# Rip

> AI writes the code now. Rip helps humans keep up. Files open instantly, search responds as you type, diffs stay readable, and Markdown renders live.

Rip is a native code editor for macOS and Linux by Xip Kit. This index covers the user guide for Rip 0.4; each link is the page as Markdown.

## Docs

- [Getting started](https://ripeditor.com/docs/getting-started.md): Install Rip, open a folder, and learn the parts of the window.
- [Files and navigation](https://ripeditor.com/docs/files-and-navigation.md): The file tree, the file finder, the command palette, tabs, and panes.
- [Editing](https://ripeditor.com/docs/editing.md): Cursors, selections, movement, find and replace, and what happens on save.
- [Markdown](https://ripeditor.com/docs/markdown.md): Live preview, reading view, references that know git, Obsidian syntax, and Mermaid.
- [Git and review](https://ripeditor.com/docs/git-and-review.md): Branches, worktrees, the change review, pull requests, and file history.
- [Working with agents](https://ripeditor.com/docs/working-with-agents.md): See what changed while you were away, review it, and keep your own edits safe.
- [Search and traces](https://ripeditor.com/docs/search-and-traces.md): Search every file in the folder, and turn a pasted error into a jump list.
- [Themes](https://ripeditor.com/docs/themes.md): The bundled themes, a live picker, system appearance, and your own theme file.
- [Configuration](https://ripeditor.com/docs/configuration.md): Every key in config.toml, its default, and what it changes.
- [Keyboard shortcuts](https://ripeditor.com/docs/keyboard-shortcuts.md): Every default binding by context, for macOS and Linux, and how to change one.
- [File types](https://ripeditor.com/docs/file-types.md): The languages Rip highlights, how it recognizes a file, and what each language gets.

## Optional

- [The whole guide in one file](https://ripeditor.com/llms-full.txt)
- [Changelog](https://ripeditor.com/changelog/)
- [Download](https://ripeditor.com/download/linux/): Linux packages; macOS builds are on the home page