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The Darkian Studio docs cover installing, using, and troubleshooting DS, plus how its runtime bridge works and how it compares to VS Code, Acode, and Roxum.

Darkian Studio (DS) is a real, mobile-first IDE for Android and Linux. Editor, terminal, LSP, debugging, git, AI chat, and local offline AI models all run against one runtime reached over a bridge. Start with install, then take the getting-started tour.

Get set up

  • Install — install Termux, download the beta APK, run one setup command, verify.
  • Getting started — a first-run tour: open a project, use the terminal, edit with LSP, debug, and run git.

Understand it

  • Architecture — how one runtime serves the editor, terminal, LSP, debugger, git, and extensions over a bridge.
  • AI features — the chat agent, local GGUF models run fully offline, inline completions, and MCP.
  • GitHub workspaces — open a repository on GitHub without cloning it: sign in, pick a branch, and edit and commit straight against it.
  • dsterm — the open-source Rust runtime bridge DS connects to: PTY, LSP/DAP/MCP/extension-host bridges, and command execution.

Fix it

  • Troubleshooting — diagnostics logs, crash reports, what to include in a bug report, and known limitations.

Compare it

  • DS vs VS Code — mobile-first runtime bridge versus a desktop-first editor with the full vscode API.
  • DS vs Acode — one shared runtime for everything versus a mobile editor with a focused PTY/LSP backend.
  • DS vs Roxum — a bridge-runtime IDE with DAP/debugging and Open VS X extensions versus a native-Rust-editor Android IDE with on-device AI.

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