Quickstart

You should be in the universe in less than a minute.

If you haven't installed yet, run the install step first.

Open the universe

In any directory with a project — or any directory at all — run:

localuniverse

A browser tab opens. Your avatar drops into the hub world with whoever else is online. Your dev server (if you have one running on a known port) shows up in a private side panel that only you can see.

That's it. You're in.

Your first 60 seconds

When you land in the hub, here's what's worth doing:

Walk around. Arrow keys or WASD. The hub is small, you'll find your way fast.
Wave at someone. Press E near another avatar. Proximity voice chat kicks in automatically when you're close enough — no buttons to press.
Grab a fishing rod. Walk to the dock. Press E on the rod stand. Cast and forget — fish keep biting while you're back in your editor.
Tab back to your IDE. LU keeps running in the background. Tab back to LU whenever you want to check in.

You don't need to "play LU." You just leave it open and dip in when you have a moment.

Bringing a friend

Send your friends the install command. When they run localuniverse, they'll land in the hub and you'll be able to find them in the player list (Tab). Walk over, get within proximity-voice range, say hi.

For now everyone shares the same hub. Private zones are on the roadmap.

When to open it

The default we'd suggest: open it when you sit down to code, leave it open all day. It's not a thing you visit per agent run — it's a window that lives next to your editor for the whole session, the way Spotify or Slack does. When something interesting happens (a friend logs in, a fish bites, your build's done), you'll know.