Download CloudPool

Not sure which? Open the Apple menu and choose About This Mac. Chip: Apple M… means Apple Silicon; Processor: Intel means Intel.

Install and open it the first time

1. Open the downloaded file and drag CloudPool into Applications.
2. Open CloudPool from Applications.

   macOS says it could not verify the app, because it is not notarized by Apple yet. Click Done.

3. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security.

   Scroll down to the message about CloudPool and click Open Anyway, then confirm. You only do this once.

4. When macOS asks about your Keychain, choose Always Allow.

   That is where CloudPool keeps your logins, encrypted. After an update it may ask once more.

Not sure which? Open Settings, then System, then About, and look at System type: "64-bit, x64-based", "32-bit" or "ARM-based".

Install and open it the first time

1. Run the downloaded Setup file.

   It installs for your user account without an admin password, adds a desktop shortcut and starts CloudPool.

2. If Windows says "Windows protected your PC", click More info, then Run anyway.

   SmartScreen shows this for new apps that are not signed with a paid certificate. If Edge says the file is not commonly downloaded, choose Keep, then Keep anyway.

3. When Windows Firewall asks about CloudPool, allow Private networks.

   Nearby sharing needs it to find phones on your Wi-Fi.

4. Optional: install WinFsp to see your drives in File Explorer.

   A free, open-source helper from winfsp.dev, installed once. Everything else works without it.

Install

1. .deb: sudo apt install ./CloudPool-Linux-amd64.deb

   CloudPool then appears with your other apps.

2. AppImage: chmod +x CloudPool-Linux-x86_64.AppImage, then open it.

   AppImages need FUSE 2: sudo apt install libfuse2t64 on Ubuntu 24.04, or libfuse2 on older releases. If it closes right away on Ubuntu 24.04, use the .deb.

3. To see your drives as folders: sudo apt install fuse3

   Optional. Everything else works without it.

1. Open cloudpool.vercel.app/app on the phone.

   In Safari on iPhone or Chrome on Android. A link opened inside Instagram, Facebook or TikTok opens in their own small browser, which cannot install apps: choose Open in Safari or Open in Chrome first.

2. Tap Add to Home Screen in CloudPool.

   On Android it installs straight away. On iPhone, where Safari keeps this to itself, CloudPool shows you where to tap: the ••• button next to the address bar, then Share, then Add to Home Screen, then Add. (Before iOS 26, the Share button sits in Safari's bottom bar.)

3. Open CloudPool from its new icon and sign in.

   On iPhone the Home Screen app keeps its own sign-in, separate from Safari, so you sign in there once.

On the phone you can browse, upload, download, make folders, rename, delete and share links, on accounts at Google Drive, MEGA, TeraBox and GitHub. Adding storage accounts, and files over 3.5 GB, stay on the computer.

Check a download with shasum -a 256 <file> on Mac and Linux, or certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256 on Windows. Older versions and release notes are on GitHub, and the changelog lists what changed.