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Tomoshibi

A Writing App Where Your Words Fade

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Tomoshibi

Our Take

Tomoshibi is the most unhinged writing app I've seen in a while — your old words literally disappear as you type new ones, so you can't get stuck in that endless rewrite spiral. The dark screen with a tiny breathing flame is giving "candle in a window" energy, and there's no toolbar, no menu, nothing to click except the flame and your own words. Everything auto-saves in the browser and you can revisit old entries later, so it's not even actually losing your work — it's just forcing you to keep moving forward. For anyone who's ever stared at the same paragraph for forty minutes pretending they're editing, this is the intervention.

A minimalist writing app where older lines of text gradually fade from the screen while being automatically saved. Features a dark screen with a small flame that moves when you type.

Problem It Solves
Helps writers who get stuck in endless rewriting loops. Solves the problem of being unable to move forward by making previous sentences fade, encouraging the writer to keep going rather than constantly revising.
Target Customer
Writers experiencing writer's block or those who habitually rewrite and never finish writing. Writers who can't stop revising their previous work.
Use Cases
Overcoming writer's block, Writing practice, Focused single-line writing, Breaking the rewriting habit
Pricing Details
Appears to be free - no pricing mentioned on page
Free Tier
Free - no account required, everything stays in browser
Differentiator
Unique fading mechanic that helps writers move forward by making previous lines slowly disappear, combined with complete save functionality and extreme minimalism (no menus, no toolbar)

Key Facts

Category
Writing Application / Creative Tool
Location
, Japan
Pricing
Free
Discovered via
hacker-news

The people behind Tomoshibi

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Kakeru Tanaka

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Representative Director & Founder

Representative Director & Founder at TOMOSHIBI, a small product studio in Japan. Previously served as Director at CAMPFIRE Startups. Founded TOMOSHIBI in May 2018.

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