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.

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. :slight_smile:

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,…

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 ?

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

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

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

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

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: [image] Cloud Backup failed Support Sorry that you ran into this, @kindnation . To make backups work agai…

Thank you :slight_smile: Are you planning to add a separate “delete” button in the future, or is there some kind of Google API limitation that has prevented it from being implemented so far?

Install and run Local from USB disk (Portable Local)

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Local Cloud Backup won't delete Cloud Backups add-on , cloud-backups	1	1059	August 24, 2021
Two macs, one developper, two synchronised LOCAL Support mac	1	46	October 1, 2024
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Restore from Laptop to Desktop Support cloud-backups	11	982	September 24, 2021
Add Option to Delete Cloud Backups from Local App Completed Feature Requests backup- , cloud-backups , backups	11	823	March 17, 2026

Install and run Local from USB disk (Portable Local)

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