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Getting started

Residion is a sovereign AI product: company-aware assistant, grounded document Q&A (RAG with citations), natural-language structured-data Q&A, and approval-gated back-office automation.

There are two ways in:

  • Solo on Windows — a free app on a PC you already own. Start with Solo on Windows.
  • Solo on Linux — a free AppImage on an x86_64 Linux machine you already own. Start with Solo on Linux.
  • On-premise appliance — runs entirely inside your network, CPU-first (no GPU prerequisite), air-gap capable. The Residion cloud control plane sees metadata only. Continue below.

Who should read the appliance docs

A competent customer IT administrator responsible for operating the appliance after Residion has completed initial install and connector credential setup.

  1. Confirm your host meets the hardware requirements.
  2. Understand the deployment shape (single host, three trust rings, console ports).
  3. Open the Operator Console and complete the day-to-day tasks in that guide.
  4. Read What still needs Residion so you know which screens do not exist yet.