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Vrge

Getting Started

Vrge has two ways to access it. Most people start with the desktop app. Download once, install like any other app, open and go. For teams, there's also a browser client: employees open Vrge in Chrome or Safari instead of installing anything, and it connects to the team server your admin runs. Either way, setup takes about 5 minutes.

Two ways to use Vrge

  • Desktop app (solo founders, freelancers, and team admins): runs on your own machine, stores data locally on an encrypted SQLite file, works fully offline. This is the standard path if you're one person, or the first person on a team setting up the server.
  • Browser client (team members): once your admin has deployed the Team server (self-hosted Docker; see Team Mode), invited team members open Vrge at your company's URL (e.g. vrge.your-agency.com) in any modern browser: Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox. No install, no app-store download. Realtime sync over WebSockets so everyone sees the same pipeline, tasks, and deliverables instantly. Works on phones at 375px+.

What you'll need

  • Desktop app: a Mac running macOS 12 (Monterey) or newer, or a PC running Windows 10 or newer. About 250 MB of free disk space. Internet for the download only. The app works offline after install.
  • Browser client: any modern browser + the invite link your admin sends you. No install, no downloads, works on mobile.
  • No account, no sign-up, no credit card to get started

Step 1: Download

  1. Go to getvrge.com/download.
  2. Click Download for macOS or Download for Windows.
  3. The installer downloads to your Downloads folder as a file ending in .dmg.

Step 2: Install

On Mac

  1. Double-click the .dmg file you downloaded. A window opens showing the Vrge app icon and an Applications folder.
  2. Drag the Vrge icon onto the Applications folder. That's it. It's installed.
  3. The first time you open Vrge, macOS asks once: “Vrge is an app downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it?” Click Open. That is the normal question for any downloaded app; Vrge is signed and notarized by Apple, so you should never see “Apple could not verify” or needOpen Anyway. If you do, tell us: that would mean the download was not the real one.

On Windows

  1. Double-click the .exe file you downloaded.
  2. If Windows shows a blue “Windows protected your PC” screen, click More info, then Run anyway. This only happens the first time.
  3. Follow the installer prompts. The defaults are fine. Vrge adds a shortcut to your Start menu.

Step 3: Open Vrge for the first time

When you launch Vrge, a short welcome flow walks you through three things:

  1. Pick an AI provider. You can use a free local option (Ollama), bring your own key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google), subscribe to Managed AI, or skip this step and add it later. See Choosing Your AI Provider.
  2. Connect your first source. Usually email. See Connecting Sources for the Gmail walkthrough (personal or Workspace).
  3. See your first proposals. Vrge scans your recent history (a week of email and calendar, three months of invoices and payments) and shows you the highest-confidence findings in the Inbox within about a minute.

You can skip any step and come back to it later from Settings. Nothing is permanent on first-run.