# Self-hosting: ZeroWidth docs

Install, Configuration, Sources, Metrics, AI models and costs, Upgrades, Backups and Exports.

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[Get started](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/get-started)
- [Overview](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/get-started/overview)
- [Try ZeroWidth in five minutes](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/get-started/try-zerowidth)
- [ZeroWidth for agents](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/get-started/for-agents)
- [Hosted or self-hosted](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/get-started/hosted-or-self-hosted)

[Connect your AI tools](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect)
- [How connecting works](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/how-connecting-works)
- [Claude](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/claude)
- [Claude Code](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/claude-code)
- [ChatGPT](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/chatgpt)
- [Cursor](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/cursor)
- [VS Code and GitHub Copilot](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/vs-code)
- [Codex](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/codex)
- [Windsurf](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/windsurf)
- [Antigravity](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/antigravity)
- [Microsoft Copilot Studio](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/copilot-studio)
- [Other MCP tools](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/other-tools)
- [Bring in past chats](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/connect/past-chats)

[MCP tools](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp)
- [MCP tools overview](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp/overview)
- [Find past decisions](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp/find-past-decisions)
- [Report a decision](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp/report-decision)
- [Proposals](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp/proposals)
- [See what worked](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp/results)
- [Open questions](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp/open-questions)
- [Read and edit wiki pages](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp/wiki-pages)
- [Record numbers](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/mcp/numbers)

[Concepts](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts)
- [Decisions](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts/decisions)
- [Proposals](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts/proposals)
- [Expectations](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts/expectations)
- [Metrics and readings](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts/metrics)
- [The watch](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts/the-watch)
- [Verdicts](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts/verdicts)
- [Wiki pages](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts/wiki-pages)
- [Dreaming](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/concepts/dreaming)

[Self-hosting](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting)
- [Install](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/install)
- [Configuration](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/configuration)
- [Sources](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/sources)
- [Metrics](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/metrics)
- [AI models and costs](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/ai-models)
- [Upgrades](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/upgrades)
- [Backups](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/backups)
- [Exports](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/exports)

[Hosted](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted)
- [Start a team](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/start-a-team)
- [Teams](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/teams)
- [Members and sign-in](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/members)
- [Send numbers to hosted ZeroWidth](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/send-numbers)
- [Plans and background reading](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/plans)
- [Billing](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/billing)
- [Signup codes and the waitlist](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/signup-codes)
- [Your data](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/your-data)
- [Delete a team](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/hosted/delete-a-team)

Docs

# Self-hosting

Install, Configuration, Sources, Metrics, AI models and costs, Upgrades, Backups and Exports.
- [ **Install** Run ZeroWidth on your own computer or on one server inside your network.](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/install)
- [ **Configuration** Settings live in zerowidth.json, written by `zerowidth init`. Command-line options override it.](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/configuration)
- [ **Sources** Bring in the chats, documents, meetings, email and code history your team's decisions are already in.](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/sources)
- [ **Metrics** Connect the numbers your decisions are measured by, from your tools, from files, or from a script.](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/metrics)
- [ **AI models and costs** Use an OpenRouter key or your own OpenAI-compatible model, and see the cost before ZeroWidth reads anything.](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/ai-models)
- [ **Upgrades** Update ZeroWidth and start serve again. Your record moves to the new layout the first time the new version opens the record.](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/upgrades)
- [ **Backups** Back up the record, the numbers and the files beside the record, your settings, and the config folder that holds your team's token.](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/backups)
- [ **Exports** Copy every decision out of ZeroWidth as one file, with or without the original words.](https://zerowidth.ai/docs/self-hosting/exports)