Where your work runs

When you open an app or a File in Thinair, Thinair decides where it runs, the way an operating system runs a program without asking which processor to use. You never pick a computer.

Places

Everything runs in a place:

• Your computer: the one you are using.
• Thinair Native: the Thinair app on your computer.
• Thinair Cloud: Thinair's own computers, online.

In the Thinair app on your computer, apps run in Thinair Native. In a web browser, they run in Thinair Cloud. A window's title bar, menus and messages name the place, such as "Thinair Native isn't responding", never a computer.

Apps and Files

Each app you open runs on its own, apart from every other app. Right-click the canvas and choose Apps to open one, such as Google Chrome: its window appears where you clicked and says it is starting until the app is ready. Choose New Terminal to open a shell on your computer, in Thinair Native, or in Thinair Cloud.

A File that holds code, such as a repository, a component or a video, also runs on its own when you open it. Your Files are saved in Thinair, so closing an app or a File loses nothing you saved.

Profiles

Every app runs as one of your Profiles: the sign-ins, keys, setup and Files for one area of your work. When you open a new app, Thinair first asks which Profile to use, as Chrome asks "Who's using Chrome?". The app keeps that Profile until it closes.

Agents

The Thinair agent runs on its own too, as its conversation's Profile. It sees the same Thinair Files you do, in ~/Thinair. It runs commands only in its own space and in the Files and Terminals it opens, and it reaches your other apps only through what they offer.

See Get Started to begin using Thinair.