https://arivu.app/categories/getting-started/ Recent content in Getting Started on Arivu Hugo en-us Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://arivu.app/documentation/getting-started/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://arivu.app/documentation/getting-started/ <p>Arivu runs as a single Go application with an embedded browser interface and SQLite database. A model provider is optional.</p> <h2 id="run-arivu-locally">Run Arivu Locally</h2> <p>Install Go, clone the repository, and start the server:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">git clone https://github.com/glnarayanan/arivu.git </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl"><span class="nb">cd</span> arivu </span></span><span class="line"><span class="cl">go run ./cmd/arivu serve --addr 127.0.0.1:8080 --db arivu.sqlite3 </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Open <code>http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth</code>, create an account, and sign in. For a production Linux VPS, use the <a href="https://arivu.app/documentation/self-hosting-arivu/">first-party installer</a> instead.</p> <h2 id="capture-something">Capture Something</h2> <p>Choose <strong>Capture</strong> from any authenticated screen, then select Link, Note, Quote, or File. Saving does not require a folder, tag, workflow stage, or AI configuration.</p>