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Dev tools · October 19, 2013

RTE – Bret Victor’s interfaces, the Unix way

RTE: Bret Victor’s interfaces, the UNIX way. Contribute to edouardklein/realtimeedit development by creating an account on GitHub.

RTE – Bret Victor’s interfaces, the Unix way launched on October 19, 2013 with 34 votes, #61 of 565 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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In plain words

RTE is a development tool that applies Bret Victor's interface design principles using Unix philosophy. Hosted on GitHub, it enables real-time editing and interaction for developers. The project is open source and welcomes community contributions.

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