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title: Help & In-App Docs

parent: User Guide

nav_order: 21

last_updated: 2026-08-30

description: Browse this documentation inside the app, search it, and ask Chirpy — the on-device AI assistant — questions about Meshtastic.

aliases:

• help

• docs-browser

• chirpy

• assistant

This same user documentation ships inside the app, so you can read it offline without leaving Meshtastic. Open it from Settings → Help & Documentation.

The docs browser lists every user-guide page. Tap a page to read it; images and cross-links work just like they do here.

!In-app documentation browser table of contents

The search box sits at the top of the docs browser. Type in it to filter pages by title and keywords — results update as you type, and the Clear search button (✕) empties the box.

!Searching the in-app documentation

A page open in the browser:

!A documentation page rendered in the app

Chirpy answers plain-language questions about Meshtastic using this bundled documentation as its source. Tap the Chirpy button in the docs browser, type a question, and it replies with an answer and links to the relevant pages.

!Chirpy AI assistant answering a question with page links

Chirpy is Google-flavor Android only. On F-Droid, desktop and iOS builds the assistant button does not appear at all — the same is true on a phone whose hardware cannot run the on-device model. Browsing and the docs browser's own search work normally on every platform.

│ 🔒 Privacy: On supported phones running the Google-flavor build, Chirpy runs on-device using

│ Gemini Nano — your questions never leave your phone. A small model downloads on first use.

• Translate the App — how these pages get localized into other languages

• App Functions — the separate system-AI integration (distinct from Chirpy)