The Mac app

The Mac app is Flozu in a native window, with no server and no sign-in. It runs the same app as the browser, in the Mac’s own web view (the one Safari uses), so it’s small and works the same. What it adds:

• Maps are files. Each map is a .flozu.json file in Documents › Flozu, and projects and folders are real folders there. See files and folders.
• A menu bar, with the shortcuts below.
• A window that reopens where you left it, at the size you left it.

Get the Mac app

The Mac app is built from the same code as the web app. To build and run it yourself, you need what Flozu needs, plus Rust and Xcode’s command line tools:

xcode-select --install
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
pnpm install
pnpm desktop      # opens the app

The first run compiles the app, which takes a few minutes. Later runs take seconds. docs/mac-app.md in the repo covers packaging, signing and releasing.

Note

The first time, macOS asks whether Flozu may use your Documents folder. Flozu needs it to keep your maps there. A build that isn’t signed yet opens with a warning: right-click the app, choose Open, then Open again.

The menu bar

Menu	Item	Keys
File	New map	⌘N
File	All maps	⇧⌘M
File	Import…	⌘O
File	Export…	⌘E
File	Export all maps…	⌥⌘E
File	Close map	⌘W
File	Show maps in Finder	⇧⌘F
File	Close window	⇧⌘W
Edit	Undo	⌘Z
Edit	Redo	⇧⌘Z
View	Show or hide sidebar	⌃⌘S
View	Show or hide library	⌥⌘1
View	Show or hide inspector	⌥⌘2
View	Fit to screen	⇧⌘1
View	Play or pause	⌥⌘P
View	Switch theme	⌥⌘T
Window	Show next open map	⌃Tab
Window	Show previous open map	⌃⇧Tab

Undo and redo act on the text when you’re typing in a field, and on the map otherwise. Cut, copy, paste, select all, full screen, minimise, hide and quit are the Mac’s own.