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title: Introduction
description: Goldfish is a personal second brain that lives on your computer.
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![The Goldfish logo, a soft orange goldfish](/blume-assets/content/docs-site/goldfish_logo.png)

Goldfish reads the text of whatever is on screen through the operating
system's accessibility layer (no screenshots, no screen recordings), stores
everything locally on your device, and uses that memory to answer questions,
recall anything you have read or written, and write in your voice anywhere
you type. It runs on macOS and Windows.

## Where to start

- [Installation](/get-started/installation): install, sign in, and grant
  permissions.
- [The tutorial](/get-started/tutorial): your first rewrite, in two minutes.
- [The Goldfish key](/guides/the-goldfish-key): write anywhere with one
  keypress.
- [Edit mode](/guides/edit-mode): refine any draft with typed or spoken
  instructions.
- [Voice dictation](/guides/voice-dictation): speak, release, get clean
  text.
- [Chat](/guides/chat): the aquarium bar, reminders, briefs, and nudges.
- [Privacy](/privacy): what is captured, what is masked, and what leaves your device.
- [Settings](/reference/settings): every setting, explained.
- [Video tutorials](/guides/video-tutorials): the demo and the full
  playlist.
- [Community](/community): Discord, Slack, and Reddit.

:::note
Goldfish can also explain itself. Ask anything about features or shortcuts in
the chat and it answers from its built-in guide, including the live state of
your own settings.
:::