# Help & In-App Docs

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

## Browsing

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](../../assets/screenshots/docs-browser_toc.png)

### Search

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](../../assets/screenshots/docs-browser_search.png)

A page open in the browser:

![A documentation page rendered in the app](../../assets/screenshots/docs-browser_page.png)

## Chirpy — the AI Assistant

**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](../../assets/screenshots/docs-browser_chirpy.png)

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.

## Related Topics

- [Translate the App](translate) — how these pages get localized into other languages
- [App Functions](app-functions) — the separate system-AI integration (distinct from Chirpy)