Getting started

Ramble is a collaborative markdown editor. You write markdown source text, edit it with other people in real time, and ask an AI assistant for help. There are no files to manage and nothing to install. Sign in and start writing.

Sign in

Continue with Google, GitHub, or your email address. With email, Ramble sends a six-digit code that expires in ten minutes; enter the code to finish signing in. The first time you sign in, Ramble asks what to call you. That name is what other people see when you edit or share alongside them.

Each verified email is one account. If you use Google one day and an email code the next with the same address, you land in the same account.

Create your first draft

Select New draft in the sidebar. You get an empty editor. Start typing markdown.

Your work saves as you type. There is no save button, and you never need Cmd+S: changes sync through the collaboration session in real time, and an already-open draft keeps a local recovery copy in this browser if the connection drops.

The title field at the top is optional. Leave it blank and the draft shows as “Untitled” in your sidebar.

Find your way around

The sidebar holds your pinned drafts, your recent drafts, and your workspaces. A workspace is a shared space for drafts, and you start with one of your own. See Workspaces & roles for how shared workspaces work.

A status indicator at the bottom of the editor tells you whether your collaboration session is caught up. In sync means the editor is connected and current. Working offline means you have lost connection, and edits in the open draft are held in this browser until you reconnect. Real-time collaboration covers each state.

Two panels open beside the editor when you want them:

  • Preview renders your markdown as formatted output, next to your source. The editor explains it.
  • The AI assistant answers questions and proposes edits you review. Press Cmd+. to open it, or read The AI assistant first.

Delete or export a draft

When you delete a draft, it moves to Trash. Trashed drafts are recoverable for 30 days; after that, they are permanently deleted. You can also permanently delete a draft from Trash yourself if you do not want to wait.

When you restore a draft from Trash, it returns to Your drafts with sharing settings cleared.

To save a draft outside Ramble, open the draft menu and select Export. The download is plain markdown (a .md file), so it moves into any other tool without conversion.

Where to go next