Getting started

Kajero is a note-taking app for macOS. Your notes live on your Mac, AI is optional and runs on your own account.

Download and installCopy Anchor Link

1. Download the latest build for macOS from the download page. The file is a .dmg.
2. Open the .dmg and drag Kajero into Applications.
3. Start Kajero. The build is signed and notarized, so macOS opens it without a warning.

Kajero needs macOS 13 Ventura or later. Updates arrive through the app.

First runCopy Anchor Link

A new install opens a short setup instead of an empty window:

1. Name your first workspace. This is required: the Inbox needs a place to file notes into. A workspace is a top-level space such as Personal or Work.
2. Connect an AI provider with a key, or a local Ollama. This is optional. Kajero checks the key with one short request before it stores it. See AI providers.
3. Capture a thought with the global shortcut ⌥Space. This is optional. The setup waits for the capture and shows it in the Inbox with its proposed place.

Without a provider, everything except the AI features works.

Your first noteCopy Anchor Link

Press ⌘N to create a note in the current scope. Notes are written as blocks: type / for the slash menu, [[ to link another note, and ⌘⇧I to insert an image.

After the setup, a note called Welcome to Kajero in your workspace walks through the rest by doing it: triage, ⌘K, inline AI, note links, agents and import. It is an ordinary note. You can delete it, and Getting started in the Help menu or in ⌘K brings it back.

Where to go nextCopy Anchor Link

• Capture and Inbox: save a thought from any app.
• Search and questions: find a note, or ask your notes.
• Keyboard shortcuts: every key in one place.
• Privacy and your data: what is stored where.