  We present the initial release of ARGES, a toolkit for obtaining
renormalisation group equations in perturbation theory. As such, ARGES can
handle any perturbatively renormalisable four-dimensional quantum field theory.
Notable further features include a symbolic rather than numeric computation,
input of unconventional scalar and Yukawa sectors, an interactive evaluation
and disentanglement as well as capabilities to inject algebraic simplification
rules. We provide a conceptual and practical introduction into ARGES, and
highlight similarities and differences with complementary packages.
