Your phone.
Right where you need it.
Securely connect your phone to any computer, browse your files, move them instantly, and find anything with intelligent search.
Free on your local network · No install on your computer
Live demo — this runs Portal's real search engine on sample files. Type your own query.
How it works
Scan. Connect. That's it.
No cables, no IP addresses, no emailing files to yourself.
- 01
Open Portal on your computer
A QR code appears. No account needed to try it on your own devices.
- 02
Scan it with your phone
Your phone asks one question: allow this computer? Tap Allow.
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Browse, search and move files
Your phone's files appear in a real file explorer. Drag files in and out. It just works.
Drag and drop
Both directions, any size. Resumes if the connection drops.
Photo import
Import the last 7 days in one click. Duplicates skipped.
Shared clipboard
Copy a link on your phone, paste it on your laptop.
Feels like a drive
Folders, previews, keyboard shortcuts, multi-select.
Two ways to connect
Start in the browser. Go further with the app.
Browsers only let websites see files you choose — that's a good privacy rule. So Portal works in two modes.
In the browser
Available nowScan and go. Nothing to install on either device.
- Share the photos, files or folders you choose
- Send files to your phone
- Search, preview and download what you shared
- Shared clipboard
- Add to home screen for one-tap access
Portal for Android & iOS
Coming soonMore of your phone, without picking files one by one.
- Browse all your photos and videos
- Search everything, indexed on your phone
- Import new photos automatically
- Everything the browser version does
- Android
- Your whole phone like a drive: media plus the folders you grant, like Downloads and WhatsApp.
- iPhone
- Your photo library and files you share into Portal. Apple doesn't let any app browse the rest of an iPhone.
Search
Google Search for your own files.
Type the way you think. Portal understands file names, folders, dates, sizes and where a file came from — and tells you why each result matched. It isn't a chatbot. It just finds things.
- invoice.pdfExact
- videos larger than 1GBFilters
- files from SeptemberDates
- the invoice I downloaded yesterdayNatural language
- photos of my carUnderstands images
- files I received from WhatsAppKnows where files came from
Anywhere
Same Wi‑Fi or across the world.
Portal finds the best path automatically. You never see an IP address.
Same network
Files move directly over your local network at full speed.
Different networks
Phone on mobile data, laptop on home Wi‑Fi — still a direct, peer-to-peer connection.
Strict networks
When firewalls block direct paths, an encrypted relay forwards packets it can't read.
Privacy-first AI
Your index stays on your phone.
Portal indexes file names, dates and — where supported — text, on the device itself. Search works with AI switched off. When you turn AI on, only your query leaves the device.
- Never used for training
- Your files and queries are never used to train models.
- Grounded, never invented
- Extracted details must appear in the document, or they're discarded.
- Provider-independent
- Local, OpenAI-compatible or your own enterprise model.
- Admin kill switch
- Organizations can disable external AI processing entirely.
Portal for organizations
Secure device-to-device file mobility, with the controls your security team expects.
Transfer policies
Allow managed → managed. Block sensitive files to untrusted devices. Data-driven, versioned.
Approvals
Require manager approval for large or confidential transfers. Nobody approves their own.
Tamper-evident audit
Append-only, hash-chained audit log. Filter, verify and export.
Tenant isolation
Every row is protected by database-level security policies, not just application code.
Device management
Managed devices, trust states, revocation that takes effect immediately.
SSO & SCIM ready
SAML/OIDC single sign-on and provisioning, API keys and webhooks.
Pricing
Free on your own network. Simple after that.
Free
Everything you need on the same Wi‑Fi.
Free
- QR pairing
- Local network transfers
- File browser
- Filename search
Plus
Your phone, from anywhere.
$2.99/ month
- Connect across networks
- Intelligent search
- Clipboard sync
- Photo import
- Saved trusted devices
Pro
For people who live between devices.
$5.99/ month
- Everything in Plus
- Multiple devices
- Text recognition (OCR)
- Automatic sync
- Priority support
Teams and regulated organizations: see Business and Enterprise.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Do my files go through Portal's servers?
No. When your phone and computer can reach each other — on the same Wi‑Fi or across most networks — files travel directly between them. When a direct path is impossible, an encrypted relay forwards packets it cannot read, and nothing is stored.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Portal runs in the browser on both devices: scan the code with your phone's camera and share the files you choose. You can add Portal to your phone's home screen for one-tap access. The upcoming Portal apps go further: on Android your computer can browse your whole phone like a drive; on iPhone, your full photo library.
Does it work on iPhone?
Android is our first platform with full file-system access. iOS restricts apps to their own storage and your photo library, so the iPhone app focuses on photos, videos and files you share into Portal.
Is the AI search sending my files somewhere?
Your file index lives on your phone. Standard search needs no AI at all. When you turn on AI search, only your search text — never your files — is sent to the model, and organizations can disable external AI entirely.
What happens if the connection drops mid-transfer?
Portal pauses, reconnects and resumes from the last verified piece of the file. Every piece is checked with SHA‑256, so nothing is corrupted or restarted.
Can my company control how Portal is used?
Yes. Portal Business and Enterprise add managed devices, transfer policies, manager approvals, tamper-evident audit logs and SSO.