Editor Install

Rime Editor is currently a source-built Electron app. Public downloads and signed installers are not published yet.

Current Dev Install

Clone rime and rime-editor next to each other:

mkdir rime-workspace
cd rime-workspace

git clone https://github.com/danielsjoo/rime
git clone https://github.com/danielsjoo/rime-editor

cd rime-editor
npm install
npm run dev

On npm run dev, the editor runs scripts/prepare-rime-link.cjs. That script links the local @rimekit/core, @rimekit/lineage, and @rimekit/runtime packages, rebuilds them, and links the Python/R sidecar runtimes used by the desktop app.

If your checkouts are not siblings, set RIME_REPO_ROOT:

RIME_REPO_ROOT=/path/to/rime npm run dev

Build App Bundles

The packaging commands also prepare the local Rime runtime before building:

npm run build:mac
npm run build:win
npm run build:linux

For an unsigned local macOS build:

npm run dist-no-sign

Verifying

Open the app and load a folder that contains pipeline.dag.yaml. The first useful smoke test is the checked-in DAG showcase:

/path/to/rime/examples/dag-showcase

The editor should show the DAG canvas, node inspector, dataset preview, and report preview without requiring Python or R sidecars because that example uses core nodes for its runnable path.

Planned Release Installs

The intended release path is packaged desktop downloads for macOS, Windows, and Linux, with the compatible Rime runtime bundled. Auto-update behavior should only be documented once signed public builds are available and tested.