# Start here

Studio is a free app for running AI coding agents on your Mac and your own Linux servers. The shortest path from download to a first chat.

*Where in Studio: Studio*

*Last updated: 2026-10-25*

Studio is a free app for AI coding agents. You pick a project folder, choose an agent such as Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Devin or Cursor, and talk to it in a chat while it works in your code. The desktop app runs on macOS. On Linux, Studio runs on a server without a window, and you work on it from the Mac app.

The app is named **Kelrova** on your Mac. These pages call it Studio.

![The Studio window with the navigation rail, the sidebar of projects and chats, and a chat open in the middle.](https://kelrova.com/docs/img/studio-getting-started/overview.png)

*Studio with a project open: the sidebar of chats on the left and a chat in the middle.*

## The shortest path to a first chat

| Step | What you do | Guide |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Install | Download the `.dmg` and drag Kelrova to Applications. | [Install on macOS](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/install-macos) |
| 2. Sign in, or skip it | Log in with your Kelrova account, or choose **Continue without an account** to keep everything on this Mac. | [Sign in and approve this computer](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/sign-in) |
| 3. Connect an agent | Install an agent's CLI, then add its account under **Settings → Agents**. | [Connect your agents](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/agents) |
| 4. Add a project | Choose **Add a project** and pick a folder. | [Projects and checkouts](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/projects) |
| 5. Send a message | Choose **New chat**, type what you want and press Enter. | [Your first chat](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/first-chat) |

An account is optional. Without one, your workspace stays on this computer. Signing in syncs your projects, chats and settings between your computers and lets you add servers.

## Running on a server

To keep agents working while your Mac sleeps, install Studio on a Linux server with one command and add it as a remote device. [Install on Linux](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/install-linux) covers the install, and [Run Studio on your own server](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/devices/overview) covers working on it.

## What the other groups cover

- [Chats](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats/composer): the composer, models and accounts, access levels, attachments, questions, steering, Git, context, the browser panel and the terminal.
- [Orchestra](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/orchestra/overview): one chat that plans the work and runs other agents for its steps, across providers.
- [Chats that work together](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats-together/overview): chats that start or message other chats, with proposals you confirm.
- [Schedules and automations](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/automation/scheduled-chats): chats that start at a set time, and the **Automated** and **Workflows** pages.
- [Remote devices](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/devices/overview): run Studio on your own server and start sessions there.
- [Kelrova security in Studio](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/security/findings): see Kelrova findings in Studio and open one in a chat.
- [Trust and data](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/trust/approved-devices): approved devices, encryption, what syncs, signed updates and backup.
- [Reference](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/reference/settings): the settings map, shortcuts, token usage, troubleshooting and the glossary.

## Kelrova security scans

Studio is separate from Kelrova's security scans, which run in Kelrova Cloud and are documented in the [security scans docs](https://kelrova.com/docs). The same Kelrova account works for both.

## Related

- [Install on macOS](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/install-macos)
- [Connect your agents](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/agents)
- [Your first chat](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/getting-started/first-chat)
- [The composer](https://kelrova.com/docs/studio/chats/composer)