Tilde documentation

Start with your first conversation and what we tested.

Tilde is an ordinary native Linux chat window backed by a separate user daemon. Closing the window leaves daemon work alive. Repeated launch opens or focuses the same window; compositor policy determines actual focus and placement.

• Install, start and remove
• Build and stage from source
• Providers, credentials and settings
• Limitations and qualification scope
• Troubleshooting
• Security and data
• Contributing
• Releasing and documentation hosting
• 0.1.1 candidate notes

The first release targets x86_64 with an Arch package mechanism and a source archive. There is no Debian package, bundled Node/Qt, auto-updater or default service enablement. GitHub hosting, remote CI and publication are later steps.