Comparison - Mac operating system

Winy vs macOS

macOS runs your Mac; Winy is the board on top of it where your work actually lives.

macOS is Apple's operating system for the Mac, and it organizes your work as app windows on a desktop, with Spaces for extra desktops and Stage Manager to keep the current app in front.

Winy is a native app for Mac, iPad and iPhone, and it gives your work one infinite board where live terminals, web pages, notes, Pencil ink, images and agents sit side by side.

Winy does not replace macOS and needs it to run, but it changes where you work: instead of a stack of windows from many apps, you pan and zoom across one board you arranged yourself.

At a glance

Question	Winy	macOS
What it is	An app that gives your work one infinite board	The operating system that runs your Mac
Runs on	Mac, iPad and iPhone	Mac
How work is laid out	Cards placed anywhere on a board you pan and zoom	App windows on desktops, Spaces and Stage Manager
Terminals and web pages	Live cards on the same board	Separate app windows
Notes and ink	Text, Pencil ink, images and arrows beside everything else	In separate apps
Agents	Claude Code, Codex and other CLI agents as live cards	Siri and Apple Intelligence built in
Seeing everything at once	Zoom out to see every card and agent's state	Spaces and Stage Manager group windows
Same view on other devices	The same board on iPad and iPhone	Continuity features between Apple devices

Which one is for you

Choose macOS if

You need an operating system: Winy is an app and runs on macOS, it does not replace it.
Your work is spread across many apps that each need their own windows.
You want Apple's built-in Siri and Apple Intelligence features across the whole system.

Choose Winy if

You lose track of windows and want your terminals, pages, notes and agents on one board you can zoom across.
You want to draw with the Pencil straight across a running terminal or a page.
You run several agents and want to see which are working or waiting with one zoom out.
You want the same board on your iPad and iPhone while the Mac runs the agents.

Using both

Winy runs on macOS, so you keep your Mac exactly as it is. Open Winy and it becomes the place your work happens: a terminal, a web page, your notes and the agents working on them all sit on one board, and when you need another app, macOS is still right there.

Questions

Is Winy an operating system?

No. Winy is an app for macOS, iPadOS and iOS. It runs on top of your operating system and becomes the place you work: one board that holds your terminals, web pages, notes, ink and agents.

Does Winy replace the Mac desktop?

Not the system itself. You still have macOS, its Finder and its apps. Winy replaces the habit of juggling windows, because the things you work with sit as cards on one infinite board.

How is Winy different from Spaces or Stage Manager?

Spaces and Stage Manager organize app windows. Winy puts live terminals, web pages, notes, ink and agents on one board, where you place each one and can zoom out to see them all.

Does Winy run on iPad?

Yes. Winy runs on Mac, iPad and iPhone and shows the same board on each, with the Mac running the agents.

Is Winy available now?

Winy is in early access. You can join the waitlist on winy.ai.

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