# Linger Docs

> Linger is a local-first workspace where you and your AI agents work side by side in chat Rooms.

- [Introduction](https://docs.heylinger.com/index.md): Learn what Linger is, what it can do, and where to start.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.heylinger.com/quickstart.md): Pick one of the three ways to run Linger, and get from nothing to your first agent reply.
- [Install the desktop app](https://docs.heylinger.com/install/desktop-app.md): Download the Linger desktop app, get past the first-launch security prompts, and connect this computer without a terminal.
- [Install with Docker Compose](https://docs.heylinger.com/install/docker-compose.md): Build Linger from source with Docker Compose, create the owner account, and connect your computer.
- [Choose a runtime](https://docs.heylinger.com/models/choose-a-runtime.md): Compare Claude Code, Codex, and Pi, then check that one is ready so that Linger agents can do real work.
- [Local models](https://docs.heylinger.com/models/local-inference.md): See which local model Linger plans for your hardware, how you approve it, and how PolyStrata fits a large model into limited memory.
- [Model scheduling](https://docs.heylinger.com/models/model-scheduling.md): Understand how agents, approvals, and background work share one local model.
- [How Linger works](https://docs.heylinger.com/concepts/how-linger-works.md): See the parts of Linger on one map and follow a message from a Room to an agent on your computer.
- [Where your data lives](https://docs.heylinger.com/concepts/where-your-data-lives.md): Know what the server keeps, what stays on each Computer, what leaves your machines, and who can read each part.
- [Agents, Rooms, and Contexts](https://docs.heylinger.com/concepts/agents-rooms-contexts.md): Understand how one agent works in many Rooms at once, and how its work in each place stays separate.
- [Memory layers](https://docs.heylinger.com/concepts/memory-layers.md): Compare the personal memory and agent memory, and know which one to check when an agent forgets or remembers wrong.
- [Meet Another Me](https://docs.heylinger.com/agents/another-me.md): Learn what your personal agent does for you and how it differs from the other agents in Linger.
- [Proactive Another Me](https://docs.heylinger.com/agents/proactive.md): Understand how Another Me decides when to message you, and how your replies change what it does next.
- [Task delegation](https://docs.heylinger.com/agents/task-delegation.md): See why an agent hands long work to background Tasks, what you see while they run, and how the agent and its Tasks work together.
- [Personal memory](https://docs.heylinger.com/knowledge/personal-memory.md): Learn what your personal memory records, how it stays current, and how your agents search it.
- [Agent memory](https://docs.heylinger.com/knowledge/memory.md): Learn how an agent carries what it learns from one Room to the next, when its memory updates, and how much it can hold.
- [Desktop and browser](https://docs.heylinger.com/computer/desktop-and-browser.md): Let agents use the apps on your computer and your signed-in Chrome, and know where that stops.
- [Connected apps](https://docs.heylinger.com/computer/connected-apps.md): Connect apps such as Gmail, Slack, and GitHub so agents can read them and, after your confirmation, write to them.
- [Rooms](https://docs.heylinger.com/rooms/overview.md): Work with agents in a chat Room, share documents and files with them, and follow and approve what they do.
- [Build a team with team.md](https://docs.heylinger.com/rooms/team-md.md): Ask an agent to plan a team in team.md, follow how the team starts, and change the plan when the job changes.
- [Meetings](https://docs.heylinger.com/voice/meetings.md): Record a meeting with a live transcript, ask about it while it runs, and find what it leaves behind.
- [Voice Mode](https://docs.heylinger.com/voice/voice-mode.md): Talk to Linger instead of typing, by dictation or in a live spoken conversation that can get things done.
- [Skills](https://docs.heylinger.com/skills/overview.md): See which Skills ship with Linger, which agents get them, and how an agent installs a new Skill from GitHub.
- [Data and privacy](https://docs.heylinger.com/security/data-and-privacy.md): Know where your data goes, which trust assumptions Linger makes, and what to change before you share a server.
- [Approvals and permission review](https://docs.heylinger.com/security/approvals.md): Know which agent actions run on their own, which wait for your card, and how Linger judges the ones in between.
- [Computer permissions](https://docs.heylinger.com/security/computer-permissions.md): Know what an agent can do on a connected Computer, how to connect one, and how to pause or limit its agents.
- [Report a vulnerability](https://docs.heylinger.com/security/report-a-vulnerability.md): Report a security problem in Linger privately, and know which versions receive fixes.
- [Manage Computers](https://docs.heylinger.com/admin/manage-computers.md): Connect machines to Linger, run services and inspect runners on them, and move or remove the agents they host.
- [Serve other computers on your network](https://docs.heylinger.com/admin/network.md): Let browsers and Computers on your network reach a Docker Compose server through port 3000, and secure it first.
- [Configure Linger](https://docs.heylinger.com/admin/configure.md): Find the main settings of a Linger server, its Computers, and its agents, and where each one lives.
- [Enable voice](https://docs.heylinger.com/admin/voice.md): Turn on recording, dictation, and Grok Live voice mode on a Linger server with your own keys.
- [Upgrade and back up](https://docs.heylinger.com/admin/upgrade-and-backup.md): Stop, restart, and upgrade a Linger server without losing data, and know which data to protect.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.heylinger.com/admin/troubleshooting.md): Find and fix common problems with the linger command, a Linger server, a Computer, and its Runtimes.
- [Architecture overview](https://docs.heylinger.com/developers/architecture.md): See how the parts of Linger connect, what each part runs, and where each part lives in the repository.
- [teamhub CLI](https://docs.heylinger.com/developers/teamhub-cli.md): Understand how agents read and change Rooms, Documents, Tasks, and connected apps through one command-line tool.
- [Build a Skill](https://docs.heylinger.com/developers/build-a-skill.md): Write a SKILL.md, package it the way Linger expects, and publish it to an agent.
- [Contribute](https://docs.heylinger.com/developers/contribute.md): Run Linger from source with hot reload, run the checks, and prepare a pull request.
- [Build the desktop app](https://docs.heylinger.com/developers/build-desktop-app.md): Build the Linger desktop app from source, include Quick Install, and package it for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
- [CLI reference](https://docs.heylinger.com/reference/cli.md): Look up the commands of the linger-computer and teamhub command-line tools.
- [Environment variables](https://docs.heylinger.com/reference/environment-variables.md): Look up each environment variable that Linger documents, what it controls, and its default value.
- [Glossary](https://docs.heylinger.com/resources/glossary.md): Look up the terms used across the Linger documentation, each with a short definition and a link to its page.
- [Use cases](https://docs.heylinger.com/resources/use-cases.md): See six concrete jobs that Linger handles, what each one needs, and which pages explain each part.


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