Companion Intelligence
documents for the
local-first platform
It begins with the hardware that you own. Download the Companion Intelligence Hub to access the Companion App Store, and quick-install containerized apps from the local-first community. Use Portal to access your hub from anywhere. With our tools, you can hook up your devices, accounts, and services to Companion Memory, and capture life as it happens. In near real time, data is tagged, organized, and ready for you or your permissioned agents.
Quick Guides
Get started with Hub
Install the desktop app or CLI, run the onboarding wizard, and launch your first self-hosted apps.
Browse the Companion App Store
Explore community and first-party apps, then quick-install the ones you want to try out. Today, users can host as many apps online as they want.
Understand Portal
See how to use Companion Portal for remote access, device pairing, and reaching your apps from any browser.
Run local AI
See how Hub runs models with Ollama, falls back to the cloud, and exposes AI to your apps.
Operate with confidence
Use the dashboard, CLI, logs, backups, and networking docs to run your system.
Contribute to the ecosystem
Run the Hub on your own machine and submit apps for consideration. We're eager to grow the ecosystem!
One docs site, multiple products
Companion Hub
The local runtime, dashboard, desktop app, and CLI for running self-hosted apps and AI on hardware you own.
Companion Portal
The optional cloud control plane for device pairing, remote access, and operating Hubs away from home.
Companion Memory
The personal database that captures from your devices, accounts, and services, then tags and organizes it for you and your agents.
Build your way up
Install self-hosted apps
Start with popular community services, then add more advanced stacks as your system grows.
Customize networking and operations
Expose apps with safe defaults, tune compose configuration, manage backups, and operate from the UI or CLI.
Move into memory and AI workflows
Once Hub is installed, download Companion Memory and Companion Memory Data Importer to begin building your personal database.
Open Source. Community Driven.
Free and open-source
Companion Hub is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Browse the code, report issues, and submit pull requests.
Join the community
Connect with self-hosting enthusiasts. Share ideas, troubleshoot, and shape the future of the platform.
Get involved
We welcome contributions of all kinds:
- Report issues and bugs
- Submit pull requests
- Help translate the project
- Add apps to the Companion App Store