Start here: Locally Uncensored without any tech knowledge

Click "Download" at the top of this site. It opens the official Releases page on GitHub. You do not need a GitHub account to download. Scroll down to the list called "Assets".

Ignore the other files (for example the ones called "Source code"). You need exactly one. Download only from that Releases page; the button on this site leads there.

You find it in your Downloads folder. Windows probably shows a blue box, "Windows protected your PC". This appears because the installer does not carry a paid Microsoft signature yet, not because something was found in it. Click "More info", check that the file name is the one you downloaded from the official Releases page, then click "Run anyway". If you are unsure, read what the security warnings mean first.

Choose a language, then "current user only" (needs no administrator password) or all users. When it is done, the app starts, and you find "Locally Uncensored" on the desktop and in the Start menu.

Double-click the downloaded .dmg. A window opens; drag the app onto the Applications folder in that window. Then open it from Applications or Launchpad. The .dmg is signed and notarized. The Mac build is for Apple Silicon and is in beta.

Double-click the file, or right-click it and choose to open it with your software center (Ubuntu's "App Center", Fedora's "Software", or what your system calls it), then click "Install". Afterwards "Locally Uncensored" is in your application menu.

Right-click the file, choose "Properties", and on the "Permissions" tab tick "Allow executing file as program" (the exact words differ a little between desktops). Then double-click it. If nothing happens at all, your system is missing a small package; the Linux part of the install chapter names it.

The welcome screen says the app works right away with no extra software to install. Click "Get Started".

The app looks for other AI programs for a few seconds. Then it says "Ready to chat" with "LU Engine" already selected. That is the right choice: it is built in and needs nothing else. Click "Continue". Ignore "Use another engine" unless you already use one of those programs.

This step installs ComfyUI, the program behind images and video. It is a big download. You do not need it for chatting, so click "Skip for now". The app offers it again the first time you open the Create tab. On a Mac this step does not apply, because the Mac makes images without ComfyUI.

A model is the "brain" the app runs. The wizard shows a starter model and marks the one that suits your computer with "Recommended". Click that card so it shows a tick, then click "Install 1 model". The download is several gigabytes; leave the window open until it is finished. If a grey line says the model may not fully fit your graphics card, it still works, just slower.

The last step offers a small extra model that lets the app read PDFs and Word files you drop into a chat. It is small; install it if you want that, or skip it.

The main window opens on Chat. Type a question into the box at the bottom and press Enter. The first answer can take a few seconds while the model loads; after that it is quicker. Everything you type stays on your computer.

The menu button at the top left opens the side panel with your chats and "New Chat". Each chat is kept until you delete it.