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  • Get Started

    • Overview
    • Philosophy
    • Installation
    • Set up providers and models
    • Add a project
    • Create a project group
    • Your first chat
  • Concepts

    • How Vixl works
    • Chat modes
    • Permissions and approvals
    • Projects and home chats
    • Models and roles
    • Context
    • Code graphs
    • The .vixl directory
  • Using Vixl

    • Manage chats
    • Queue and stop messages
    • Review and restore changes
    • Compact and hand off long chats
    • Export a transcript
    • Work with plans
    • Orchestrate sub-agents
    • Best practices
    • Use the workbench
    • Shortcuts and the command palette
  • Customize

    • Providers
    • Models
    • MCP servers
    • Skills
    • Custom agents
    • Rules and AGENTS.md
    • Language servers
    • Appearance
    • Permission settings
  • Reference

    • settings.json
    • mcp.json
    • Custom agent frontmatter
    • SKILL.md format
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Chat statuses
    • .vixl layout
    • Managed components
  • Resources

    • Troubleshooting
    • FAQ
    • Privacy
    • Comparison
    • Roadmap
    • Brand and press
    • Changelog

Brand and press

Approved blurb

Vixl is a local-first, BYOK desktop LLM UI and agent harness for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It includes chat modes, sub-agents, and MCP support. There are no accounts and no cloud service. The app is MIT licensed.

Logo and images

These files live in docs/public/ and are served from the site root.

AssetPreviewURL
FaviconFaviconhttps://vixl.app/favicon.png
Apple touch iconApple touch iconhttps://vixl.app/apple-touch-icon.png
HeroHerohttps://vixl.app/hero.png

Link to us

Markdown:

[vixl.app](https://vixl.app)

HTML:

<a href="https://vixl.app">vixl.app</a>

Shields.io badge (markdown):

[![vixl.app](https://img.shields.io/badge/vixl-vixl.app-555)](https://vixl.app)

Shields.io badge (HTML):

<a href="https://vixl.app"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/vixl-vixl.app-555" alt="vixl.app" /></a>

vixl.app

Facts

NameVixl
TaglineLocal-first BYOK desktop LLM UI
LicenseMIT
Repohttps://github.com/vixl-ai/vixl
Sitehttps://vixl.app
PlatformDesktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux

See Philosophy and FAQ.

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Last Updated: 9/30/26, 12:37 AM
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