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Dev tools · June 28, 2021

Portal

Zero-config P2P encrypted folder syncing, not the 2007 game

Portal launched on June 28, 2021 with 92 votes, #543 of 3,650 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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What it does

Presenting Portal, a zero-config, p2p, encrypted, live folder syncing tool that respects yourgitignore! Perfect for syncing photos/videos/code between many devices without using a 3P tool like GitHub, Email, or Google Photos.

🔗 zero-config peer-to-peer encrypted live folder syncing that respects your `.gitignore` - jackyzha0/portal

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