What Is PC2?

Your sovereign cloud. Your hardware. Your rules.

PC2 is a self-hosted personal cloud that runs entirely on YOUR hardware -- a Raspberry Pi, VPS, or any computer you control. Login with your blockchain wallet, store files on IPFS, run AI locally, and own your digital life.

Live Demo: Try PC2 at demo.ela.city or test.ela.city

Why PC2?

Traditional Cloud	PC2
Data on company servers	Data on YOUR hardware
Monthly subscriptions forever	Buy hardware once, own forever
Companies scan your files	Files encrypted with YOUR keys
Can be locked out anytime	Your keys = your access, always
Computation in their cloud	WASM runs on YOUR node

Core Features

• Beautiful Desktop UI -- Full Puter-compatible interface in the browser
• Wallet Authentication -- Login with MetaMask, WalletConnect, or social login
• IPFS Storage -- Decentralized file storage on your node
• Private Computation -- WASM binaries execute on YOUR hardware
• AI Integration -- Local Ollama or cloud providers (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, xAI)
• Auto Updates -- macOS-style one-click updates
• Global Access -- Get a free yourname.ela.city subdomain with SSL
• Desktop Launcher -- macOS and Linux native launcher app for one-click management

How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  Your Browser                        │
│          PC2 Desktop UI (Puter-Compatible)           │
└─────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
                      │ HTTPS
                      ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              YOUR HARDWARE (PC2 Node)                │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐          │
│  │  Files   │  │   AI     │  │  WASM    │          │
│  │  (IPFS)  │  │ (Ollama) │  │ Runtime  │          │
│  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  └──────────┘          │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Your data never leaves your hardware. Your computation happens locally. You control everything.

Two Products, One Vision

Personal Cloud

A self-hosted cloud computer accessible from any browser. It provides a full desktop environment with file management, apps, and a terminal; IPFS-backed storage scoped to your wallet identity; local AI inference via Ollama; WASM execution on your hardware; and a free *.ela.city subdomain with automatic SSL.

Elacity Exchange

A decentralized marketplace where data, code, media, and AI models are packaged into Wealth Capsules -- encrypted assets with on-chain licenses and programmable revenue. Creators publish once and earn automatically. AI agents can purchase access programmatically, enabling an autonomous economy. See Wealth Capsules & Exchange for details.

Future: Runtime Convergence

PC2 v1 is the current shipping product and continues to work independently. ElastOS Runtime is being built as the next-generation security layer underneath PC2. At v2.0, PC2 becomes a "shell capsule" hosted by the runtime -- same user experience, with capsule isolation and capability tokens underneath.

See the ElastOS Runtime introduction for details and the Roadmap for the convergence timeline.

Links

Resource	URL
Documentation Portal	docs.ela.city
Source Code	github.com/Elacity/pc2.net
Elacity Portal	portal.ela.city

Next Steps

• Install PC2 -- get running on your preferred hardware
• Features -- complete feature breakdown
• Why Self-Host? -- the case for owning your cloud
• Architecture -- how the system is built