Your tool shouldn't be the project.

Modern workspaces have a problem: they're too flexible. You spend forever customizing: tweaking templates, reorganizing databases, perfecting systems. The tool becomes the work instead of enabling it.

Hyperclast is a workspace for thinking and managing your knowledge together. Text-first, real-time, built on open formats you can actually export. No nested databases. No template galleries. Just a fast, calm place where the work happens.

The tool should disappear. The thinking should take center stage.

What we believe

  • Cognitive friction is the enemy.

    Fewer concepts beats more features. We remove things aggressively. If a feature adds power but increases mental load, it has to justify itself.

  • Speed is respect.

    Latency breaks thought. Fast systems feel honest; slow systems feel manipulative. Every interaction should feel direct, not mediated by layers of abstraction.

  • Plain text is future-proof.

    Not nostalgia. It's the most durable interface humans have. Your notes from 10 years ago should still open. Your notes today should still work in 10 years.

  • Data ownership is a design constraint.

    Export everything. Self-host if you want. Inspect how the system works. APIs are first-class, not an afterthought. Lock-in is a failure mode, not a business strategy.

  • Open source means accountability.

    You can audit the core logic, not just the UI chrome. We use the Elastic License. It protects individual users and small teams while keeping the project sustainable.

Who this is for

Hyperclast is for people who think deeply, care about long-term maintainability, and are tired of fighting their tools. If you've ever wished your workspace would just stay out of the way, you'll feel at home here.

This isn't for everyone, and that's intentional. If endlessly customizing your workspace is part of the fun, there are great tools for that. We're building from different foundations: fast first, features second.

Kirubakaran Athmanathan

Founder

I've been building software for 25 years. After years of watching tools get more complicated instead of more useful, I started Hyperclast to build the kind of software I actually want to use: fast, honest, and built to last.

Let's chat

Questions? [email protected]
Code: github.com/hyperclast