olace

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Quickstart

Install Olace on a computer, run a model on it, then pair your phone so that model is in your pocket, at home or a world away.

1. Install Olace

Install Olace on the computer that will run your models. The install script sets up the background service and the olace command on macOS and Linux:

curl -fsSL https://olace.app/install.sh | sh

On Windows, in PowerShell:

irm https://olace.app/install.ps1 | iex

Every step below works from the shell, on a desktop, a home server, or a rented GPU box with no display. See Headless & cloud hosts. olace.app/download shows where the desktop and phone apps stand on each platform.

2. Set up local AI

Run olace setup, or in the desktop app choose Set up local AI. Olace detects your hardware, installs a local runtime (Ollama, LM Studio, or llama.cpp), and recommends a starter model that fits your GPU.

The same flow is available any time under Settings › Local AI in the app, or again with olace setup.

3. Start a chat

Type a message in the app, or run olace chat, and send it. The model runs entirely on your machine, so the first response may take a moment while it loads.

Explain why the sky is blue in one paragraph.

4. Sign in

Signing in is passwordless: a one-time code by email (olace signin in the terminal), or Google in the apps other than iPhone. It unlocks the parts of Olace that no local runtime gives you on its own: Remote Access to this computer's models, and, on Plus and above, zero-knowledge conversation sync across your devices.

5. Pair your devices

The payoff. On the computer, run olace pair --code, or open Settings › Remote Access in the app and choose Share local AI, to show a pairing code and QR. On your phone, open Settings › Remote Access › Pair a computer and scan it, or claim it from another computer with olace pair claim <CODE>. Done: this machine's models now work from that device over an end-to-end encrypted connection, on your couch or on another continent. No VPN, no port forwarding, no setup.

Any of your devices can be the consumer: your phone, a laptop using your workstation's GPU, a second computer. The host can be any computer with a GPU: the one on your desk, a home server, or a GPU instance you rent. Hosts with no display are set up from the shell and pair the same way, with Headless & cloud hosts.

Close the laptop mid-conversation and pick it up on your phone; with sync on, every device stays on the same page.

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