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Getting started

weballoon wraps websites you choose into workspace apps: each one opens in its own session, with its own icon and home URL. You group them into workspaces (for example “Work” and “Personal”) and open them from a dock on the side of the window.

What weballoon is

weballoon wraps websites you choose into workspace apps: each one opens in its own session, with its own icon and home URL. You group them into workspaces (for example “Work” and “Personal”) and open them from a dock on the side of the window.

First launch

The first time you open weballoon, you may see an onboarding flow:

You can change theme, language, account, and sync later in Settings.

  • Welcome — short introduction.
  • Theme & language — Dark or Light interface; language for the weballoon UI (English, Português, Français, Español, Deutsch, Italiano, Русский).
  • Account (optional) — You can link an email with a magic link or choose local-only storage and skip.
  • Plan — If you linked an email and are not already on a paid plan, you can pick Free or a Pro option; otherwise onboarding can skip ahead.
  • Done — You land in the default workspace view.

Main parts of the window

  • Title bar — weballoon branding; when an app is open, it shows the app name, a read-only address line, Back, Home, Forward, Reload, and Close app (closes the app view, not the whole program). Window minimize / maximize / close are on the right.
  • Dock (left) — Workspace button (initial of current workspace), shortcuts to My Apps, Catalog, Plans, Settings, Notifications bell, a control to show or hide those page shortcuts, then your app icons.
  • Main area — Either the selected page (apps grid, catalog, plans, settings) or the active web app full screen.

Core actions

GoalWhere
Add an app by URLMy Apps → Add Application
Add from a curated listCatalog → pick a tile → Get App
Switch workspaceDock workspace button, or shortcuts (see Keyboard shortcuts)
Configure the appSettings (tabs along the top)

Next steps

  • Installation & platforms if you have not installed yet.
  • Applications for adding and organizing apps.
  • Workspaces for contexts and switching.