Become a Kosmik experts in minutes:
Here are five videos to explore the depths of Kosmik and give you a hang when you first onboard the app!
Sign-up and learn the basics.
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Move around the canvas:
With a trackpad:
Pinch to zoom or hold Cmd (Ctrl on Windows) + scroll with two fingers.
Pan with two fingers to move around the canvas.
With a mouse:
Hold Cmd (Ctrl on Windows) + your scroll wheel to zoom.
Press Space + click and drag to pan around the canvas.
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Learn more and try it for yourself:
Explore this universe and try to pan, zoom and select items.
🌍 Browse the web and capture assets.
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Browse the web:
Click the browser icon in the tool bar, visit any site, and use the capture icon (top-left) to grab images or text. You can also open the browser by clicking on "W".
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Capture items:
Once you've activated the capture mode you can hover above any item and just click to add it to the canvas. We'll take care of the tags!
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Download Kosmik and change the way you browse:
There’s a lot more to unpack in Kosmik web browser, if you’d like to learn more you can visit this Kosmik public universe.
📁 Organize your PDFs and media.
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Import files and organize them.
Drag and drop images, PDFs, or files onto the canvas—or click the file icon in the tool bar to import items.
Arrange them with our auto-layout options by right-clicking on selected items.
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Try Kosmik PDF reader:
We've created a universe with a few PDF files and items extracted from them, try it out.
🏷️ AI auto-tagging and Search.
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Import files and organize them.
Once you’ve imported or captured some items, Kosmik will auto-tag them.
Just click on the tag icon in the edit dock of a PDF, text, bookmark, or image and you’ll see them.
Use those terms in our search engine to surface similar content. Double-click on a search result to teleport to its location.
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Try auto-tagging and search
In this Kosmik universe you will learn more about Kosmik Auto-tagging, source backlinks and how to best use them to make Kosmik your most valuable research tool.
Share, collaborate and publish.
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Inviting people to your workspace
You have one main workspace in Kosmik. Everything you create or import lives here.
To invite collaborators, click Invite to Workspace in the sidebar and enter their email addresses.
Remember: Anyone invited to your workspace can see all universes within it.
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Sharing your universe
If you only need to share one board, open that universe, click “Share,” or right-click its name and select Invite Someone.
Free workspaces can have up to 10 guests—ideal for a small team or a class project.
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Publishing your work
If you want anyone on the internet to view your board, click Share → Publish and copy the link.
You can unpublish anytime, giving you full control over your shared content.
