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Open Redline, save your first source, annotate a passage, and create a backup.
First-run guide →Redline documentation
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Practical guides for preserving source context, capturing exact passages, reviewing changes, compiling claims, and protecting your local vault.
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Capture and preserve
Save a source, preserve readable evidence locally, capture exact passages, and understand each stored layer.
Capture guide →Organize dossiers and tags
Connect pages and findings, build a stable tag system, pin active work, and export a focused scope.
Organization guide →Learn the Library
Review source history and focused comparisons alongside filters, search, record editors, and Data Health.
Library guide →Compile claims from evidence
Attach exact saved passages, review supporting and challenging evidence, and export the complete trail.
Evidence Compiler guide →See how it fits together
Understand source records, annotation types, organization, search, and highlight states.
Core concepts →Import, back up, and export
Migrate Chrome-family or Firefox bookmarks, use Redline JSON for recovery, and choose the best sharing or citation format.
Data guide →Troubleshoot
Resolve problems with capture, sidebars, highlights, imports, exports, and search.
Problem solving →Read the FAQ
Get concise answers about privacy, storage, browser access, citations, and source availability.
Common questions →Privacy and permissions
See what Redline accesses, what it stores, why permissions are needed, and what stays local.
Privacy policy →Browser support and limitations
Check compatibility, protected-page behavior, shortcuts, and current product boundaries.
Compatibility guide →Release notes
Review user-facing Redline changes and updates to the public support experience.
What changed →Quick safety check
Back up before browser maintenance.
Redline’s vault lives in your browser profile. Use Library → Exports → All data → JSON before uninstalling the extension, clearing browser data, or moving profiles.