Crawlers and non-js browsers visiting a public space URL can now read the card names in the space. Small change but could have a potentially large impact on visibility in search engines.

Fixed a bug where share → 'Copy Public URL' button wouldn't be shown to read-only and not-signed-in users viewing someone else's public space

App API Keys [New] Developers and users of community integrations can create app-specific authorization keys which have permission scopes and can be revoked. This lets you use third-party tools without compromising the safety of your account. User Settings → General → API

Toolbar Tooltips [new] Hovering over the buttons in the toolbars explains the feature with a little video and explanation

Added wordmark Baustraße font to H1/H2 fontpicker

Aligning selected boxes now also moves the items inside selected boxes

Added a 'none' header font option to use the default Helvetica font-stack

Improved Alt/Opt Drag to Duplicate [New] Drag duplicating cards includes their connections, boxes duplicate with everything inside, and lists and lines can be now be directly duplicated as well.

cute lil mother's day space kinopio.club/happy-m...

Kinopio + paper writing is surprisingly effective

Bulletin № 38 – Busytown, was emailed out today and is now available on the blog kinopio.club/blog/po...

"I wanna see the world" by Karkarkins, a little bit of lonely planet and a travel itinerary, makes travel plans feel a lot more magical and aspirational kinopio.club/i-wanna...

Affiliate Program [New] If you're a fan of kinopio and want to share it with your YouTube, TikTok, or IG audience you should join the friends of kinopio affiliate program. Your viewers get 10% off, and you get paid 20% commissions. Details and apply in kinopio.club/friends-of-k...

Persistent Minimap [New] Toggle on a little minimap to help explore spaces. It's little, beautiful, and fast.

Shift-Drag to Snap Align [New] Hold shift while dragging cards, boxes, or lists to line them up perfectly with nearby items. (Sensory Release 1/4~ this week)

Added the ability for Kinopio to update the current space when new content is added through the public API, browser extensions, and potentially a future MCP server. The goal is to let you choose to collaborate with your favorite tools.

A new week of sensory experiments is coming up. Each day next week, I'll be announcing a new major feature or improvement.

Simplified Connection Names and Colors [New] Name and color of connection lines can now be directly edited, just like cards. (This replaces the previous system of connections belonging to shared connectionTypes).

Ideas for Kinopio stickers by geej

Roadmap [Work Template] Roadmaps are a plan, but they aren't set in stone. As you learn new things about the market and about your customers the roadmap should adjust – but fortunately Kinopio makes it easy to keeps things fluid.

Project & Issue Tracker [Work Template] A classic kanban board that uses lists for Tasks, Up Next, In Progress, and Deferred cards. Unlike a traditional kanban app, a Kinopio space is also a great way to link to project resources and state the goals of the project right next to the planning.

What makes Kinopio distinct is that it’s a tool for makers, not merely curators. Designed for the place where creativity meets productivity.

Org Chart [Work Template] Because Org Charts in Kinopio are so easy to edit, company structures are more adaptable to changing market or customer needs. Using Boxes to group teams, gives a stronger sense of relative team sizes and organization shape.

Moodboard [Work Template] Collect visual inspiration to evoke a vibe and a direction for your next big project. Bonus points for explaining what you like about each image, and grouping or tagging them by theme. (e.g. [[minimal]], [[organic]])

Business Plan [Work Template] Use this Business Plan template to help you describe your product, and build it with confidence. This is also the perfect way to provide you, your team, and investors a clear picture of the plan for your company.

2×2 Matrix [Work Template] Use this Eisenhower matrix to help you and your team prioritize the best ideas by dragging idea cards from high to low impact and ease of implementation.

Weekly Planner [Life Template] Start the week by adding your tasks to each day list. If you don't get something done, then move it to top of the next day. You'll be a productivity master in no time.

Time Tracking [Work Template] This is how I track time to create invoices when contracting. Besides recording work hours, the same progress screenshots I share with the company, I also paste in here. Having that reference can be really helpful later on.

Personal Dashboard [Life Template] Stay organized by keeping all the life and work projects you need accessible from one place – alongside links to articles you want to read later, and images that inspire you.

Calendar [Life Template] A 31 box grid that can be used as a shared monthly calendar. Really comes alive when you invite a friend and add videos, stickers, drawings, and music to make something unique. Could also be an advent calendar counting down to a big event.

Blog Post: Private Space Notes, including my thoughts on "Distraction-Free" Writing kinopio.club/blog/posts/p...

Right-Click to Save Image [New] All desktop browser extensions were updated to add the ability to right-click on images to add them to your Inbox. (the safari and chrome ones are in app review, but should be live in a couple days)

Private Space Notes [New] Have you ever felt the need for a handy place to work on some longer-form text associated with a space, or little private place draft a note before sharing it in a card? Sidebar → Note

Line Jump To Buttons [New little feature] Added up and down buttons on lines for convenient hopping between page sections

Drag Lines Higher Up [new little detail] Lines can be positioned higher up for more flexibility. They'll nearly shift themselves out of the way of the toolbar.

Updated Share → Links When you paste Kinopio spaces or invites into Discord, Slack, or wherever, the link preview now contains more useful information to make the best first impression when sharing Kinopio with new users or with your team.

PSA: The format of invite links is changing so that the spaceId or groupId is in the path of the url (instead of a query string). This means that Invite links that were generated previously won't work anymore (they'll 404), so you'll want to update any reference invites

Added play/pause button to chill out distracting video (mp4) cards

Spent the last couple days improving the reliability and backups for your uploaded files, like images, videos, and mp3s. One of those "better to do before you actually ever need it" kind of things.

All-new Templates [New] The Templates picker was rebuilt from the ground up with a bunch of all-new and more useful templates that use modern Kinopio features like Boxes, Lines, and Lists. (Even if you're a long-time user, you might find some of them handy, like the Calendar or Time Tracker.)

Jump To [New] Navigate your space's Table of Contents by jumping between lines, lists, and boxes sorted by Y position. (This replaces the old 'Minimap' dialog)

You can now set a custom value for card/list wrap width if you don't like the Normal or Wide settings

Sidebar → Todos [Improved] The list of todos now hides completed cards by default, and also shows a little progress remaining count

Box Snapping v2 [New] Re-introducing the ability to drag a box near the *outer* edge of another box to snap them together. Handy for making grids and tables.

Even though it demos well, snapping cards together to create new lists will be removed. It had the unintended consequence of needing to be more careful when moving cards, and it got in the way of tight mood-boarding. (You can still create lists w the toolbar or by paint select)

❓ After living woth it for a while, how do you feel about cards snapping together to create lists? Do you create new lists this way? Do you find yourself being more careful/slower when moving cards to avoid acidentally making a list?

☎️ alrighty the beta for draggable multi-select and outside box snapping is now available. If you'd like to try it out and let me know how it goes, the link is in the Discord #makers-log

Also adding the ability to drag to reposition the multiactions dialog. The little horizontal lines on the top of the dialog is a drag affordance/indicator, but actually you can drag from any part of the dialog to move it around

🚑 Apologies for the server downtime today

Snap Cards into Lists [New] Vertically group and easily reorder cards by snapping them into lists.