Getting started

    Install Atlarix, sign in, open your project, and send your first message.

    1. Download and install

    Download Atlarix for your platform from the homepage, run the installer, and open the application.

    On macOS, move Atlarix to /Applications — automatic updates are disabled while it runs from anywhere else.

    2. Create an account

    Click Login in the sidebar and sign in with Google, GitHub, Discord, or an email and password (that one opens atlarix.dev to finish).

    • Every account gets the whole app: unlimited workspaces, Agent Behaviors, the MCP marketplace, connectors and automations.
    • Pro adds Atlarix Reviewer and includes Atlarix Core for everyday work, over one shared balance.
    • Atlarix Auto is free in the desktop app with no credit — it picks the model for each step, and its prompts are shared with the AI providers that serve it after a one-time OK. With Pro or credit it is private.
    • Other Atlarix Core models run on Pro's included usage or a prepaid credit balance you top up from $10, metered as you go. Your own API keys and local models are always free.

    3. Open a workspace

    On the welcome screen, choose Open folder or Clone repo, or pick a recent workspace.

    Every chat runs inside that project folder. There is no global chat without a workspace.

    4. Chat and sessions

    Type in the chat input. Saved sessions appear in the left sidebar; use + or New chat for a fresh thread without leaving the workspace.

    You can open several conversations as tabs and start a second task while the first keeps streaming in the background — a live indicator shows which sessions are working.

    5. Attachments

    Paste text or terminal output into the composer, or attach files: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OpenDocument, RTF, CSV, images, and any code file.

    The assistant reads the FULL content — large documents are paged, never silently truncated. Spreadsheets and CSVs render as table cards in the chat, and images go to vision-capable models as real pictures.

    After sending, attachments appear as chips in your message; click one to preview. They survive message edits, reloads, and app restarts, and each conversation only sees its own.

    6. The right-hand panel

    Terminal is a real interactive shell that remembers its output across restarts. Automations schedules unattended runs. A session Plan rides as its own tab while the agent builds.

    Tool cards and sub-agent progress appear inline in the chat itself, and web results show up under the answer.

    There is no browser in the panel: when the agent needs to open or test a page, it works in your own Chrome through the free Atlarix extension — see the browser guide.

    Atlarix runs beside your own editor, so files stay in the editor you already use.

    Talking to the composer

    You can dictate instead of typing. The mic appears when there is somewhere to send the audio, and hides when there is not:

    • Your own speech key — pick a transcriber in the chat config dropdown under Voice input and supply your key (OpenAI, Groq or Gemini). It works with any chat model and is never billed to Atlarix Core.
    • The selected model itself, when that model accepts audio input — no extra key needed.

    Project languages and runtimes

    Atlarix auto-detects your project's language — Node.js, Python, Go, Rust, and others — and prompts you to install any missing runtimes.