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# Desktop
> Query your Second Brain from your machine
> Upload your knowledge base to Khoj and chat with your whole corpus
Use the Desktop app to chat and search with Khoj.
You can also share your files, folders with Khoj using the app.
## Companion App
Share your files, folders with Khoj using the app.
Khoj will keep these files in sync to provide contextual responses when you search or chat.
## Features
- **Chat**
- **Faster answers**: Find answers quickly, from your private notes or the public internet
- **Assisted creativity**: Smoothly weave across retrieving answers and generating content
- **Iterative discovery**: Iteratively explore and re-discover your notes
- **Quick access**: Use [Khoj Mini](/features/khoj_mini) on the desktop to quickly pull up a mini chat module for quicker answers
- **Search**
- **Natural**: Advanced natural language understanding using Transformer based ML Models
- **Incremental**: Incremental search for a fast, search-as-you-type experience
## Setup
:::info[Self Hosting]
If you are self-hosting the Khoj server, update the *Settings* page on the Khoj Desktop app to:
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4. [Optional] Add any files, folders you'd like Khoj to be aware of on the *Settings* page and Click *Save*.
These files and folders will be automatically kept in sync for you
## Interface
| Chat | Search |
|:----:|:------:|
| ![](/img/khoj_chat_on_desktop.png) | ![](/img/khoj_search_on_desktop.png) |
# Main App
You can also install the Khoj application on your desktop as a progressive web app.
1. Open the [Khoj Web App](https://app.khoj.dev) in Chrome.
2. Click on the install button in the address bar to install the app. You must be logged into your Chrome browser for this to work.
![progressive web app install icon](/img/pwa_install_desktop.png)
Alternatively, you can also install using this route:
1. Open the three-dot menu in the top right corner of the browser.
2. Go to 'Cast, Save, and Share' option.
3. Click on the "Open in Khoj" option.
![progressive web app install route](/img/chrome_pwa_alt.png)