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Privacy-first software

Your data.
Your hardware.
Your keys.

Lighthouse builds privacy-first, self-hosted tools. Your files stay on hardware you own, encrypted with keys only you hold — no telemetry, nothing we can read.

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ON-DEVICE ENCRYPTION
TELEMETRY SENT
0 bytes
HARBOR · STATUS
LIVE
SERVER
MacMini.local
TUNNEL
WireGuard ●
encryptionAES-256-GCM
keys_held_byyou
vendor_accessnone
telemetrynone
files_synced14,238
✓ Vendor reads: 0 bytes
End-to-end encrypted Self-hosted Zero telemetry Open-core No accounts required
0
bytes of your data
we can read
256
AES-GCM key bits,
held only by you
100%
of your files on
hardware you own
Open
core — privacy parts
auditable by anyone
01 — Products

Software you run. Not rent.

Full applications you operate yourself. Whether storing photos or running a committee — nothing critical passes through us.

Harbor

PRIVATE CLOUD

Your own private cloud for photos and files — reachable from your phone with no public IP, no DNS, no port-forwarding. The server runs on a computer you own; the relay never sees your data. Optional encrypted off-site backup.

Self-hosted AES-256-GCM iOS & Android WireGuard
HOW IT WORKS
01 Run the Harbor server app on any Mac or Linux machine you own.
02 Pair your phone — a WireGuard key exchange happens on your LAN only.
03 Files upload encrypted; the relay sees only ciphertext.
04 Off-site backup is optional and end-to-end encrypted — even from us.
02 — Free Mac tools

Small utilities. Zero data collected.

Native macOS menu-bar apps. Free, open source, installed in one Homebrew command.

Clip-Board

macOS 14+ Encrypted

A tiny menu-bar app that remembers what you copy and pastes it back into the app you were just in — one click. AES-GCM encrypted at rest, zero network code.

$ brew install --cask lighthouse-computer/taps/clip-board
✓ Auto-paste on selection
OR
Download on the
App Store
→
✕ No auto-paste · sandbox limitation
View on GitHub →

Network-Monitor

macOS 13+ No telemetry

See which apps are using your bandwidth, second by second, right from the menu bar. No accounts, no telemetry, zero outbound connections.

MENU BAR PEEK LIVE
↓2.4 MB/s
↑180 KB/s
7 apps
Safari 1.8 MB/s
Mail 420 KB/s
Slack 120 KB/s
Spotify 38 KB/s
$ brew install --cask lighthouse-computer/taps/network-monitor
View on GitHub →
03 — Principles

Built on three commitments.

Not marketing claims — guarantees baked into how every Lighthouse product is built.

[ keys ] 01

Your keys, your data

Encryption happens on your device with keys we never receive. Where we can't decrypt, we built it that way on purpose.

[ hardware ] 02

Runs on your hardware

Harbor lives on a computer you own. No public IP or port-forwarding — your phone reaches it over a private overlay.

[ audit ] 03

Auditable by design

Open-core and minimal-trust. The parts that protect your data are open for anyone to read and verify.

"I wanted a place to keep my photos that wasn't Google, iCloud, or Dropbox. Harbor is the first thing that actually worked — no open ports, no IT degree required."
— Harbor early user, Dubai
Install

Try Harbor today

Run the server on any Mac or Linux machine and pair your phone in minutes.

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Read

Inspect the source

The privacy-critical paths are open-core. Read every line that touches your data.

View on GitHub →
Grab

Free Mac utilities

Clip-Board and Network-Monitor — one brew command, no accounts, always free.

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