Quickstart
Rume is a small program that runs on your computer next to your website. If you are not a developer, you don't need to write any code. The simple path:
- 1. Install it once — get the install link from the waitlist on the homepage, run it, and Rume opens its editor in your browser.
- 2. Start a blank site — in the panel, click Start a blank site. Rume creates a brand-new website for you to edit — no folders, no command line.
- 3. Click to edit — click any text or box and change it, like a design tool. Rume writes your changes into the website files for you.
- 4. Publish updates — when it looks right, press Publish. Rume saves the change and sends it to your host, and the live site updates. (Going live the first time needs a free GitHub and Vercel account; the panel walks you through connecting them once.)
Prefer the developer path? The steps below are the same, just with a project you already have.
1. Point Rume at a project
In the panel, add a project from a local folder (a native macOS folder picker — you never type a path) or from a GitHub repo (Rume clones it). Rume auto-starts the project's dev server and watches for the localhost:PORT it reports.
2. Click any element
With the project open, browse to a page and click an element. Rume knows which line of source every element on screen came from, and the panel becomes that element — showing its font, size, color, spacing, and radius.
3. Edit it
Change values directly. Edits stack up as staged changes until you are happy.
// staged changes accumulate in the panel // 3 changes staged …
4. Save locally or Publish
Save locally writes the change to source and verifies it landed — no deploy. Publish does the same, then commits and pushes, so your host auto-deploys. The default is Save locally; an accidental production deploy is worse than an extra click.
5. Hand the rest to your agent
For changes that need judgment, describe it ("this section feels cramped"). Rume pins the exact file and line and fires your configured agent.