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Melo app showing notes, calendar, AI chat, todos, and websites all on one canvas

Built different

More than a note app

Melo isn't another editor. It's a spatial workspace that watches your hands, hears your voice, and reasons across your entire board.

What people are saying

Built for people who think on a canvas.

Toknbase· Apr 22

“This is genuinely impressive stuff. As someone who is looking for Notion alternatives — great work seriously.”

AntelopeTough1558· Reddit

“For visual thinkers, it's a must. I really like the idea of everything being laid out on a board rather than the standard Notion/Obsidian display.”

Integrations

Your tools, one canvas

Pull from the apps you already use. Melo tiles it all together.

Notion
Q2 Roadmap, Meeting Notes...
Linear
MAR-142, MAR-87 In Progress
MON14
Calendar
Standup 9am, Design Review 2pm
Melo
Notion
Q2 Roadmap
Ship v1.0 by May
Tiling engine rewrite
AI context window
Linear
MAR-142Tiling engine
MAR-87AI context
MAR-91Data layer
MON14Calendar
9:00Standup
2:00Design Review

Make it yours

One app, infinite setups

20+ themes. 10+ fonts. Desktop pets. GIFs. No two setups look the same.

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Gesture Controls

Everything at your fingertips. Literally.

Wave, pinch, and swipe to navigate. No controller needed.

Hand tracking
Pinch to zoom
Swipe to navigate

PETS PETS PETS PETS

A cute friend dwells within Melo, because why not?

CUTENESS OVERLOAD
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Chapter 4: Cognitive Load Theory

 

Working memory can hold approximately 7±2 items at any given time (Miller, 1956). When instructional materials exceed this capacity, learning is impaired.

 

Intrinsic load refers to the inherent complexity of the material being learned. Extraneous load is caused by poor instructional design. Germane load is the effort dedicated to creating lasting mental schemas.

 

Sweller (1988) proposed that instructional design should minimize extraneous load while optimizing germane load, ensuring working memory resources are directed toward schema construction.

 

4.1 Implications for Multimedia Learning

 

Mayer's cognitive theory of multimedia learning (2001) builds on CLT by arguing that people learn more deeply from words and pictures than from words alone. However, adding pictures only helps when they reduce extraneous processing.

 

The redundancy principle states that presenting the same information in multiple formats simultaneously can actually increase cognitive load rather than reduce it.

Notejust now

Cognitive Load Theory

 

Working memory = ~7 items

3 types of load:

• Intrinsic = complexity of material

• Extraneous = bad design

• Germane = effort → schemas

 

Goal: minimize extraneous, maximize germane

Look up: Miller 1956, Sweller 1988

And there’s more

Too much to fit on one scroll.

What you’ve seen so far is the headline act. Melo ships with a long tail of small, sharp tools that quietly disappear into your workflow.

Window tilingClipboard historyVoice commandsHand gesturesWeb clipperMarkdown editorLaTeX renderingCode blocksLocal AI modelsCloud AI modelsPDF readerCalendar syncMulti-workspaceKeyboard-firstBacklinksUniversal searchWeb embedsTasksTagsPet companion+ more shipping weekly
Hamza
Hamza
Founder, building Melo

Built in public · One person

Hi, I’m Hamza. I built Melo because I was paying ~$27/month across five apps that never talked to each other, notes in one place, todos in another, AI in a third. Melo is the tool I wanted: one canvas, local-first, no subscription.

I ship updates most days. If you buy in early, you’re shaping what comes next, lifetime customers get every future update, forever.

Pricing

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One-time lifetime license. Everything included.

Notion$10/mo
Todoist$5/mo
Paste$4/mo
Magnet$5/mo
Raindrop$3/mo
Total$27/mo ($324/yr)

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  • Works offline, local-first by design
  • macOS native, Apple Silicon optimized
  • All future updates included

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Pay once. Pays for itself in 5 months.

  • Instant license email after checkout
  • Works offline, local-first by design
  • macOS native, Apple Silicon optimized
  • All future updates included

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