# OpenHive

> Documentation for OpenHive — the desktop app for running agent colonies.

- [OpenHive](https://docs.open-hive.com/index.md): Run agent colonies that do real work — research, outreach, and CRM operations — from a desktop app.
- [Quickstart](https://docs.open-hive.com/quickstart.md): Install OpenHive, sign in, and run your first colony in a few minutes.
- [Installation](https://docs.open-hive.com/installation.md): Download and install OpenHive on macOS, Windows, or Linux.
- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.open-hive.com/troubleshooting.md): Common problems and what they mean.
- [Overview](https://docs.open-hive.com/concepts/overview.md): The five ideas you need to understand OpenHive: colonies, queens, sessions, skills, and memory.
- [Colonies](https://docs.open-hive.com/concepts/colonies.md): Teams of agents working toward a single goal, led by a queen.
- [Queens](https://docs.open-hive.com/concepts/queens.md): Specialist agents that own a business function and lead colonies.
- [Sessions](https://docs.open-hive.com/concepts/sessions.md): Individual runs of work inside a colony.
- [Skills](https://docs.open-hive.com/concepts/skills.md): Reusable capabilities agents invoke to get work done.
- [Memory](https://docs.open-hive.com/concepts/memory.md): What agents remember between runs.
- [Run your first colony](https://docs.open-hive.com/guides/first-colony.md): From a blank workspace to a colony doing real work.
- [Working in a colony](https://docs.open-hive.com/guides/colony-workspace.md): The chat, the action plan, and the panels beside them.
- [Foundry](https://docs.open-hive.com/guides/foundry.md): Forge a company's go-to-market assets from its website.
- [Prompt library](https://docs.open-hive.com/guides/prompt-library.md): Proven prompts you can run, customize, or deploy as a colony.
- [CRM](https://docs.open-hive.com/guides/crm.md): The system of record your agents read from and write to.
- [Inbox](https://docs.open-hive.com/guides/inbox.md): Read and reply to email alongside the records it belongs to.
- [Browser automation](https://docs.open-hive.com/guides/browser.md): Let agents drive a real browser to work inside tools that have no API.
- [Credentials](https://docs.open-hive.com/configuration/credentials.md): Connect the accounts, tools, and models your agents work with.
- [Email senders](https://docs.open-hive.com/configuration/senders.md): Connect mailboxes, set sending identities, and control send volume.
- [Rate limits](https://docs.open-hive.com/configuration/rate-limits.md): Cap how fast agents act on the outside world.
- [Skills library](https://docs.open-hive.com/configuration/skills-library.md): Browse, author, and connect the capabilities your agents can use.
- [Memory library](https://docs.open-hive.com/configuration/memory-library.md): Read, edit, and delete what your agents remember.
- [Org chart](https://docs.open-hive.com/configuration/org-chart.md): See every queen and colony in your workspace at a glance.
- [Settings](https://docs.open-hive.com/configuration/settings.md): Account, workspace, model, and appearance settings.
- [Credits and plans](https://docs.open-hive.com/account/credits.md): How OpenHive meters agent work, and what happens when you run out.
- [Introduction](https://docs.open-hive.com/api-reference/introduction.md): The OpenHive Cloud API.
- [Authentication](https://docs.open-hive.com/api-reference/authentication.md): How to authenticate against the OpenHive Cloud API.