Building productivity software for focused work

Restore context, reduce setup friction, and get into focused work faster across Mac and iPhone

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Ikuna

Create a personalized, 3-sec launchable workspace for every project.

All your tabs and apps coming together exactly the way you want them to.

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3s to restore any workspace
23 min saved per interruption
728 focus sessions this week
1,000+ Mac users

Based on research

It takes an average of about 25 minutes to return to the original task after an interruption

The deeper you go, the longer the recovery time.

Increase your productivity and crush your goals.

By taking advantage of how your brain is wired.

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How Freelancers Manage Multiple Client Workspaces on macOS Without Rebuilding Every Time
How Freelancers Manage Multiple Client Workspaces on macOS Without Rebuilding Every Time

Save each client as a named workspace that restores everything: apps, browser tabs, window positions, and Focus Mode settings, all with one keyboard shortcut. Instead of manually opening 6-8 apps and hunting for the right tabs every time you switch clients, a context manager like Ikuna lets you press ⌘+Shift+1 for Client A, ⌘+Shift+2 for Client B, and have your entire environment ready in a few seconds.

The Science Behind Visual Triggers and Focus: How Generative Art Keeps You in Flow
The Science Behind Visual Triggers and Focus: How Generative Art Keeps You in Flow

Visual environments affect focus more than most people realize. Research in cognitive neuroscience shows that low-complexity, evolving visual stimulation can sustain attention and reduce mind-wandering. Generative art, algorithmic visuals that change gradually over time, applies this principle to focus sessions. Ikuna Trigger uses evolving AI-generated art during Pomodoro sessions as a functional focus anchor, not decoration.

How to Keep Your Focus State When Switching From Mac to iPhone
How to Keep Your Focus State When Switching From Mac to iPhone

The biggest focus killer isn't a notification; it's leaving your desk. When you switch from Mac to iPhone, your focus context disappears. Apple's Focus Modes sync Do Not Disturb across devices but don't preserve what you were working on. The fix is pairing a workspace manager (for your Mac environment) with a focus companion (for your phone) so your focus state survives the device switch.

Why Your Pomodoro App Stops Working After a Week (And What to Do About It)
Why Your Pomodoro App Stops Working After a Week (And What to Do About It)

Most Pomodoro apps stop working within a week because they offer nothing beyond a countdown clock. Once the novelty of timing yourself wears off, you ignore the timer, skip breaks, and abandon the technique. This is timer fatigue, the pattern where a focus tool becomes invisible through repetition. The fix is not a better timer. It is an engagement layer that makes each focus session feel different from the last.

How to Stop Losing Your Browser Tabs When Switching Mac Projects
How to Stop Losing Your Browser Tabs When Switching Mac Projects

Every time you switch between projects on your Mac, your browser tabs disappear or get mixed up with other tabs.

You close Chrome to focus on a new client. When you come back, those 12 research tabs are gone, buried in history, or merged into a different session. You don’t just lose tabs. You lose context.

macOS was never designed to understand projects. It understands apps. It understands windows. But it does not understand that a set of tabs belongs to a specific piece of work.

Ikuna solves this at the system level. It saves your browser tabs as part of a named project context and restores them when you switch back.

No extensions. No bookmarking workflows. No reconstruction.

How to Design a Workspace for Deep Work (And Why Your Computer Is Fighting You)
How to Design a Workspace for Deep Work (And Why Your Computer Is Fighting You)

Your default computer setup was not designed for focus. It was designed for reactivity. Here is what to change, and why the physical, digital, and sensory layers all matter.

How to Use macOS Focus Modes with Workspace Automation
How to Use macOS Focus Modes with Workspace Automation

macOS Focus Modes silence notifications, but they don't launch your apps, restore your tabs, or set up your workspace. When you combine Focus Modes with a context manager like Ikuna, activating "Deep Writing" doesn't just block distractions

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Work doesn't end when you close the laptop. Not without a deliberate signal. If you don't have a shutdown ritual, your brain treats the workday as permanently open. You're technically off but still processing. That's not rest. It's damage accumulatin
Your Mac opens the same way whether you're about to write for three hours or clear your inbox for thirty minutes. That's a design failure. Different work needs different environments. Writing needs silence and one app. Client calls need a clean setup
Every time you switch tasks, your brain spends up to 23 minutes reloading the previous context when you come back. Do that five times a day and you've lost two hours to switching costs before you've done anything difficult. The fix isn't working hard