Install and run Local from USB disk (Portable Local)

[mbootsman]

Is it possible to run Local from USB disk, so it is a portable setup?
This way I can work on the same sites on different machines.

I’m running Local on Ubuntu 18.04 now, and I’m very happy with it, making a portable installation would make it my dev environment permanently.

[clay]

Hi Marcel,

Local Lightning isn’t portable at this time but it’s something we have considered!

I moved this topic to #feature-requests so others can vote on it.

[Imaxenio]

It would be good if it were Portable, I use it on windows but I carry my development files between desktop PC and Laptop on an encrypted Samsung T5 USB disk, I would have liked it to be portable because the design and operation is incredible, but because of this I discard and continue using Laragon, which is portable and allows me to develop in any language, not just wordpress, Laravel, Symphony, js, python, etc …
Thanks for your work, I’ll be waiting for further improvements before changing the development stack.

[localwp1]

Hi Clay, I entered same issue. I would like to work on my locals on multiple computers / locations (do not have an laptop unfortunately) so I depends on my external harddisk. Any alternative ?

[Imaxenio]

Laragon, is the best option

[averebazmadar]

Hi, any news about this? It’s been a while but I still could not find a portable version

[Nick-B]

No updates from our end @averebazmadar but as a workaround for users who want to work with Local on multiple devices they can use our Cloud Backups add on as a workaround to sync sites up and then back down. Cloud Backups

[averebazmadar]

I didn’t realize that, thanks for mentioning that option

[averebazmadar]

Although, how can I delete a backup from the app? I can’t really find any button for it.

[Nick-B]

Are you trying to delete a Cloud Backup? Right now there isn’t a simple option for that I’m afraid. There is a walkthrough posted by one of our devs here:

Cloud Backup failed

Sorry that you ran into this, @kindnation. To make backups work again after deleting a remote backup directly on Google Drive (or Dropbox), try this: 1. Find Local’s sites.json file Stop Local and locate the sites.json file: On Windows: Open the Windows File Explorer. Enable “show hidden items”. Browse to This PC → [your hard drive] → Users → [your username] → AppData → Roaming → Local. sites.json will appear in that folder (Windows shows it without the extension by default, as “sites”). Go…

And we have a feature requests here:

Add Option to Delete Cloud Backups from Local App

Is it possible to delete a cloud backup from the Local dashboard? There is no documentation on this topic, and I think it is quite necessary to clarify what is the procedure for deleting a cloud backup. I have read in some posts that deleting the copy directly from the Google Drive or Dropbox folder causes problems. Why not a right click “delete” option? Thank you!