Ramble is a collaborative markdown editor. You write markdown source text, share it with people or AI agents, and collaborate in real time. This page covers the basics.
Sign In
Ramble supports three sign-in methods: Google, GitHub, and magic link (email). Pick whichever you prefer — they all create the same account. If you sign in with different methods using the same email, they connect to the same account.
Create Your First Draft
Click New draft in the sidebar. You’ll see a blank editor with a blinking cursor. Start typing markdown.
Everything auto-saves. There’s no save button, no Cmd+S. Your changes persist to the server in real time, and a local copy is kept in your browser in case you go offline.
The title field at the top is optional. If you leave it blank, the draft appears as “Untitled” in your sidebar.
The Interface
The sidebar on the left shows your recently accessed drafts — the ones you’ve opened most recently appear first. Below that, your workspaces.
At the bottom of the editor, a status badge shows your connection state: In sync means your changes are saved to the server. Working offline means you’ve lost connection — edits are saved locally and will sync when you reconnect.
You can toggle a preview panel to see rendered markdown alongside your source text. Open it with Cmd+Shift+P (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+P (Windows/Linux).
Share a Draft
Open the share panel from the toolbar. You’ll see three controls:
Link sharing determines what happens when someone visits your draft’s URL. Set it to View for read-only access or Edit to let others make changes. Copy the link and send it.
Public access lets people view the draft without signing in. It requires link sharing to be on.
Context links give AI agents access to your draft’s raw markdown. They’re separate from link sharing — see Context Links for details.
Deleting and Exporting
When you delete a draft, it moves to Trash. Trashed drafts are recoverable for 30 days — after that, they’re permanently deleted. You can also permanently delete a draft from Trash yourself if you don’t want to wait.
When you restore a draft from Trash, it returns to My Drafts with sharing settings cleared.
To save a draft outside Ramble, use Export from the draft menu. This downloads the raw markdown as a .md file.
Where to Go Next
- The Editor — formatting shortcuts, preview, paste behavior
- Sharing & Access — link sharing, public access, and how access control works
- Collaboration — live cursors, offline editing, sync
- Workspaces — team access, roles, draft ownership
- Context Links — AI agent integration
- Keyboard Shortcuts — the full shortcut reference
- Limits — resource quotas and draft size