Think with everything you’ve saved

Thoughtloft is a notebook for your Mac. It reads across all your notes, finds the connections you missed and brings old ideas back right when they matter.

Not out yet. I’m building the Mac app now.

You’ve saved years of good ideas. Thoughtloft helps you see how they connect.

Graph Early design · sample content
Weekly review A gentler weekly review Capture now, organize later The ten-minute weekly review Dana Whitfield Sam Ortiz Walking Morning walk idea Sleep and focus #habits
  • Your notes
  • Sources
  • People
  • Tags

Write a note. See what it connects to.

As you write, Thoughtloft looks through everything you’ve saved and shows what your note relates to, with the reason why.

  • Related from your past

    Older notes that say something similar show up next to the one you’re writing.

  • Links and backlinks

    Link notes with [[double brackets]] and see everything that points back.

  • A map of your ideas

    The graph shows your whole library and how each idea ties to the rest.

  • Plain markdown

    Every note is a .md file on your Mac. You can take them anywhere.

Let your notes talk back

Reflections Early design · sample content

Connection · Reflection by Thoughtloft · 14:10

Your Friday reset plan says almost the same thing as a page in your library: ten minutes, one priority. You may only need one of them.

My Friday reset plan · NoteA gentler weekly review · Source Discuss Save as note
Note · Oct 5My Friday reset plan

Close the week with ten minutes and one priority.

Source · Oct 3A gentler weekly review

Ten quiet minutes can be enough. Choose one priority.

Connections you missed

Thoughtloft reads across your notes on its own and points out ideas that belong together, even when you wrote them months apart.

Reflections Early design · sample content

Open question · Reflection by Thoughtloft · 14:10

On Sep 12 you asked what would make deep work stick on busy weeks. Two notes since then give clues.

Making room for deep work · SourceWalking notes · Source Discuss Save as note

Tension · Reflection by Thoughtloft · 09:02

One note says tagging can wait. Your note from Sep 30 says untagged captures get lost. Which is true for you now?

Capture now, organize later · SourceInbox habits · Note Discuss Save as note

Questions worth a second look

It notices when two notes disagree, or when an old question finally has an answer somewhere in your library.

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You

I want my weekly review to take about ten minutes. How can I keep it up?

Thoughtloft AI answer · Based on 2 sources and 1 memory

Make the review a small reset you can repeat.

Start by emptying your capture inbox, then choose one unfinished decision. Your weekly-review note suggests ten quiet minutes can be enough.

1 A gentler weekly review

Keep collecting thoughts during the week. Use the review to decide which captures still matter.

2 Capture now, organize later

Saved to memory · Wants a weekly review that takes about ten minutes. Undo

Ask what you already know

Ask a question and get an answer built from your own notes, with the exact passage behind each point.

Inbox Early design · sample content

Inbox

Auto, then review
To review 2Queued 1Filed today 3

Web page shared from Safari · today 14:02

The ten-minute weekly review

  • New source page with 4 takeaways and the full article text
  • Links to Weekly review and Capture habits
  • New person page: Dana Whitfield (the author)
  • Tags: review, habits, planning (new tag)
  • Changes nothing that already exists

The article mentions “Sam”. Is that your Sam Ortiz? Yes, linkNo

ApproveEdit firstReject
Morning walk idea
Voice memo, 3 min · transcribed · new note linked to Walking

Share it now, think later

Send a web page, a PDF or a voice memo from any app. Thoughtloft drafts a linked note and waits for your OK.

Your thinking stays yours

  • It lives on your Mac

    Your library is stored on your Mac. Nothing leaves until you say so.

  • Every AI feature has its own switch

    They all start off. Settings show what gets sent before anything leaves.

  • It never rewrites you

    Reflections are labeled as Thoughtloft’s words. It never edits a note you wrote.

  • Plain files you can keep

    A folder of plain .md files stays on your Mac, so you can leave any time.

  • Coming from Obsidian?

    Bring your vault in once. The original is never touched. No vault? Just start writing.

Settings Early design · sample content

AI and privacy

Your library is stored on this Mac.

  • Ask with AISends your question and the passages it needs to your AI provider.
  • ReflectionsReads new notes on this Mac and sends short passages to your provider.
  • Inbox processingSends what you share to your provider to draft a linked note.
  • Meaning searchSends note text once to build a search index.
  • Sync with iPhoneKeeps your library in step with the iPhone app.

Everything above starts off.

Where it’s at

Thoughtloft isn’t ready yet. Here’s the honest status.

  1. Plan and designs

    The full plan and the main Mac screens are designed. You’re looking at some of them here.

    • Product plan
    • Mac app screens
    • Privacy and safety rules

  2. Building next

    The Mac app

    The first version you can use every day.

    • Writing, links and the graph
    • Related notes and reflections
    • The Inbox
    • Backup with a tested restore

  3. iPhone and sync

    Capture and read on the go, then keep both in step.

    • iPhone app
    • Sync between Mac and iPhone

The app screens on this page are early designs with sample content. They will change.

Why I’m building it

I’ve kept notes for years. Ideas, highlights, voice memos. Most of them just sit there. I wanted a place where my notes talk back, where an idea from two years ago shows up the day I need it. So I’m building it.

Lesly GarreauBuilding Thoughtloft

Questions

When can I try it?
When the Mac app works well enough for daily use. I don’t have a date yet. The waitlist hears first.
How much will it cost?
I haven’t decided. People on the waitlist will know before anyone else.
Do I need AI to use it?
No. Writing, links, search and the graph work without it. Reflections and questions need an AI provider, and you turn that on yourself.
Does it work on iPhone?
Not at first. The Mac app comes first. The iPhone app and sync come after it.

Your notes have more to say

Join the waitlist and I’ll write when there’s a Mac build to try.

One email when there’s a Mac build to try.