Cabynet
Own your data.
Your family's files shouldn't depend on a company, a subscription, or one person's password.
Cabynet keeps your family archive organized, accessible, and ready for whoever needs it — today or generations from now.
No more…
- “Cloud storage is full.”
- “Searching your email for important files.”
- Twenty copies of the same photo.
- Losing your files when you stop paying for storage.
- Getting locked out of a late loved-one's images.
- Wondering whether your photos are training someone's AI.
What you get
Your files at home. Accessible anywhere.
Browse your Cabynet from your phone or laptop, with thumbnails and built-in previews for photos, PDFs, and text files. Open or download anything, wherever you are.
Automatic backups
Choose which folders on your phone to back up, and where each one goes in your Cabynet. New photos head home on their own. On iPhone, an evening reminder makes sure the day's photos make it.
One family Cabynet. Hardware you choose.
Run it on a Windows PC or a Mac you already own, with files on its own disk or an external drive. Add phones and laptops for everyone in the house.
Folders for everyone
Each phone backs up into the folders you pick for it, so everyone's photos land in their own place instead of one big pile.
Duplicates, consolidated
Copies of the same file are condensed automatically, and the activity log shows exactly what happened, along with who added what and where.
Encrypted, end to end
Files are encrypted on your device before they leave it. They never travel the internet unencrypted, and nothing in between can read them, us included.
Suggest and vote on features from your home's Cabynet app. See what's next →
How Cabynet works
Install Cabynet on the computer where your family's files should live, a Windows PC or a Mac, and choose Cabynet. That computer is now your family's Cabynet.
Then install it on everyone's phones and other computers and choose Companion. Companions back up, browse, and send files home securely from anywhere, while everything stays right where it belongs: in your own house.
Installing Cabynet doesn't turn your home computer into a server open to the internet. It connects only to Cabynet's encrypted relay, so no one connects directly to your computer and there's no router setup to do.
Not added yet?
Pop your email in below and we'll get you set up with beta access.
We'll only use this to get you set up with beta access.
Recommended setup
Cabynet runs on a Windows PC or Mac that stays on at home, with your files on a drive plugged into it. If you already have a computer you're comfortable leaving on, great, use it. Otherwise, here's a setup that gets you started quickly and easily.
Storage
Seagate Backup Plus Portable 4TB
Plenty of room for years of photos and videos. Plug it straight into the computer.
View at Walmart →Why a hard drive? Hard drives hold your files reliably for years, even sitting on a shelf, and they cost far less for the space than other kinds of drives.
Using a drive you already have? Our storage guide covers what to look for and how to keep your files safe.
Download Cabynet today
Android
Companion, via Google Play internal testing
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On your Android phone, open this link and tap
"Become a tester":
play.google.com/apps/internaltest/4701551708035977501 - Follow the prompt to open Cabynet in the Play Store.
- Tap Install, same as any other app.
iPhone
Companion, via Apple TestFlight
- Request access above if you haven't already.
- Watch your email — once you're added to the beta, you'll get an invite code for TestFlight.
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Download TestFlight from the App Store:
apps.apple.com/us/app/testflight - Open TestFlight, redeem your invite code, and install Cabynet.
Windows
Your Cabynet, or a Companion
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Download the installer:
Download Cabynet for Windows - Run it. Windows will likely show a blue "Windows protected your PC" screen — that's expected for an unsigned beta build. Click More info, then Run anyway.
- Open Cabynet and choose Cabynet to keep your family's files on this PC, or Companion to connect it to a Cabynet you already have.
- Future beta updates install automatically — no need to come back here.
macOS
Your Cabynet, or a Companion
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Download the app:
Download Cabynet for Mac - Open the downloaded file and drag Cabynet into Applications.
- Open Cabynet and choose Cabynet to keep your family's files on this Mac, or Companion to connect it to a Cabynet you already have.
- Cabynet offers future beta updates on its own — no need to come back here.