User Guide
Getting started with Zaelar.
This is the guide for using Zaelar day to day — no code, no setup internals. Looking for the architecture and the public repo instead? That's the Technology section.
2-minute walkthrough — video coming soon
Pick how you run it
Self-host
Clone the engine, bring your own AI keys, run it on your own machine. Free, forever.
Read the setup docs →Zaelar Cloud
No install — sign up, and your agent is running in under a minute.
Get early access →Your first conversation
The only thing it asks upfront is which language to use — pick a quick option or just say it, and that's done for good. After that there's no form: tap the orb (or open the app if you're self-hosting), say hello, and just talk — introduce yourself, mention what you're working on, ask it to do something small. It only acts on speech that's actually meant for it, so it won't act on background chatter in the room.
If you'd rather type, the chat wall next to the orb takes plain text at any time — same agent, same memory, same conversation either way.
Three things worth knowing before you dive in
Talk first, don't type
Tap the orb and just speak, the way you'd talk to a person — “find me a table for Friday”, not a search query. Type in the chat wall instead whenever that's easier.
It remembers on its own
You don't fill out a profile. Preferences, names, running errands — it picks them up from talking to you and recalls them later, unprompted.
It shows its work
Anything visual — a comparison, a booking, a live search — opens as a small app on the canvas next to the conversation, so you can see and touch what it's doing.
Where to go next
Head to What It Can Do for the full tour of abilities, The Canvas & Widgets to understand the on-screen apps it builds, or straight to Examples & Walkthroughs for things to try right now.