--- title: Install portal on Linux | Snap Store description: Get the latest version of portal for Linux - Quick and easy command-line file transfer utility from any computer to another. url: https://snapcraft.io/portal --- # portal [Zino Kader (zinokader)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/zinokader "View all snaps from Zino Kader (zinokader)") * [Zino Kader (zinokader)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/zinokader "View all snaps from Zino Kader (zinokader)") * [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development) * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) latest/stable 1.2.3 Install latest/stable of portal This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues. --- **Install using the command line** ``` sudo snap install portal ``` Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd). [ ](https://res.cloudinary.com/canonical/image/fetch/f_webm/https://dashboard.snapcraft.io/site_media/appmedia/2023/03/demo-compressed_D5tUxAl.gif) --- ### Package name * portal --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * 16 March 2023 - latest/stable * 16 March 2023 - latest/edge This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues. --- ### Websites * [github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal](https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal "https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal") --- ### Contact * [zinokad@gmail.com](mailto:zinokad@gmail.com "mailto:zinokad@gmail.com") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/portal#report-snap-modal) --- * [Description](https://snapcraft.io/portal#tab-description) * [Security](https://snapcraft.io/portal#tab-security) #### Quick and easy command-line file transfer utility from any computer to another. Portal 🌌 ✨ is a quick and easy command-line file transfer utility from any computer to another. Transfers are fully encrypted, and made peer-to-peer if possible, with a fallback to a relay server if not. **How it works** *To send files:* `portal send file1 file2 folder1 folder2 ...` The application will output a temporary password on the format `1-inertia-elliptical-celestial`. The sender will communicate this password to the receiver over some secure channel. *To receive those files:* `portal receive 1-intertia-elliptical-celestial` The two clients will establish a connection through a relay server. The file transfer will then commence with a direct or relayed connection, depending on what's possible. What it looks like ✨ See the featured image! The sender **(top)** sends a folder and three files to the receiver **(bottom)**. In this case, as you can see in the event log, the transfer is made using **direct transfer**. That means that the files are sent **directly** from one client to the other, *no middlemen involved*. As it happens, these computers are in the same local network, and portal recognizes this. **Features** portal provides: * End-to-end encryption using [PAKE2]() * Direct transfer of files if possible (e.g. sender and receiver are in the same local network) * Fallback to relay server if sender and receiver cannot connect directly * Parallel gzip compression of files for faster and more efficient transfers * Hosting your own relay (we'd appreciate it if you plan to send a lot of data!) * Configurability and shell completions * A shiny UI ⭐✨ to gaze your eyes upon while you wait for your files **Completions** portal provides extensive TAB completions for the following shells: * bash * zsh * fish * powershell To see installation instructions for your shell and platform, run: `portal completion [bash|zsh|fish|powershell] --help` **Tip!** You probably didn't *quite* catch the password Bob was screaming across the room. You can use TAB completions to auto-complete passwords on the receiving end. Press TAB when entering parts of your password... `portal receive 42-relative-parsec-s...` ...and portal will suggest the possible words `portal receive 42-relative-parsec-supernova` **Hosting your own relay** The portal binary comes with a built-in relay server. Spinning up your own relay is as easy as... `portal serve --port 1337` The server log output is JSON. Super-recommended to run it through jq! `portal serve --port 1337 2>&1 | jq .` --- ## Install portal on your Linux distribution Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd). [### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/arch) [### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/centos) [### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/debian) [### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/elementary) [### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/fedora) [### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/kde-neon) [### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/kubuntu) [### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/manjaro) [### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/pop) [### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/opensuse) [### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/rhel) [### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/ubuntu) [### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/portal/raspbian)