MIRA documentation

MIRA is a personal, private AI assistant for your whole family — self-hosted on your own hardware, reachable wherever you already chat. These docs are the full handbook: getting it running, understanding how it thinks, and switching on the features that make it proactive.

New here? Install MIRA takes one line, then the Quickstart walks you through your first conversation.

Getting started

Install MIRA One-line installer, Docker, or a manual binary — pick what suits you.

Quickstart Finish first-run setup and have your first conversation in minutes.

Understand it

What is MIRA? The big picture — how MIRA differs from a chat app and how it's shaped.

Memory & wiki How MIRA remembers you and builds its model of your household.

Channels How MIRA reaches you across Telegram, Signal, email, and more.

Security & multi-user Accounts, permissions, and keeping each person's data private.

Do more with it

Connect a channel Set up Telegram, Signal, or email so MIRA can message you.

Voice replies Spoken replies, natural voices, and talking back with voice notes.

Proactive check-ins Let MIRA start conversations and send a daily briefing.

Add tools with MCP Connect external tool servers to extend what MIRA can do.

Looking for something specific? Use the search at the top of the page, or browse the full guide and reference list in the sidebar.