Install on a computer at home
A single app runs on a machine you already own — Windows, Linux or macOS. It becomes your private cloud. No command line, no configuration.
Private cloud · self-hosted · zero-knowledge
A safe harbor for everything you own.
Harbor turns a computer at home into your private cloud — the convenience of Google Photos and Drive, end-to-end encrypted and actually yours. Your family reaches it from anywhere with no public IP, no router setup, and nothing big tech can read.
The anchor
You own it, it stays put
Your hardware, your data. No account that can be closed, no rent to reach your own memories.
The keyhole
Only you hold the key
End-to-end encryption is the architecture, not a setting. The keys live on your devices — never with us.
The ripples
Reaches every device
A private encrypted overlay carries home to your phone anywhere — no public IP, no port-forwarding.
01 — How it works
One app at home, reachable anywhere.
No server admin, no Docker, no networking knowledge required.
Pair each device with a key
Every phone scans a pairing code and gets its own encryption key, then joins a private overlay. From then on it reaches home from anywhere — cellular, café Wi-Fi, anywhere.
Back up & sync, encrypted
Photos back up and files sync automatically. Everything is encrypted on your device before it leaves — and restores byte-for-byte when you need it.
02 — What's inside
Everything the cloud does — at home.
Photos, files, family and recovery — all running on your own hardware.
Photos
Backup that just runs
Automatic background upload, Wi-Fi-only and battery-aware, in original quality. Deduplicated, resumable, photos and video.
Files
An encrypted vault
Client-side encrypted files and folders, sharing within your household, and offline pin for what you need on the go.
Search
Find a face or a phrase
In Smart mode, search photos by people and content with instant thumbnails — or keep a library fully private and on-device.
Family
For the whole household
Enroll each person's devices with their own library, share within your home, and revoke a lost phone in a single tap.
Runs anywhere
One app, your machine
A single cross-platform app for Windows, Linux and macOS — tray plus background service, auto-starting on boot.
Recovery
Yours to get back
A recovery phrase restores your keys and data byte-for-byte. Add optional encrypted off-site backup for peace of mind.
03 — Zero-knowledge
The relay carries ciphertext only.
Your data is sealed on your device. What travels between you and home is encrypted bytes — to us, to the relay, to everyone in between.
Your phone
encrypts & holds the key
Zero-knowledge relay
can't read · no keys
Home server
your hardware
Built on
XChaCha20-Poly1305
X25519 key-wrap
Ed25519
Argon2id
WireGuard overlay
Files
Always end-to-end encrypted
Every file is sealed on your device with its own key before it leaves. The server stores ciphertext and verifies it — but holds nothing that can unlock it.
Photos · your choice
Smart or Private — you decide
Smart keeps photos searchable by face and content. Private keeps them end-to-end encrypted, on-device only. Per library.
Open core
Don't trust — verify
The server is open source. Read exactly how your data is stored and encrypted, build it yourself, or run a relay of your own.
04 — Pricing
Free to start, yours to keep.
The server is free and open source. Pay only for more seats or off-site backup — pricing is being set with early users.
Personal
Free
Up to 10 devices · every core feature
Family / Team
Paid seats
11+ people, per-user libraries & sharing
Off-site backup
Add-on
Encrypted before it leaves · restore anytime
05 — Early access
Drop anchor early.
Early access is limited. Leave your email and we'll reach out when Harbor is ready for you.
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