Turn a Mac into a private home server in minutes — and run it from your pocket.
Turn a Mac into a private home server in minutes — and run it from your pocket. One setup app configures file sharing, network Time Machine, a media server and photo platform; a companion iPhone app gives you a live dashboard, file browser and remote control, paired securely by QR code.
Everything runs on hardware you already own and control. Homeport is being built privacy-first: it is your server, in your house, holding your files.
One setup pass configures sharing so the machines in the house can reach the server without a manual dive through system settings.
A Time Machine destination on the network, so every Mac in the house backs itself up to the server.
A media server for the household's own library, served from the Mac rather than from somebody's cloud.
A photo platform on the same box, so the family archive lives at home.
The companion app shows what the server is doing right now, and lets you act on it from anywhere in the house.
The iPhone app pairs with the server securely by scanning a QR code — no account, no broker in the middle.
Homeport is not released. Nothing on this page is a promise of a feature, a date or a price.
We invite a small circle of testers before every release. Write to us and say you're interested in Homeport.
STZ developer