# SpatiumPortae/portal

Portal is a quick and easy command-line file transfer utility from any computer to another 🌌 ✨

Repository: https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/portal
Homepage: https://portal.spatiumportae.com
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: filetransfer, pake, e2e, golang, data-transfer, file-sharing, p2p, peer-to-peer, go
Last push: 2024-08-20T14:40:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1797, "days_push": 743, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1766, forks 53 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:33.494465+00:00)

## What it is
Portal is a command-line file transfer utility for sending files and folders between any two computers. It uses PAKE2 end-to-end encryption with a temporary password, preferring direct peer-to-peer transfer and falling back to a relay server.

## Use cases
- send files from one computer to another from the terminal
- transfer files between machines without a cloud account
- securely share files with end-to-end encryption
- move files between computers on the same local network
- send a folder to a friend using a one-time password
- transfer files between different operating systems

## When to choose
- you want fast, encrypted terminal-based file transfer with no accounts
- you need cross-platform support via Homebrew, Scoop, WinGet, or a curl installer
- you want direct LAN transfer with automatic relay fallback

## When to avoid
- you need a GUI or browser-based transfer interface
- you need persistent hosting or resumable transfers of very large files
- you need transfers to multiple recipients at once

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, security, cryptography, networking, p2p, cli
- domain: files, privacy, cross-platform, security
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: file-transfer, end-to-end-encryption, pake, relay-server, file-sharing, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- SpatiumPortae/portal (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.494465+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:26:28.992495+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SpatiumPortae/portal (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:33.494465+00:00, sha dbefa527705d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.