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How These Docs Work

One library, two audiences. How the audience filter, sections, and search work—so you can find your path fast.

Everyone Start Here updated Jun 27, 2026

This Help Center is one library serving two audiences at once: organizers who need plain-language field guides, and builders who need protocol and self-hosting reference. Everything lives in one tree so the two halves stay honest with each other—the organizer can see how the machine works, the builder can see who it’s for.

The audience filter

Every page is tagged for who it’s written for:

  • Organizer—on-the-ground, no jargon. Blue badge.
  • Builder—technical, protocol-level. Red badge.
  • Everyone—concepts that both sides need. Neutral badge.

Use the All / Organizer / Builder toggle at the top of the sidebar (and on the Help Center home) to hide what isn’t yours. Your choice is remembered between visits. With JavaScript off, everything just shows—nothing is hidden behind the toggle.

How it’s organized

  • Start Here—what RORBT is and how to use these docs.
  • Core Concepts—the ideas everything rests on: Orbits, the deaf server, logs.
  • Organizing—start an Orbit, run a meeting, build trust.
  • Governance & Roles—how power rotates and how anyone gets recalled.
  • Safety & Security—protect yourself and your people; know your rights.
  • Build & Self-Host—run the relay, federate, read the threat model.
  • Reference—glossary and the protocol spec.

Searching

The search box on the home page indexes every doc (and the dispatches). It runs entirely in your browser against a static index — no query is sent to a server, because there’s nothing on the other end listening.

A note on “coming soon”

Some pages are titled but not yet written—they show a Coming soon marker. We ship docs the way we ship everything else: only when they’re real. If you need one sooner, the fastest way to move it up the queue is to need it out loud.