Xip Kit
Xip Kit · Local-first software for individuals

Tools for people who make things with AI.

Our mission is to unleash human creativity and ingenuity in the age of AI. We build small, fast, local-first software for individuals. You own the tools outright, run them on your own machine, and understand them end to end. AI should make you more capable, not make you optional.

Explore our products and open-source projects below.

Xip

Coming soon

HyperCard for the AI era. Describe a workflow in plain language. Xip turns it into a kit: a small, self-contained app that runs on your machine and works with your data. Move it to the cloud when you want.

  • ■Each kit stores its data in SQLite on your disk.
  • ■Your AI agent builds the kit through MCP.
  • ■Readable Vibescript lets you inspect the logic and control what each kit can access.
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Rip

macOS & Linux

AI writes more code. Rip helps you review it. It opens a 200k-line file in 41 ms, renders diffs and Markdown clearly, and never phones home.

  • ■Review pull requests and leave inline comments.
  • ■Preview GitHub-flavored Markdown and Mermaid live.
  • ■Search the whole project as you type. No index.
  • ■Switch between branches and worktrees.
Visit ripeditor.com →

Open source

These open-source Go projects power Xip Kit products. All three use the MIT License.

vibescriptA small, Ruby-like workflow language that people can read and AI can write. Embed it in Go or use its REPL and language server.Go ohmA low-resistance web framework for server-rendered Go apps. It powers every kit that needs a server.Go sennaRuns background jobs in Go on Redis or Valkey, with queues, schedules, retries, rate limits, and batches.Go

What we believe

Five rules decide what we build and what we cut.

  1. 1.Individuals first. One person should be able to ship a good idea without hiring a team or renting a platform.
  2. 2.Local first. Keep your data on your machine. Use the cloud when it helps. Don't live there.
  3. 3.AI as collaborator. Use it to make more, better, stranger things. Don't use it to make people optional.
  4. 4.No telemetry. Ever. We don't watch you work or sell what we could have seen.
  5. 5.Small, fast, finished. A tool should open instantly, do its job, and get out of your way.
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Hear from us when something ships.

We send release news and the occasional essay, never more than once a month.