A personal macOS command center that consolidates analytics, social media, lead generation, email, and AI into a single purpose-built desktop interface. Designed and shipped in 30 days.
Running a design studio means living across a dozen disconnected tools — Google Analytics in one tab, Gmail in another, Instagram and LinkedIn in separate apps, lead prospecting through manual searches, and client outreach scattered across email threads. The cognitive cost of context-switching was eating into the time that should be spent on actual creative work.
MOTH3R is the solution: a personal command center for macOS that consolidates analytics, social media management, lead generation, email, AI chat, and deployment operations into a single, purpose-built desktop interface. Not another SaaS dashboard. A tool built around a real workflow — by MVSS Design Studio, for MVSS Design Studio.
Aggregates live data from Netlify, GitHub, and Google Analytics into a unified operations overview. Cards use strict information hierarchy — large metric numbers, contextual labels, time-relative indicators — so you can assess system health in seconds.
Automated business discovery via Google Places. AI-powered lead scoring, email enrichment, Notion CRM sync, and one-click AI-drafted outreach — a full pipeline exposed through a tabbed interface that keeps complexity manageable.
Unified publishing to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok from a single compose interface. Platform toggles, content type tabs, character count validation — each platform's constraints handled without overwhelming the user.
Each panel is a self-contained module with its own state, layout conventions, and interaction patterns. The sidebar is the only shared surface. Six fundamentally different tools coexist without bleeding into each other.
Real-time GA4 data with traffic trends, top pages, and session metrics. Designed for daily scans — not deep analysis. Big numbers, contextual labels, time-relative indicators.
Automated business discovery via Google Places. AI-powered lead scoring, email enrichment, Notion CRM sync, and one-click AI-drafted outreach. A full pipeline with a clean interface.
Unified publishing to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Single compose interface adapts to each platform's constraints and media requirements.
Gmail integration with thread view, labels, starring, and archiving. A triage interface — scan and act. Not a full email client replacement, but a focused version of what daily email management actually is.
Built-in Claude AI with context-aware routing. Understands the full app state — can draft outreach emails, analyze lead data, or answer questions about any connected service.
Netlify site management, GitHub repo overview, one-click deploys. Slack notifications for pipeline completions and daily automated lead scans.
The core design challenge wasn't visual — it was information architecture. Six fundamentally different tools needed to coexist without bleeding into each other. The solution is a strict panel model: each module owns its own state, its own layout conventions, and its own interaction patterns.
Every card is designed to communicate its primary value without requiring a tap or click. The dashboard, lead gen pipeline, social compose interface, and inbox were each iterated independently until the information density felt natural — not compressed, not sparse.
Mapped the daily tool-switching workflow and identified the highest-friction touchpoints. Established the panel architecture, component library, dark-first theme, typography scale, and color system. Wireframed all six core panels before touching production code.
Built the sidebar navigation, dashboard, settings panels, and inbox. Integrated Google OAuth, GitHub, and Netlify APIs. Designed the analytics panel with live GA4 data and Gmail thread rendering with proper conversation grouping.
The most design-intensive phase. Social publish flow iterated 3× before the platform-toggle model landed right. Lead gen pipeline required multiple passes on information density — the scoring visualization, Notion CRM sync table, and draft preview modal each went through at least two rounds of simplification.
Slack bot notifications, scheduled pipeline automation, onboarding flow, light/dark theme system, and branding refinements across all panels. Packaged as a production macOS .dmg with custom app icon and drag-to-install experience.
MOTH3R is a native macOS desktop application built with Electron and React. All API integrations use direct REST calls rather than SDKs to minimize bundle size. The architecture is designed around a future plugin system where each panel becomes an installable module.
React 19, Zustand for state management, Vite build system. CSS custom properties for full theme flexibility. No component library — all UI built from scratch.
Electron with a secure IPC bridge. Preload script exposes a sandboxed API surface. electron-builder for .dmg packaging with custom app icon and installer.
Google OAuth 2.0, GA4 Data API, Gmail, Notion, GitHub, Netlify, Slack, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Claude AI. 12+ live connections, all direct REST — no SDKs.