see the cut before you make it.
Neovim's hands · Helix's spine · rootle's eyes · GitLens' memory
nonblocking code completion · 23 languages
pick a palette — the logo re-themes live
The demo GIF will re-render in your pick once the forge ships — the same eleven palettes rootle.dev offers, plus our own.
already installed? strop update — checks, verifies, swaps itself · changelog · roadmap
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completion without blocking your next key
Language-server suggestions and current-buffer words share a
caret-anchored menu. Ctrl-N/Ctrl-P select,
Ctrl-Y accepts, and Ctrl-E dismisses without changing
what you typed. Selected documentation, resolved imports and undo use the
same source-owned edits; unsupported snippets are refused, not approximated.
terminals live in your editor
:terminal opens a real PTY-backed shell — a pinned static
Ghostty VT engine renders it, so every escape sequence means the same thing it does in
your standalone terminal. Terminal buffers are real read-only buffers: motions,
/ search, selection and yank just work; splits mirror the live grid while
the focused view owns its size.
Editor keys stay editor keys: Esc, Ctrl-C and
chords go to the child; Ctrl-\ Ctrl-N (or Ctrl-W N) steps out to inspect a pinned
snapshot, and i/a return to the live cursor. Ctrl-W h/j/k/l
moves panes straight from terminal input, and terminals list in the
buffer picker with their live phase. Multiline and
control-character pastes ask first; :qa refuses to quit on live sessions.
Terminal content never enters traces — recording downgrades to
metadata unless you explicitly opt in with --log-terminal-content.
Terminal commands, keys and privacy · what remains on the terminal roadmap
one filesystem workspace
Browse local and SSH directories as real buffers. Create, rename, move and copy through Review → Apply → Receipt; edit filenames with ordinary motions, yank/paste and undo without touching disk until Apply.
Space e reveals the current source.
:fs search captures its directory scope; capable SSH hosts search
remotely without a local fallback. Containers stay read-only.
browse and edit remote files
Press Space o to connect and browse real buffers.
Files open read-only; :remote edit verifies a full snapshot and enables
editing, then :w saves through an owned atomic transaction.
Content/metadata conflicts preserve local edits. Locks coordinate
remote-save participants, not arbitrary external writers; unconfirmed outcomes
use explicit :remote verify.
SSH usage, prerequisites and guarantees · what remains on the remote roadmap
CMake, Markdown and 21 more languages
Static Tree-sitter grammars, Markdown emphasis and fenced code, HTML script/style injections, and structural indentation guides. Worker-owned search, ranking and syntax analysis keep large workspaces out of the keystroke path.