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Project Planning · Students

How students do project planning.

Melo lets you tile lecture notes, research papers, an assignment tracker, and AI chat on one spatial board. Your entire semester is visible at a glance, and everything stays local on your Mac.

The students problem

Students juggle coursework, research, and study sessions — often across five or more apps. Every tool switch costs 15-25 minutes of regained focus. When your project planning is scattered across apps, you lose context, miss connections, and spend more time managing tools than doing real work.

Traditional project planning tools weren't designed for students. They either force you into rigid structures that don't match your workflow, or they're too simple to handle the complexity of coursework, research, and study sessions.

How Melo helps students

Melo gives students a spatial canvas designed for project planning. Instead of bouncing between apps, you tile everything on one board — notes, web references, AI chat, tasks, and calendar. Your project planning becomes a visual workspace that matches how you actually think about coursework, research, and study sessions.

The AI sees your entire workspace, so it can help with coursework, research, and study sessionswith full context. Ask it to summarize your work, draft communications, brainstorm ideas, or organize your board — and it responds with answers grounded in what you're actually working on.

Pain points Melo solves

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Bouncing between five apps to manage lectures, assignments, and research

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Losing context when switching from browser to notes to ChatGPT

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No single view of everything due this week

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Privacy concerns with cloud-synced study notes and personal reflections

Students workflow in Melo

Open Melo and create a board for your primary coursework. Tile your key documents, a task list, relevant web pages, and an AI chat. As you work, the spatial layout keeps everything visible — no hidden tabs, no lost context.

When you need to switch contexts, switch boards. Each board preserves your tiling arrangement exactly as you left it. AI carries context across your workspace, so it can help you connect ideas between different areas of your work.

The result: less time managing tools, more time doing the work that matters. Your project planning setup becomes a spatial extension of how you think — fast, visual, and always available.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do students use Melo differently?

Students typically create boards organized around their coursework, research, and study sessions. 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.

How does AI help with project planning?

Melo's AI sees everything on your canvas — notes, tasks, web content, calendar. For project planning, this means it can summarize your work, suggest connections between ideas, draft content based on your research, and help you organize information spatially.

Can Melo replace my current project planning setup?

For most people, yes. Melo handles notes, tasks, web references, AI, calendar, and clipboard in one spatial workspace. Instead of bouncing between multiple apps for project planning, you get everything on one canvas.

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 Melo free?

Melo is a one-time lifetime license ($29.99). There's no free tier and no subscription — you pay once and get full access to everything from day one, no feature gating, all future updates included.