It’s a workspace for working with one project from several angles. When you open the first screen, the layout is roughly four areas.
① Left sidebar — where you explore structure
The left sidebar shows the full structure of the current project. It includes:- Project home
- Graph
- Tasks
- Notes
- Character / Plot / Document folders
- Settings and management
It’s a map of which layer you’re working on. For example:
- Open a document → writing mode
- Open a plot → structure mode
- Open tasks → progress mode
is switching what kind of work you’re doing.
② Top tab bar — your current context
At the top, open files stay as tabs. Pensiv is not about opening and closing one file at a time.It keeps context and works with several files at once. For example:
- Document draft
- Plotboard
- Character sheet
they’re the set of things you’re thinking about right now.
③ Center — where you focus
The middle of the screen is the active workspace for the selected file. On the home screen you see:- Recently opened files
- Upcoming schedule
- Your to-dos
- Document editor
- Plotboard
- Sheet
- Canvas
④ Panel structure — a workspace that can grow
Pensiv is not fixed to one layout. You can:- Split view (right / bottom)
- Add tabs
- Drag to reorder
- Lock a panel
- Open in a new window
it’s an expandable workspace.
The basic flow
Pensiv’s basic flow: Choose something in the sidebar→ Open a file
→ A tab is created
→ Work in the center
→ Split or extend when you need to That cycle repeats.
What to remember
Pensiv is- not storage-centric
- and not single-document-centric.
Top = open work
Center = focus
Split = extend Those four work together. Once you see that,
the screen doesn’t feel cluttered.
Where you are means what you’re thinking about.
Related: 0.5 Viewing things side by side