Quick Start

Now that you know what Quira is, let's get it running. You'll have your Context Graph building in under five minutes.

Steps

1. Download and install

Grab the latest release for your platform. Quira currently supports macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Linux.

# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -fsSL https://get.qu-ira.com | sh

# Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
wget -qO- https://get.qu-ira.com/linux | sudo sh

2. Set up your local AI

On first launch, Quira will download the Phi-3.5 Mini model (~2.3 GB). You can browse normally while the download completes in the background.

3. Browse naturally

Use Quira like any browser. Pages you spend 30+ seconds on are automatically captured as context nodes. You'll see dots appear in the ambient sidebar as your Context Graph grows.

4. Ask your browser

Open the Command Palette with Cmd+Shift+P and ask a question in plain English. Quira searches your Context Graph and returns answers with cited sources.

Querying the Context Graph

With Quira installed and your Context Graph growing, here's a taste of what you can build on top of it. The Graph Query API lets extensions and plugins search the Context Graph programmatically.

// Query your browsing context
const results = await quira.graph.query("What did I read about React this week?");

console.log(results.nodes);    // Related context nodes
console.log(results.sources);  // Original page URLs
console.log(results.summary);  // AI-generated summary

The response includes full citation data  Eevery claim in the summary links back to the original page you visited, along with timestamps and dwell time. This is the zero-hallucination guarantee: Quira only answers from what you've actually read.

// Get nodes related to the current page
const related = await quira.graph.getRelated(currentUrl, {
  hops: 2,          // Traverse up to 2 edges
  limit: 10,         // Maximum nodes to return
  minWeight: 0.3,    // Minimum edge weight
});

// Filter by entity type
const techNodes = related.filter(n =>
  n.entities.some(e => e.type === "technology")
);