BearClaude → Stoa
Think first. Code right.
Now, together.
BearClaude was a beautiful markdown editor with the power of Claude Code built in. A place for structured thinking before execution. We took that same ethos and brought it to Stoa.
Try Stoa freeWhat BearClaude was
BearClaude was built for developers who believe that clarity comes before code. A minimalist macOS app where you could write structured specs in beautiful markdown, refine your thinking with AI, and then hand polished intent directly to Claude Code for execution.
No IDE clutter. No context switching. Just a focused space for the upstream work that makes everything downstream effortless: the specs, the reasoning, the structure.
What Stoa is
Stoa is the live workspace where remote teams talk, decide, and build. It starts with the foundation BearClaude laid and adds everything a team needs to move together.
The BearClaude foundation
- ✓Beautiful, focused markdown editing
- ✓Claude Code built in
- ✓Local-first, always yours
- ✓Specs and decisions as project memory
Stoa adds
- ✓Live video collaboration with your team
- ✓Shared decisions, not just shared docs
- ✓AI agents that work for the whole team
- ✓Built for collaborative teams, not just solo makers
The bear lives on.
BearClaude's ethos of clarity, craft, and local-first simplicity is at the heart of Stoa. Join the waitlist and bring your team along.
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