of terms, policies, and disclosures

## Optional

- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP