Poly File Browser Documentation

Life is messy. At least when it comes to your files, Poly can help.

Poly is a web & desktop file browser application that helps you organize and explore your files in a natural way. Search in casual language and find results down to the exact page, timestamp, or frame. Enable your agents to work with complex file types like multimedia, e-books, and hi-res photographs. And easily view what your entire file system looked like at any point in the past with Poly's breakthrough Flashback mode.

Key Features

• Modern, beautiful file browser: use the web or desktop application to have a fast, offline-first file browser no matter what platform you're on. Navigation is lightning fast with our sync engine. Uploads and downloads are even faster with Poly's transfer engine.
• Natural language search: Search inside your files with natural language that's gives you results down to the exact timestamp, page, paragraph, or frame. Built on years of research in omni-modal intelligence, Poly gives you unparalleled real-time insight into your files.
• Agentic file harness: Poly gives agents a file harness that lets them access more file types than ever before, with faster responses and up to 20x fewer tokens. Poly's file system automatically parses, transcribes, and indexes your files, creating precise formats to maximize agent understanding. Use our plugin with leading agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and VS Code.
• Flashback mode: Poly automatically tracks every change to your files both offline and online, giving you granular, interactive access to your file history. Go into flashback mode at any time to see exactly what your files looked like at any point in the past, down to the second. Rollback your files, or whole folders in a click.
• Embedded Agent: Open the agent sidebar to get answers about your files, quickly. The agent sees what you see, so you can ask it about the file you're reading, or the folder you're browsing. Ask it to summarize, explain, or even edit your files. Automate tasks like organizing a folder. Or even ask the agent to find files on the web that match your request, and let the agent automatically pull and store them in your Poly file system.
• Shared Drives, Folders, and Files: Share your files with anyone, anywhere. Invite collaborators to a shared drive, or share a single file or folder with a link. Poly's sharing system is built for security and privacy, so you can control exactly who has access to your files, with granular, hierarchical permissions. Limit access to agents separately from humans.
• Offline first and secure: Poly is designed to work seamlessly offline, ensuring you can access and manage your files even without an internet connection. All your data is encrypted and stored securely in a local enclave. As you browse, your files are automatically synced. Changes appear without you having to refresh, and conflicts are automatically resolved for you.

Explore the docs

• Getting Started: install Poly and set up your first workspace
• File Browser: organize, preview, and manage your files, online or off
• Searching: find anything with natural-language and visual search
• Desktop: the sync folder, tags, bookmarks, and macOS integration
• Agent: summaries, agentic tasks, and multi-step workflows
• Recovering Files: browse file history and roll back changes
• Sharing: collaborate on files and folders
• CLI: work with your files from the terminal
• Privacy & Security: how your data is protected
• Integrations: connect Claude, ChatGPT, VS Code, and more via MCP

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