How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time. Break down any project into bite-sized pieces. Organize, track, and conquer your elephants one task at a time.
How It Works
Create your elephant
Name your big, overwhelming project. That's your elephant.
Break it down
Decompose it into smaller pieces. Then break those down too, until every piece is bite-sized.
Conquer it
Work through the pieces one at a time. Track your progress as you go.
See the whole elephant
Every project is a tree. Zoom out to the full picture, drag any bite to a new branch, and use modifier keys to drop it exactly where it belongs — as a child, a sibling, first or last.
Jump anywhere with ⌘K
Search every project by name or description, filter by tag, and find the note you scribbled three weeks ago — the palette searches your attached knowledge too, and lands you on the right tab.
Everything you need to conquer your projects
Infinite breakdown
Split any task into sub-tasks, and those into more. The tree view shows the big picture and every bite at once.
Drag & drop restructuring
Plans change. Drag tasks between branches, with modifier keys to place them exactly — child or sibling, first or last.
Universal search
Press ⌘K anywhere. Search projects, tags, and every note you've attached — and jump straight to the match.
Time & cost tracking
Estimate hours and dollars per task, log actuals as you work, and watch totals roll up through the whole tree.
Attached knowledge
Files, links, prompts, and markdown scratch notes live on the task they belong to — not in a doc you'll never find.
Works with your AI
A built-in MCP server lets Claude Code capture notes, triage them into your projects, and restructure the tree for you.
Free to use
ManeatingElephant is free while in beta, after that there will still be a generous free tier. No credit card required. No limits. Just sign up and start breaking things down.