Get started (learners)

This guide gets you from “what is this?” to browsing Library, opening a hub, saving or following, and optionally giving Aura.

Primary action: Open Library

What you’ll do

Discover curated hubs → open what looks useful → save or follow → give Aura when something deserves it.

Step 1. Open Library

1. Go to app.kahana.io/library.
2. Browse most non-adult public hubs without an account.
3. Use the tabs: Library (hubs), For You (?tab=for-you), and Authors (?tab=authors).

On small phones, Library browse may be limited. Use Search or a larger screen for the full catalog. Overview: Browse Library.

Step 2. Search and filter

1. Search by keywords for what you want to learn.
2. Filter by category, free vs paid, tags, and sort (popular when browsing; relevance when searching).
3. Start with a niche you care about so the catalog feels small and useful.

Step 3. Open a hub

1. Open a card to land on the hub page (or an author’s profile from the Authors tab).
2. Free hubs: open the content (adult hubs follow the note below).
3. Paid hubs: you’ll see a paywall if you don’t have access yet. Purchase unlocks through Stripe. See Buying & access.

Step 4. Make it sticky (account)

After you sign up or sign in:

• Save hubs, files, and authors you want to reopen. Collections live at /saved. Guide: Saving and collections.
• Follow authors you trust.
• Mark hubs, files, authors, or clubs For you or Not for you so For You can learn. Guide: For You and taste.

Step 5. Give Aura (optional but core)

• You must be logged in.
• You get up to 5 Aura per day (resets at midnight UTC).
• Give Aura to hubs and files. Not to people or profiles.
• You can’t give Aura to your own hubs or files.
• Aura is scarce on purpose. It is not money and not a paywall currency.

Rules: How Aura works. Longer philosophy: the Aura guide.

Adult content note

• Adult hubs can be listed but often stay hidden by default on Library.
• Access needs login and age verification (date of birth, 18+). There is no anonymous “I’m 18” unlock.

How-to: Adult content & age verification. Overview: Trust.

Quick facts

• Guest browse: yes for most non-adult public Library listings.
• Save / follow: needs an account.
• Aura: 5/day, hubs and files, no self-Aura, not money.
• Paid hubs: unlock via Stripe purchase.

What’s next

• Buying & access
• Clubs
• How Aura works
• Want to contribute? Get started (creators).
• How discovery works: Browse Library.

Open Library →