# Quivr | Your Second Brain, Empowered By Generative AI

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# Quivr - Your Second Brain, Empowered by Generative AI

[![Quivr-logo](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/raw/main/logo.png)](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr/blob/main/logo.png)

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Quivr, your second brain, utilizes the power of GenerativeAI to be your personal assistant ! Think of it as Obsidian, but turbocharged with AI capabilities.

[Roadmap here](https://docs.quivr.app/docs/roadmap)

## Key Features 🎯

- **Fast and Efficient** : Designed with speed and efficiency at its core. Quivr ensures rapid access to your data.
- **Secure** : Your data, your control. Always.
- **OS Compatible** : Ubuntu 22 or newer.
- **File Compatibility** : Text, Markdown, PDF, Powerpoint, Excel, CSV, Word, Audio, Video
- **Open Source** : Freedom is beautiful, and so is Quivr. Open source and free to use.
- **Public/Private** : Share your brains with your users via a public link, or keep them private.
- **Offline Mode** : Quivr works offline, so you can access your data anytime, anywhere.

## Demo Highlights 🎥

`quivr-demo-new.mp4`

## Getting Started 🚀

You can deploy Quivr to Porter Cloud with one-click:

[![Deploy to Porter](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e18980893241c337130b7d15ad7678092706a79d0012f3dbfb126a8fbb7c8036/68747470733a2f2f6d696e746c6966792e73332d75732d776573742d312e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f706f727465722f696d616765732f6465706c6f79696e672d6170706c69636174696f6e732f6465706c6f792d746f2d706f727465722e737667)](https://cloud.porter.run/addons/new?addon_name=quivr)

If you would like to deploy locally, follow these instructions to get a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

You can find everything on the [documentation](https://docs.quivr.app/).

### Prerequisites 📋

Ensure you have the following installed:

- Docker
- Docker Compose

### 60 seconds Installation 💽

You can find the installation video [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXBa6dZJN48).

- **Step 0** : Supabase CLIFollow the instructions [here](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/cli/getting-started) to install the Supabase CLI that is required.

`supabase -v # Check that the installation worked`

- **Step 1** : Clone the repository:

`git clone https://github.com/quivrhq/quivr.git && cd quivr`

- **Step 2** : Copy the `.env.example` files

`cp .env.example .env`

- **Step 3** : Update the `.env` files

`vim .env # or emacs or vscode or nano`

Update **OPENAI\_API\_KEY** in the `.env` file.You just need to update the `OPENAI_API_KEY` variable in the `.env` file. You can get your API key [here](https://platform.openai.com/api-keys). You need to create an account first. And put your credit card information. Don’t worry, you won’t be charged unless you use the API. You can find more information about the pricing [here](https://openai.com/pricing/).

- **Step 4** : Launch the project

`cd backend && supabase start`

and then

`cd ../ docker compose pull docker compose up`

If you have a Mac, go to Docker Desktop \> Settings \> General and check that the “file sharing implementation” is set to `VirtioFS`.If you are a developer, you can run the project in development mode with the following command: `docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up --build`

- **Step 5** : Login to the appYou can now sign in to the app with `admin@quivr.app` & `admin`. You can access the app at [http://localhost:3000/login.You](http://localhost:3000/login.You) can access Quivr backend API at [http://localhost:5050/docsYou](http://localhost:5050/docsYou) can access supabase at [http://localhost:54323](http://localhost:54323/)

## Updating Quivr 🚀

- **Step 1** : Pull the latest changes

`git pull`

- **Step 2** : Update the migration

`supabase migration up`

## GitHub:

[https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr](https://github.com/QuivrHQ/quivr)