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Library

The Library page collects what you keep from your work in Backend.AI GO: images generated in image mode or Canvas, assistant responses you bookmarked in a conversation, and artifacts you saved from the Artifact Viewer.

Opening the Library

Click Library in the sidebar, right under New chat. You can also open the command palette and run Go to Library.

Image mode no longer has its own button for browsing saved images. Generated images still offer View in Library, which opens the Library on that image.

Page Layout

The page shows the Library title and a single toolbar row with three controls:

  • Tabs: All, Images, Chat bookmarks, and Artifacts. All is selected when the page opens.
  • Search: searches item names and content across the Library.
  • View switch: toggles between list view and grid view.

List View

List view shows a table with Name, Kind, and Recent activity columns. Each row starts with a thumbnail for images or a kind icon for bookmarks and artifacts.

The ⋯ menu at the end of a row offers:

  • Open: opens the item.
  • Open conversation: returns to the conversation the item was saved from. It appears only for items saved from a conversation.
  • Delete: removes the item.

Grid View

Grid view shows each item as a card. Image cards show a thumbnail, and bookmark and artifact cards show a preview of their text.

Images

Images generated in image mode or Canvas are saved to the Library automatically. If a save fails, the image shows a warning icon; click it to retry saving to the Library.

Opening an image shows the image preview with its metadata and these actions:

  • Copy the image
  • Export the image
  • Open it in your system's default image viewer
  • Delete it

Chat Bookmarks

A chat bookmark is an assistant response you bookmarked in a conversation. Final answers saved from a Cowork run with Save to Library are kept here as well.

Artifacts

Artifacts are code or rendered content saved from the Artifact Viewer with the Save to Library button. See Chat Interface for how artifacts open in the viewer.

Viewing a Bookmark or Artifact

Opening a bookmark or an artifact replaces the list with the item. A back control at the top returns you to the list. The view shows the item's kind, its tag (the model for a bookmark, the language for an artifact), and when it was saved, along with these actions:

  • Copy content
  • Open conversation
  • Delete

Artifacts that can be rendered (SVG, HTML, Markdown, CSS, Mermaid, CSV, and LaTeX) also get a Preview / Code switch, so you can look at either the rendered result or the source.

Deleting Items

Deleting an item from any view always asks for confirmation first.

Permanent Deletion

Deleted items are removed from your system and cannot be restored.

Image Storage Location

Generated images are stored in the following folder by default:

Platform Path
macOS ~/Library/Application Support/ai.backend.go/creations/
Windows %APPDATA%\ai.backend.go\creations\
Linux ~/.local/share/ai.backend.go/creations/

The Library displays images in PNG, JPEG, WebP, and GIF formats.

Managed Installs

In a managed install, an administrator can hide the Library by listing the /creations page id in features.hiddenPages. The page id and the page URL are still /creations. See Enterprise Policy.