beam

beam is a macOS web browser with a built in note editor.

Automatically group your tabs as you browse and share them, easily capture any web content, and publish your notes to the world.

While I designed beam to be clean and minimalist with subtle animations, we packed it with productivity features.

Browser

Capture the web

Hold the ⌥ key on your keyboard and click on any web content to capture it. Easily grab any text, images and videos.

Notes

Backlinks & Publish

Write in markdown, connect the dots with backlinks and publish your notes to the world.

Browser

Tab Groups

beam leverages machine learning to automatically group your tabs as you browse the web. You can save them to your notes and share any tab groups on the web.

Browser

Password Manager

Import and manage your passwords to sign in to your favorite sites in a click.

Multitask

Calendar & Call Window

Built-in Google Calendar to easily join videoconferencing calls. The videoconference tab turns into a small PiP window when leaving the web so you can always see who you're talking with.

Features

Splitview

Multitask by having your browser on one side and your notes on the other.

A small selection of static designs, prototypes & animations I made.
Some shipped, some stayed as prototypes or animated concepts.

A prototype showing the user inputting a command to directly Search YouTube.
Old capture highlight design exploration.
A shared tab group page on the web.
An old iteration of a feature that enabled users to initiate a search via the ⌘⏎ shortcut directly from beam's editor.
Iteration of the Meeting feature allowing users to quickly create notes for Google Meets.
Debug
Beta
Release

Tab group in the editor behavior prototype.
Each bullets represent a tab.

A contextual menu for a tab group in a note.

A first prototype for beam iPhone.
A more polished and focused prototype on the Note Editor for beam iPhone.

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Though beam isn't actively updated, it remains usable as both a browser and markdown editor.

Note: Accounts cannot be created and notes cannot be published and there may be some bugs