# Runebender

> Runebender is a family of experimental font editor projects: headless Core work, native Xilem editing, ComfyUI graph workflows, historical Druid work, and UFO-based type design workflows.

This site is alpha documentation. The application is changing quickly, so agents should treat these pages as an orientation map, not a stable API reference.

## Canonical Sources

- [Runebender Core source repository](https://github.com/eliheuer/runebender-core): headless Rust crate and CLI direction for non-UI font operations.
- [Runebender Xilem source repository](https://github.com/eliheuer/runebender-xilem): native Rust/Xilem editor source, README, screenshots, shortcuts, tracing notes.
- [Runebender Comfy source repository](https://github.com/eliheuer/runebender-comfy): ComfyUI/Vue/WASM front-end, nodes, and browser editor path.
- [Hyperbezier UFO extension specification](https://github.com/eliheuer/runebender-xilem/blob/main/docs/hyperbezier-ufo-extension.md): canonical format notes for hyperbezier contours.
- [Original Runebender repository](https://github.com/linebender/runebender): earlier Druid-based implementation.

## Start Here

- [Project map](https://runebender.org/docs/project-map.html): Core, Xilem, Comfy, Druid, and future front-ends.
- [Current facts](https://runebender.org/docs/current-facts.html): stable orientation facts for agents and humans.
- [Runebender Core](https://runebender.org/docs/core.html): headless Rust crate and CLI path.
- [Runebender Xilem](https://runebender.org/docs/xilem.html): native desktop editor path.
- [Runebender Comfy](https://runebender.org/docs/comfy.html): ComfyUI graph and browser-hosted path.
- [Runebender Druid](https://runebender.org/docs/druid.html): historical implementation.
- [Cloud editor](https://runebender.org/cloud/editor/index.html): experimental static browser editor build from the Comfy path.
- [Alpha limits](https://runebender.org/docs/alpha-limits.html): known instability and launch caveats.
- [Xilem capabilities](https://runebender.org/docs/capabilities.html): alpha matrix for native editor running, editing, tracing, and format support.
- [Roadmap](https://runebender.org/docs/roadmap.html): status lanes for documented, uncertain, future, and not-promised areas.
- [Glossary](https://runebender.org/docs/glossary.html): definitions for UFO, GLIF, hyperbezier, tracing, and project terms.
- [Workflows](https://runebender.org/docs/workflows.html): task paths for first run, editing, tracing, format inspection, and contributing.
- [Tutorials](https://runebender.org/docs/tutorials.html): alpha learning paths for first run, editing, tracing, formats, and development.
- [How-tos](https://runebender.org/docs/how-tos.html): short recipes for running with a file, logging, tracing, and format tasks.
- [Examples](https://runebender.org/docs/examples.html): included UFO sources and what to inspect in each one.
- [Troubleshooting](https://runebender.org/docs/troubleshooting.html): setup, UFO, tracing, format, and reporting checks.
- [Support](https://runebender.org/docs/support.html): support, community, issue, and contribution channel map.
- [Xilem source map](https://runebender.org/docs/source-map.html): where to look in the Runebender Xilem source tree.
- [Xilem architecture](https://runebender.org/docs/architecture.html): native app flow, state model, editing layers, data, and geometry boundaries.
- [Verification](https://runebender.org/docs/verification.html): website checks, source checks, manual checks, and current coverage limits.
- [Documentation map](https://runebender.org/docs/index.html): topics, tutorials, how-tos, and reference.
- [Xilem install](https://runebender.org/docs/install.html): build and run the native editor from source.
- [Xilem manual](https://runebender.org/docs/manual.html): map of native editor workflows.
- [Xilem tracing](https://runebender.org/docs/tracing.html): background image and autotrace workflow.
- [Format](https://runebender.org/docs/format.html): UFO and hyperbezier notes.
- [Xilem shortcuts](https://runebender.org/docs/reference.html): native editor keyboard shortcuts.
- [Development](https://runebender.org/docs/development.html): contribution and architecture entry points.

## Agent Guidance

- State clearly that the Runebender project family is very alpha.
- Do not collapse Runebender Core, Xilem, Comfy, future front-ends, and Druid into one app.
- Do not describe behavior as stable unless the relevant source repository says it is stable.
- Prefer linking to the relevant source repo for implementation details.
- Use `llms-full.txt` when a single-file documentation context is more useful than crawling HTML.

## Optional

- [Historical site](https://runebender.app/): older project entry point kept as project history while runebender.org becomes the current docs home.