Download SBVault for Desktop: Mac, Windows, and Linux

SBVault Desktop

Your encrypted vault, on every computer you own. Drop a file into your SBVault folder and it's instantly on every device: phone, laptop, browser. Work offline; changes sync the moment you're back online.

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macOS

10.15 Catalina or later

Windows

Windows 10/11 (x64)

Linux

Ubuntu 20.04+ / most distros

Installation guide

macOS

  1. Open the downloaded .dmg file
  2. Drag SBVault into your Applications folder
  3. Eject the DMG (right-click it in the Finder sidebar → Eject)
  4. Open Applications → double-click SBVault
  5. A warning appears: "SBVault Not Opened. Apple could not verify...". Click Done. Do not click "Move to Trash". That deletes the app.
  6. Open Apple menu → System Settings → Privacy & Security
  7. Scroll down to the Security section. You'll see "SBVault was blocked to protect your Mac" with an Open Anyway button. Click it.
  8. Enter your Mac password (or use Touch ID) to confirm
  9. A second warning appears. This one has an Open button. Click Open.
  10. SBVault launches. A browser tab opens at sbvault.app asking you to sign in and approve this device. Do that.
  11. The SB icon appears in your menu bar (top-right of screen). You won't see this warning again.
About the security prompt. Every unsigned Mac app from outside the App Store goes through this flow. SBVault is open-source, and the binary is the same code on our public GitHub repo. The warning is Apple being cautious about code it hasn't seen before, not a real security issue. Once you've approved it once, future launches are instant.

Older macOS (Catalina / Big Sur / Monterey): you can skip the System Settings step. Just right-click SBVault in Applications → Open → Open. The two-step approval via System Settings only applies to macOS Ventura 13+ (and becomes mandatory on Sequoia 15+).

Windows

  1. Run the .exe installer
  2. If Windows SmartScreen prompts, click More info → Run anyway
  3. Follow the setup wizard
  4. Sign in with your browser when SBVault launches
About the SmartScreen prompt. Windows displays this notice for any installer it hasn't yet collected enough download telemetry on. Clicking "Run anyway" proceeds normally. SBVault is the same trusted application running on sbvault.app, just on your computer.

Linux

  1. AppImage: chmod +x SBVault-*.AppImage   then double-click or run it
  2. Debian / Ubuntu: sudo apt install ./sbvault-desktop_*.deb
  3. Sign in with your browser when SBVault launches

After installing

  1. SBVault lives quietly in your menu bar (macOS) or system tray (Windows/Linux). It doesn't need a dock spot
  2. Click the SB icon → Open SBVault folder to see your files at ~/SBVault
  3. Drag that folder into your Finder sidebar Favorites for one-click access from every save dialog
  4. Drop anything into ~/SBVault and it uploads to your vault automatically, sent over an encrypted connection and stored with 256-bit encryption

Uninstalling

SBVault includes a built-in clean uninstaller. It disconnects the device from your account, removes the saved sign-in from your system keychain, the start-at-login entry, all settings, the sync database, logs and caches, and then removes the app itself. Nothing is left behind. Your files always stay safe in your cloud vault at sbvault.app.

  1. Click the SB icon in your menu bar / system tray → Uninstall SBVault… (also available in Settings)
  2. Choose whether to also move your local ~/SBVault folder to the Trash / Recycle Bin. Either way, your files remain in your cloud vault
  3. Confirm. SBVault cleans everything up and removes itself
Uninstalled it another way? On Windows, removing SBVault via Settings → Apps runs the same deep clean. On macOS, if you dragged the app to the Trash instead of using the built-in uninstaller, you can finish the cleanup by deleting ~/Library/Application Support/sbvault-desktop, ~/Library/Logs/SBVault, the "SBVault Desktop" entry in Keychain Access, and the SBVault entry under System Settings → General → Login Items.