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EnglishWhere to Download Tolaria and How to Get Started
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Download Tolaria from the official site at tolaria.md, or get the project from GitHub. The site describes it as "open source, free forever, no account required," so you can install it and open the Getting Started vault without signing up. The docs live inside the app repo, which means the guidance you read is versioned alongside the product itself.
Download options
Tolaria is distributed through two channels mentioned on the site:
| Channel | What you get | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
| tolaria.md | The app download | You just want to install and start writing |
| GitHub | The project source | You want to inspect the code, follow development, or build it yourself |
The site shows both a "Download Tolaria" action and a "Check on GitHub" link. If you only want to take notes, the download is the shorter path. If you care about how the app works or want to track changes, GitHub gives you the repo the docs are written against.
First launch: open the Getting Started vault
The documented first step is to install Tolaria and open the Getting Started vault. That vault is where the first-launch flow is explained, so it doubles as your orientation. Because every note is a Markdown file with YAML frontmatter, you can also open that vault folder in any editor, grep it from the terminal, or version it with Git — nothing is locked in a database.
Learn the model before the features
The docs suggest understanding the underlying model first: how notes, properties, types, relationships, custom views, Git, and AI fit together. This matters because Tolaria's features are connected rather than separate menus. Relationships are described as a first-class citizen, and the editor supports wikilinks with autocomplete, so a note you create in one place can be referenced and surfaced elsewhere.
Follow the workflows
Once the model makes sense, the docs walk through concrete workflows:
- Capture notes and organize the inbox
- Use wikilinks to connect notes
- Create types to give notes structure
- Push changes through the built-in Git client
- Configure AI
- Navigate long notes
Each of these builds on the previous one, so working through them in order avoids the common trap of configuring AI or Git before you have notes worth connecting.
What you can do without an account
The site states no account is required, and notes are plain Markdown files on disk. That means you can start writing immediately after install, and you can leave at any time with your files intact. The AI and Git features are additive — the core note-taking works on local files alone.
Common sticking points
- Skipping the Getting Started vault. It is the intended entry point for the first-launch flow, so starting from a blank vault means missing the explanation of how the pieces fit.
- Treating the editor as the storage layer. Everything durable stays in vault files; the block editor is a view over Markdown, not a separate format.
- Configuring AI before you have context. The AI features operate over note context, so they are more useful once you have notes and relationships in place.
Where to go next
Start at tolaria.md to download, or open the GitHub repo if you want the source and the docs together. The docs sit in the app repo by design, so product behavior, architecture, and user-facing guidance stay in sync — when something changes in the app, the documentation changes with it.