An AI-native workspace built for how you actually work.
What is ai workspace?
Most productivity apps added AI as an afterthought — a chatbot in a sidebar that knows nothing about your work. Melo was built with AI at its core.
AI Workspace for researchers
Researchers deal with papers, citations, and literature review. Melo's ai workspace is particularly valuable here because it lets you organize this work spatially — seeing everything in context rather than hidden behind tabs and folders.
Open a journal article in one tile, your notes in another, and AI chat to help you synthesize findings. Melo's spatial layout lets you visually map relationships between papers. All data stays local — your unpublished research never touches a cloud server.
1.Dozens of browser tabs open with journal articles and no way to organize them
2.Literature review notes disconnected from the papers they reference
3.AI tools that summarize without understanding your research context
4.Collaborative tools that put sensitive unpublished research on someone else's server
Key benefits
1
Contextual intelligence
AI that understands your full workspace context — notes, tasks, web content, calendar. Ask questions that span your entire body of work.
2
Native integration
AI isn't a sidebar or popup — it's a first-class tile on your canvas. It lives alongside your content, not hidden behind a menu.
3
Multi-modal
Voice input, text chat, or keyboard shortcuts — interact with AI the way that suits your current workflow.
4
Privacy-preserving
Your data stays local. AI queries use your workspace for context but nothing persists on external servers.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do researchers use Melo differently?
Researchers typically create boards organized around their papers, citations, and literature review. They tile relevant documents, tasks, web references, and AI chat specific to their workflow. The spatial layout lets them design a workspace that matches how they naturally think about their work.
What makes Melo better than other tools for researchers?
Most tools force you into their structure — linear documents, rigid databases, or text-only editors. Researchers need flexibility to arrange papers, citations, and literature review in a way that makes sense. Melo's spatial canvas adapts to you, and the AI understands your full context.
How does AI Workspace work in Melo?
AI Workspace is built natively into Melo's spatial canvas. It's not a plugin or add-on — it's a core part of the workspace that integrates with your notes, tasks, AI, and other tiles. See the feature details above for specifics.
What platforms does Melo support?
Melo is built exclusively for macOS. It's a native Electron app optimized for the Mac experience — trackpad gestures, keyboard shortcuts, and performance tuned for Apple hardware.
Is my data private with Melo?
Yes. Melo is local-first, meaning your data lives on your Mac by default. Nothing is uploaded to external servers unless you explicitly use AI features, which send only the necessary context and don't persist your data.