Web and desktop share the same relationship model when you are signed in. They are not the same computer. Use web for the shared queue and for days the laptop is shut. Use desktop when the work is happening next to you, or when the file should never leave the disk.
Oppulence / Guide
When to use the web app, and when to install the desktop.
A browser tab cannot record the room.
Use web for the shared queue and for days the laptop is shut. Use desktop when the work is happening next to you, or when the file should never leave the disk.
Equal clients, different nodes.
Both talk to the same API. Desktop is also a local observation node: vault, live notes, meeting capture, in-app browser, MCP.
Equal clients, different nodes.
Both talk to the same API. Desktop is also a local observation node: vault, live notes, meeting capture, in-app browser, MCP.
A browser tab cannot record the room.
It also cannot watch a local Markdown folder or run Whisper on a file that must stay put.
Questions
No. Plenty of people will only use web. Desktop is there for the jobs a tab cannot do.
