Free
$0
Try Novastart with limited canvas space.
- All apps
- 1 folder
- 2 canvases
- 4 windows per canvas
- AI agents pay per use
Novastart
Infinite canvas desktop where your apps, teammates and AI agents share one workspace
Freemiumnovastart.comUpdated
About Novastart
Novastart is an operating system whose desktop is a single infinite canvas. Every app you open, such as Gmail, Excel, WhatsApp or Notion, becomes a window with a fixed place on the canvas that you can zoom and pan. Canvases are saved, so the apps, positions and tabs are where you left them the next day, and you can keep separate canvases for work, travel, finances or projects.
Best for
- Keeping many apps and projects organized in saved workspaces, watching AI agents work step by step, sharing a live workspace with teammates
- Project workspaces: Keep separate canvases for work, travel, finances or study, each reopening as it was left.
- Delegated research: Ask agents to check several websites in parallel and report back in a sheet.
- Team working sessions: Share a canvas so teammates can edit the same windows instead of sharing a screen.
- Routine task handoff: Turn on Observe so an agent suggests tasks it can take over.
Not ideal for
- Users on Apple Silicon Macs, Users on low-RAM machines, Users who need a mature, widely tested product
Popular with
- Knowledge workers
- Remote teams
- Researchers
- Students
- Early adopters of AI agents
Screenshots
Key features
- Infinite canvas
- Saved canvases
- Visible AI agents
- Multi-agent runs
- Agent modes
- Team collaboration
- Real apps
- Local-first data
- Undo history
Pros and cons
Pros
- Agents work with a visible cursor and can be paused, steered or taken over
- Permanent free plan with all apps available
- Pro at $10 per month removes canvas limits
- Local-first design keeps canvas contents on the user's machine
- Peer-to-peer canvas sharing with per-person cursors
Cons
- The app is a full computer in a window and the site warns to expect some lag
- App supports only Windows and Intel Macs, and needs 8 GB RAM and virtualization
- Novastart OS replaces the existing system on the PC it is installed on
- Agent use costs extra on every plan and needs credits of $25 or more
- Young product launched in September 2026 with little independent review history
Pricing
Plans as listed by the vendor on . Check their site for current prices.
Pro
Most popular$10/month
Unlimited canvas space, marked as the recommended start.
- All apps
- Unlimited folders
- Unlimited canvases
- Unlimited windows
- AI agents pay per use
Team
$20/month
Pro plus shared canvases for teams.
- Everything in Pro
- Team collaboration
- Shared canvases
Our ratings
Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team.
7.3overall
- Agent Transparency
- 8.0
- Workspace Organization
- 8.0
- Team Collaboration
- 7.5
- Setup & Compatibility
- 6.0
- Pricing Clarity
- 7.0
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
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Release history
The website went live and Novastart became available to install
The website went live and Novastart became available to install.
Agents with their own cursors were added to the build
Agents with their own cursors were added to the build.
The first version shipped under the name Orgaboard
The first version shipped under the name Orgaboard.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Novastart free?
There is a permanent free plan limited to 1 folder, 2 canvases and 4 windows per canvas. Pro costs $10 per month and Team $20 per month. AI agent use is billed separately at $0.02 per use from prepaid credits of $25 or more.
How do I run Novastart?
Either as an app in a window on Windows 10/11 or an Intel Mac (8 GB RAM, about 32 GB disk, hardware virtualization), or as Novastart OS, which replaces the operating system on an x86 PC and is installed from a USB drive.
Does it run on Apple Silicon Macs?
The install page lists only Intel Macs for the app, so Apple Silicon support is not stated.
Which AI models do the agents use?
According to the security page, agents run on OpenAI's computer-use models, and screenshots and instructions for a job are sent to the provider.
Where is my data stored?
The company says canvases, folders and apps stay on your own machine and shared canvases stream directly between participants with no server in between.
How many agents can run at once?
The home and agents pages say up to 10 agents, while the agents-page FAQ says up to 16 per canvas with sub-agents of their own, so the exact limit is unclear.
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