Getting started with Elephas - Knowledge Assistant

Elephas is an AI assistant designed specifically for Mac — private, powerful, and always at your fingertips.

Here are the steps you need to follow -

1. Visit https://elephas.app and subscribe (if not done already). You will now have to access the DMG file and the license key through an email with the subject “You've subscribed to Elephas - Your AI-Powered Knowledge Assistant!”.

You can also download the latest file from our website Elephas installer

2. Install Elephas using the DMG file. Double-click the downloaded DMG file and place it into the Applications folder as shown below.

Then launch the app using the launch pad (Cmd + space),

4. Enable Accessibility permission for Elephas.

Check out https://help.rescuetime.com/article/59-how-do-i-enable-accessibility-permissions-on-mac-osx for more details.

5. Then click the Settings icon from the left sidebar to open the Elephas Preferences.

Elephas is built with privacy by design.

🔗 Using Elephas Offline Models

Then navigate to the AI Providers tab and fill in the OpenAI and Gumroad keys.

Make sure you have the license entered -

Once you fill it, close the window. Now when you click the Elephas icon, you should see,

You don’t need to get third party AI accounts to use Elephas. You can use all plans without your OpenAI keys up to fair usage limits.

But if you need more, and want to go beyond the limits of your plans, you can do that by configuring popular AI providers, such as, OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Llama 3, and so on.

You can read more about all the supported AI systems here,

After the onboarding windows, you should see a status menu like this,

Note: If you don't see the icon, you may already have too many icons there. Try to close some, and then it will appear.

👉 Read the full Usage Basics guide

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Need help? Elephas includes a built-in Support Chat right in the sidebar.

With Support Chat, you can:

📖 Full guide: In-App Support Chat

Other Support Options