Say it.
Describe the small problem you keep returning to.
A local-first app factory for Mac
Make the iPhone app that should exist.
Turn the app you keep imagining into a native iPhone app you can run, use, evolve, and completely own.
macOS 14+ · Xcode · Simulator or your own iPhone
TOHSENO / FACTORY 001● LOCAL
$ tohseno create
intention received…
drafting HandoffNote.swift
xcodebuild succeeded
opening Simulator…
one app out / next idea ready
HANDOFF / TODAY
Keep the detail.
Night shift03 notes
Ask Dr. Leesaved
Room 4B✓
Built for one real life. Not a market segment.
ordinary SwiftUI projectyour repository
ONE SENTENCE INONE APP OUTTHEN TAKE ANOTHER SHOTNO IDEA NEEDS IMMUNITY
[ 001 / THE LOOP ]
The prototype is not the consolation prize. It is the answer.
An idea stays flattering while it lives in your head. Tohseno gives it a specific shape, opens it in Simulator, and lets your hands decide.
Make it.
Tohseno turns the intention into a native project.
Open it.
See the interaction in Simulator or on your phone.
Feel it.
Let reality interrupt the idea’s perfect little life.
Keep it.
Evolve it, publish it, or kill it honestly.
Next.
There is always another app that should exist.
[ 002 / TRY AN IDEA ]
Give one thought a shot.
This page is a deterministic walkthrough of the product loop—not a fake cloud build. Pick an intention and watch the artifact change.
Your intention
An app that helps me remember what I wanted to ask after a meeting.
READY TO MAKE IT SPECIFIC
$ tohseno create
waiting for an intention…
local / account-free / yours
MEETING NOTES
Ask later.
Why now?saved
Next stepsaved
A small app for a specific life.
[ 003 / PERSONAL SOFTWARE ]
Software for actual lives.
The best use case may never become a startup. It may just make Tuesday less ridiculous.
Father of twins
WHO ATE?
Track which twin ate, slept, and pooped—without mixing them up.
TODAY / TWIN A
Lunch ✓
Night-shift nurse
HANDOFF
Keep the details you are too tired to trust your memory with.
SHIFT NOTES
Room 4B
Small farmer
WATER WALK
Know what needs water today before you walk the field.
NORTH FIELD
7 beds
Breathwork facilitator
BREATHEKEEPER
Guide a room through timed breath journeys without touching your phone.
SESSION 04
04:21
Tattoo artist
INK MEMORY
Remember the healed tattoo and the ink recipe behind it.
CLIENT ARCHIVE
Blue / 03
Touring musician
ROOM TONE
Remember what every venue sounded like before soundcheck.
VENUE / TONIGHT
-18 dB
[ 004 / OWNERSHIP ]
The factory is a midwife. Not a landlord.
Tohseno can disappear. Your app should continue.
Local creation.
Your repository.
Every shot lands as an ordinary SwiftUI project. The factory is a way through the first mile, not a proprietary runtime you have to keep renting.
OUTPUT
Ordinary SwiftUI + XcodeSTRUCTURE
One repository per applicationACCOUNT
No Tohseno account requiredESCAPE
Continue with any supported model—or noneSTATUS
Public registry and forking: not yet[ 005 / START LOCAL ]
Say it on your Mac.
Tohseno is for people who would rather meet reality than write another business plan for an app they have not touched.
Install the factory.
Read the source, verify the release, and make the first shot on your machine.
curl -fsSL https://tohseno.com/install | sh
Requires macOS 14 or later and Xcode. A free Apple Personal Team can sign a personal-device build.
LOCAL-FIRST / ACCOUNT-FREE / YOUR APP
Stop protecting
the idea. Run it.
Make this one real. Then take the next shot.