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Last updated: October 20, 2026

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Everyday use

Web UI

Open Elowen in your browser to read guides, start a conversation and work in the right Project. The browser and CLI share conversations and account permissions.

Find a page

  1. Open the main navigation. Home (/dash) shows activity and a message field.
  2. Chat (/chat) opens conversations; choose Projects (/projects), Memory (/memory) or Account (/account) for those areas.
  3. Open Guides (/guides). Settings and Users are administration pages; reading a guide does not grant access.

Guides home with search, recommended articles and categories

Install Elowen as an app

Elowen is a web app, not an App Store or Google Play download. On HTTPS, a supported browser may install it in a separate window.

  • In desktop Chrome or Edge, use the browser’s install control.
  • In Safari on macOS Sonoma or later, choose File → Add to Dock.
  • On iPhone or iPad, use Share → Add to Home Screen → Add.
  • On Android, Chrome offers Add to Home screen → Install.

Wording varies by browser version. Removing the installed app does not delete conversations or instance settings.

Chat and conversations

  1. Choose Chat → New chat. For a text-only chat, you do not need to select a Project manually; select the appropriate Project when working with its files or environment.
  2. Describe the outcome and relevant context. Wait for uploads to finish; switching conversations cancels pending uploads, while completed files remain in their original Project.
  3. Choose an available model and reasoning level. Under Options → Work mode, choose Plan, Build or Workflow. Modes do not grant permissions.
  4. Send the request, respond to questions or approval prompts, and check the final result.

When available, Options → Voice offers Call and Dictate. Dictate fills the message field without sending; a call leaves its transcript in the conversation. History lets you find, rename, fork, export, reopen or delete conversations. A running or waiting conversation can be stopped; read-only conversations explain why the message field is locked.

Projects

Open Projects and select a card. Managed Projects show resource rings; People shows shared access. What you can change depends on Project kind and your permissions.

Before sending a file or asking Elowen to change anything, check the Project in the chat header. A computer Project needs its computer online and explicit membership, even for administrators. Removing a host Project registration leaves its files; deleting a managed Project can remove its environment and data. See Projects, Environments & GitHub.

Account and Settings

Use Account → Models for personal chat, vision fallback and context-compaction models. Other Account sections include profile, computers, voice, memory, personality, notifications, security, API tokens and terminal preferences.

Administrators use Settings to manage instance-wide providers, models, plugins, limits and maintenance. Plugin personal settings belong to your account. See Your Account & Preferences.

Background operations

Long-running environment, update, memory and plugin operations appear as progress buttons near the bottom-right assistant button. Up to three are visible; +N opens the rest. Select one to inspect progress. Completed operations clear after a short time; failures stay until dismissed. Closing a panel does not prove the operation stopped; inspect its final status.

Alerts and command palette

The Alerts bell lists notices that need attention. Dismissing one does not fix its cause.

  1. Open search or press Ctrl+K.
  2. Enter a destination or question.
  3. Open a matching page or guide section, or explicitly choose Ask AI about “…” for an explanation.
  4. Check the answer’s linked sources. Ask in chat takes the question into a conversation.

Typing alone does not request an AI answer.

Read and share a guide

  1. Open Guides and choose a category or search with Search guides.
  2. Open an article. Use On this page to jump to a section; on a phone, expand the outline first.
  3. Use Copy link to share the article or section. The link keeps its identity when the reader changes language.
  4. Continue with related or previous/next guides when shown. Browser back returns to where you came from.

Not translated · Available in English means the complete article is in English. For administrators identifies the audience, not an access grant.

If something does not work

  • A Project is missing: ask its administrator or computer owner to check membership.
  • A guide fails to load: use Retry when offered.
  • No guide matches: clear the query or browse categories; an untranslated guide may be in English.
  • Ask AI is unavailable: read search results and ask an administrator to check model configuration or grants.
  • An upload fails: read its error, check the current Project and retry; do not assume the file attached.

Continue with Brain & Chat, Projects, Environments & GitHub, Your Account & Preferences and Autonomy & Safety.