get started with solstone.

a personal memory platform. what you share with the solstone app goes into your journal, on a computer you own.

the solstone app

takes in what you choose to share from your devices.

your journal

keeps it organized and searchable on your mac, windows or linux computer.

start on one computer. connect more devices to the same journal whenever you're ready.

early days. solstone is open source and hands-on. expect rough edges; linux setup uses the terminal. we're here to help.

install on your device

choose the device you're setting up.

on your mac

Apple Silicon and macos 15 or later required. Intel macs aren't supported.

already have a journal? just install the solstone app and connect it to your existing journal.

create your journal first

install and open the journal app. choose a name and a place for your journal. then choose open your journal to read it in your browser.

get the journal app
connect the solstone app

install and open the solstone app. in settings, choose journal to connect. for a journal on this mac, confirm the one it finds. follow the prompts to choose what you share.

get the solstone app

prefer the terminal?

install both mac apps with one command:

curl -fsSL https://solstone.app/install.sh | sh -s -- --components all

for just one, replace all with journal or app. the installer verifies the download and puts the app in /Applications. updates stay inside each app.

installed the journal from the terminal before?

install the journal app, then open it. the journal app adopts an older journal only when it can verify the installation it is taking over. if anything is unclear, it stops and tells you what needs attention. your journal stays where it is. contact support if you need a hand.

journal on another computer?

in your journal, open network and choose add a device. copy the pairing link. in the solstone app's journal settings, choose pair to a journal on another device, paste the link, and confirm it's your journal.

mac setup help

on your linux computer

journal: Intel/AMD or ARM. desktop app: Intel/AMD (x86_64).

already have a journal? add the desktop app and connect it to your existing journal.

set up your journal

the installer verifies its downloads with minisign, so add it first if you don't have it: sudo apt install minisign, sudo dnf install minisign or sudo pacman -S minisign. not sure which? run the command below. if minisign is missing, the installer stops before changing anything and says how to add it.

run this command in your terminal. it installs your journal and starts it.
```
curl -fsSL https://solstone.app/install.sh | sh
```
then open your journal in your browser and follow setup.
add the desktop app

the solstone app takes in what you share from this desktop, and all of it goes into your journal. its setup guide includes the packages your system needs.

set up the linux app

journal setup help read the installer

on your windows computer

windows 10 (22H2) or 11 on Intel/AMD (x64). no administrator access needed to install. the journal installer is about 1.1 GB. the local model needs a compatible GPU; without one, thinking needs your own model. transcription runs on this PC.

already have a journal? just install the solstone app and connect it to your existing journal.

set up your journal

download and run the journal installer.

get the journal for windows

then open a new terminal window and run:
```
journal setup
```
then open your journal in your browser and follow setup.
connect the solstone app

install the solstone app, then connect it to your journal and choose what you share.

get the windows app

journal setup help

on your iphone or ipad

ios 26 or later. available in beta through TestFlight.

connect the app to a journal on your mac or linux computer. your journal stays on that computer.

join the iphone / ipad beta

need a journal first?set up on mac set up on linux about the beta

on your android phone

beta. installed directly, outside the Play Store; updates are manual.

connect the app to a journal on your mac or linux computer. your journal stays on that computer.

get the android app

need a journal first?set up on mac set up on linux

from your terminal

for tmux on mac or linux, with a journal already set up.

solstone-tmux brings what you share from your terminal sessions into your journal. it can run alongside the desktop app.

set up solstone-tmux

need a journal first?set up on mac set up on linux

prefer to install with a coding agent?

paste this into Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, or similar.

install solstone from https://solstone.app/install

don't see your platform? tell us what you'd like supported.

your journal stays yours

your journal is a folder on your computer, in open formats. you can read it, move it, and back it up yourself. your journal is always private, only yours.

where does the thinking happen?

you choose during setup. your journal stays on your computer whichever you choose.

on windows, the local model needs a compatible GPU, and confidential processing isn't available there.

local, the default

a model runs on this computer. setup checks that your machine can run it before anything downloads.

your own model

bring your own provider key (Claude, Gemini, or GPT), or use an OpenAI-compatible endpoint you run. sol pbc is never in the path.

confidential processing

available to approved scouts. think off your device on confidential hardware sol pbc runs. no content is retained · no human reviews it · nothing is used to train. how it works

nothing is chosen for you silently. if no model is set, the solstone app tells you and waits.