About Eigen

Eigen is your personal workspace in the cloud, and an alternative to Google Workspace that you can host yourself. Your mail, files, calendar, and more live in one place, and your data stays yours. This page is a quick tour of what Eigen is and the apps it includes.

One workspace, your own data

Eigen brings the tools you use every day into a single workspace: email, files, documents, a calendar, and more. You sign in once and move between them from the top of any page.

The name says it: eigen is Dutch and German for "own". Because you, or whoever runs your Eigen, host it yourself, your data stays with you. Eigen is open source too, so you can see exactly how it works at github.com/eigen-is/eigen.

The apps

Each app does one job. You can use as many or as few as you like.

• Mail is your inbox: read, write, and organise your email.
• Drive is where your files live. Upload them, sort them into folders, and share them with other people.
• Docs is for writing and editing documents in the browser.
• Sheets is for spreadsheets and formulas.
• Slides is for building and presenting decks.
• Calendar keeps track of your schedule, with events and invitations.
• Contacts is your address book of the people you know.
• Chat is for quick messages with your team.
• Stickies is for notes and boards, to keep ideas and tasks in view.
• Space is your account home, where you manage your profile, settings, and sign-in.

If you help run your Eigen, you'll also see Admin, for managing organisations, teams, and the server.

Move between apps

Open the grid icon at the top-left of any page to switch to another app. The app you're in is highlighted, so you always know where you are.

To find something fast, open the command palette with the Search and jump anywhere bar at the top, or press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows). It searches your mail, files, and contacts and lets you jump straight to any app. See Find anything with search and the command palette for more.

Where to go next

• New here? Start with Your first steps.
• Learn how your files work in Get started with Drive.
• See how sharing works when you're ready to work with other people.