Keyboard-first, local-first mind mapping for macOS,
with tasks baked in.
Assign dates, statuses, and priorities to every node.
The same map can hold your first thought
and your final task.
One-time purchase — no subscription
Mind maps have always been a place for thinking. is also a place for doing.
The same node you sketched as an idea can become the task you mark done.
The thinking surfaces
A canvas for spatial thinking. An outline for sequential thinking. The same underlying data stays in sync between them.
Write straight into the outline — indent with Tab, add the next line with Enter, fold any branch — then arrange it on the canvas. Or sketch branches loosely and read them back as a document. Whichever lens fits the moment.
Beneath the label
A label is just the entry point.
Underneath, every node can carry rich text, attachments,
and links out to other maps in your library.
Open an intuitive rich text editor on any node. Type /
for slash commands, or select text for a formatting bubble. Images,
tables, code blocks — all live, all inside the bundle so it
travels together.
Drop an image onto a node and it renders right on the canvas. Mockups, references, sketches — visible as part of the map.
Default for ideas. Checkbox for tasks, with cascading completion that propagates up and down the tree. Link to attach a URL, openable in one keystroke.
Link a node to another map — or to a specific node inside it. The
kloni://
protocol resolves by stable ID, so links survive a rename. Broken links flag themselves.
Connect any two nodes with a labeled arc. One-directional or bi-directional, color-coded, smart-routed. For relationships the tree can't express.
Drop images, PDFs, anything — files live inside the map bundle, not scattered across your disk. Forty-plus file types with type-specific icons. Nothing lost on copy.
Properties
Tick a checkbox. Set a date. Mark a status. Flag a priority.
Any one of them turns a node into a task — without changing
what a mind map fundamentally is. Type a date in plain words
— tomorrow, next Friday — or pick the
calendar, and set it all from the keyboard with /date
and /priority.
Four signals, every node, optional everywhere. The branch you sketched as a half-thought yesterday is the task you mark done tomorrow — in the same map, with no conversion, no migration, no second app.
Tasks
Three views surface what's actionable across your whole library. Today — what's due, overdue, or in progress. Inbox — what you've captured but haven't triaged. Blocked — what's waiting on something.
Action-first. Tap a status to cycle it, a checkbox to complete, a node's label to jump to its map. Even checkboxes tucked inside a node's note show up in Inbox, ready to toggle or promote — fast capture without losing the workflow.
Layouts
Layout is a rendering decision, not a data decision.
The same map can be a tree for brainstorming, a table for comparison,
and a Kanban board for execution — without losing a node, a note, or a tag.
Switch freely. Find the shape that matches the thought.
The classic. Root on the left, branches growing right.
Root at the top-left, first child beside it, the rest flowing down.
Vertical org-chart. Root at top, children fanning out below.
Root at center, branches distributed symmetrically on both sides.
A dense, file-explorer style for deep hierarchies.
Horizontal spine. Milestones alternate above and below.
Cause-and-effect fishbone. Recursive, for root-cause analysis.
A grid. Rows and columns for tabular visualization.
Top-level children as headers. Ideal for Kanban and comparison.
Spaces
Group maps into spaces — Work, Reading, Side Projects — and the library becomes organized instead of a flat pile. Maps stay maps; spaces stay light. No nesting, no per-space settings, no slow accretion into "projects with their own everything."
Spaces aren't just folders — they're a scope. Tasks, library exploration, search results all narrow to the active space. Open Today inside Work and you see this week's work; switch to Personal and you see your reading. One scope, every view.
History
Every edit — a moved branch, a status change, a rewritten note — flows into a per-map history you can step through and restore from. Open the timeline (⌘⇧H) and scrub: day-grouped entries, plain-language summaries, before-and-after diffs on each node.
Undo goes 250 steps deep and behaves the same on the canvas, in the outline view, and inside a note. The whole history lives in the map's bundle — it travels with the file, with no server keeping score.
Private by default
Your thoughts and your tasks
go only where you take them.
Every map lives on your disk as a bundle you can move, back up, or version – with any tool you already trust.
Quick capture
A global keyboard shortcut summons a small capture window from anywhere on your Mac. Type the idea or the task, hit return, and it lands in your designated map. Or click the menu bar icon when your hands are on the trackpad.
Need more than a label? Press tab and the window expands into a full rich text editor — the same rich notes, file attachments, and node depth as the rest of Kloni. Capture small, grow when you're ready.
Compact
Expanded
Command palette
A single shortcut opens a fuzzy-search palette over every action Kloni knows — switch layouts, jump to a tagged node, mark a node done, run a template, anything. Type a few letters, hit return.
Memorize shortcuts for what you do every day. Use the palette for everything else. Both habits live in the same hand position; nothing requires reaching for the mouse.
And to move between maps, Quick Open (⌘⇧O): type a few letters, hit return, and you're in the map you wanted — switching to its open tab if there is one, loading it if not.
Tags
Tag any node, anywhere. Filter by one tag or many.
Click a tag on the canvas and every node that carries it lights up.
Tags travel with the map but also live library-wide — browse every tag across every map, with counts, in a single panel. Not just labels: filter Tasks by tag, scope Search by tag, narrow any library query.
Search
Find a phrase or a note — in the map you're in, in a space, or anywhere in your library. Relevance-scored matches in labels, notes, and breadcrumb paths.
Open with a keystroke. Narrow by tag, status, or date. Hit return on any result, and the map opens with the matched node already in focus — not just opened, located.
Templates
Twelve starting points that pair a structure with the layout that flatters it. A SWOT that knows it wants to be balanced, a weekly review pre-shaped for reflection, a Kanban that opens straight into columns.
Half are productivity workflows ready to run. The rest are thinking structures ready to fill. Either way, the layout's already chosen and the bones are in place — start with the work, not the setup.
Appearance
Twelve color themes. Light and dark modes, or follow the system. Node shape, fill style, edge curvature, density — all configurable. Custom colors per node when you want them.
A frosted-glass toolbar that knows which mode it's in.
Light
Dark
Pricing
($50 Full price)
Price in USD — varies by region on the App Store
Most problems in life occur for two reasons:
we act without thinking
or we keep thinking without acting.
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