Miro

What is Miro?

Miro is a visual collaboration workspace built around an infinite online canvas. Teams use it for whiteboarding, brainstorming, diagrams, mind maps and workshops, and a board can also hold docs, tables, Kanban and slides. Most people open it at miro.com in a browser, and many keep a board open all day while they work.

Miro publishes its plans on the Miro pricing page. As of October 2026 the page lists Free at $0, which lets you create up to 3 boards and share them with your team, with templates, AI features to try and 250+ integrations. Starter is $8 per member per month billed yearly and adds unlimited private boards, visitor editing, high resolution export and 25 AI credits per member per month. Business is $20 per member per month billed yearly, with 50 AI credits per member per month and the wider AI suite. Enterprise has custom pricing from 30 members. Billing monthly instead of yearly costs more (yearly saves 20%), and the currency shown depends on your region.

If you searched for "Miro download Mac" or "Miro desktop app Mac", the short answer is yes: Miro offers an official desktop app for macOS. As of October 2026 you download it from miro.com/apps, which offers one installer for Macs with Apple silicon and another for Intel Macs. Miro's help center lists macOS 12 (Monterey) or later and says the app supports all the basic features of the browser version. The same help page notes a few differences: visitors cannot log in to the desktop app (only registered Miro users can), and copy and paste from Sketch is not available there. So why would you wrap miro.com with Kagemusha instead? Two reasons the official app does not cover: how many Miro accounts you can keep open at once, and browser extensions. Kagemusha wraps miro.com in a Chromium based browser with its own isolated profile, so it runs the browser version of Miro, and two accounts can sit side by side in the Dock as two separate apps. Both apps can live on the same Mac, so this is not an either/or choice.

Why Use Miro as a Desktop App on Mac with Kagemusha?

A Miro board is rarely something you glance at once. It stays open through a planning session, a workshop or a whole sprint, and you come back to it between meetings, documents and chat. That usage pattern is exactly where a browser tab fails you. Past twenty tabs the title collapses to a favicon, and finding the board again means scanning windows with your eyes instead of pressing a key.

• One click from the Dock: no browser launch, no bookmark hunt. The icon is the Miro icon, so you never pick the wrong window
• It joins the Cmd+Tab rotation: moving between your slides, your editor and the board becomes a single keystroke instead of a tab search inside a browser
• An isolated profile per app: Kagemusha gives every app it builds its own profile, so cookies never mix with your main browser or with other apps
• Two accounts, two apps: keep a company Miro and a client Miro, or a work account and a personal one, signed in at the same time and switch without logging out
• Chrome extensions work: install a password manager, a translator or a screenshot tool from the Chrome Web Store directly inside the app
• The tab bar can disappear: hide the address bar and tab strip and the window shows nothing but the canvas, which gives a large board more room

Two smaller settings matter more than they sound. A quit confirmation dialog can be switched on so Cmd+Q does not close the board in the middle of a workshop, and tab restore brings back the page you had open when you quit. Both turn Miro from something you re-open into something you resume.

You pick the underlying engine when you create the app: Chrome, Chrome Canary, Chromium, Brave, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi or Opera. Kagemusha references the browser already installed on your Mac, so when that browser updates, your Miro app updates with it. The requirement is macOS 12 or later, on Intel or Apple silicon.

Recommended Usage

If a board stays open all day. Product managers, designers and facilitators often keep a Miro board open from the morning stand up to the last review. Giving it a Dock slot and a place in the Cmd+Tab rotation removes a small tax you were paying every time you went back to it.

If you work in more than one Miro account. Consultants and agencies are often invited into a client's Miro while keeping their own team's account, and many people hold a company account and a personal one. In one browser that means signing out and back in, or living in a private window that forgets you. Build two Kagemusha apps instead, name them clearly (for example "Miro Client A" and "Miro Team"), and both stay signed in. Logging out of one does not affect the other.

If you plan across several tools. Kagemusha's Space mode puts several services in one window with a sidebar to switch between them. Miro, Notion and Google Docs in a single Space lets you move from the board to the spec and back without juggling three windows. Each service keeps its own view, so switching does not lose your place on the canvas.

If Miro is always paired with something else. Quick Setup opens several URLs as tabs when the app launches. Your sprint board plus the team's project tracker, or a workshop board plus the agenda document, becomes one icon that restores the whole working set. Turn the tab bar on when you use this, otherwise the extra tabs load with no way to reach them.

If you share your screen while facilitating. A browser window leaks your bookmark bar and whatever else is open in the tab strip. An app with the tab bar hidden shows only the board. If you want a hard guarantee, URL rules can restrict the app to miro.com so a stray click cannot navigate somewhere you did not intend to broadcast.

How to Set Up

Kagemusha ships with presets for more than 300 services and Miro is one of them, so there is no URL or icon to prepare.

• Open Kagemusha and click "Create App"
• Type "Miro" in the preset search and select it
• Choose a browser engine. Chrome is the safe default
• Toggle the options you want: notifications, extensions, tab bar, incognito
• Click "Create". The .app is generated in a few seconds

The first launch shows the normal Miro sign-in screen. If you sign in with Google or Microsoft, a popup window opens for the sign-in flow. The default window handling mode, Smart, is built to allow authentication popups while blocking unwanted ones, so this works without changes. If a popup ever fails to appear, switch window handling to "Allow all" and try again. Two-factor authentication works as it does in a browser.

You sign in once and the session is stored in that app's own profile. If you plan to create several apps for the same account, the template profile feature lets you log in once and copy that signed-in state into new apps instead of repeating the process. Every option except the browser engine can be changed later from the app list.

The free tier creates up to three apps with no feature restrictions. Going beyond three requires Pro, a one-time purchase of $24.99, with no subscription.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Is there an official Miro desktop app for Mac?

Yes. As of October 2026 Miro offers a desktop app for macOS as a direct download from miro.com/apps, with separate installers for Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Miro's help center lists macOS 12 (Monterey) or later as the minimum. The download comes from Miro's website rather than the Mac App Store.

Q. Miro already has a Mac app. Why use Kagemusha?

The official app is a good choice if you work in one Miro account. Kagemusha is worth it when you want two or more Miro accounts signed in at the same time, when you want Chrome extensions inside the window, or when you want Miro in one window next to Notion, Figma or Google Docs. Both can be installed on the same Mac.

Q. How do Miro pricing and Kagemusha pricing relate?

They are separate. Your Miro plan is billed by Miro. As of October 2026 the pricing page lists Free at $0 with 3 editable boards, Starter at $8 per member per month and Business at $20 per member per month when billed yearly, and Enterprise with custom pricing from 30 members. Kagemusha is free for up to three apps and $24.99 once for unlimited apps. Kagemusha does not change or resell your Miro subscription.

Q. Can I keep separate Miro accounts for different clients or teams?

Yes. Each app Kagemusha builds gets its own profile, so two apps signed into two Miro accounts stay signed in independently. Cookies and sessions never cross over, and signing out of one has no effect on the other.

Q. Do Chrome extensions work inside the Miro app?

Yes. Enable extensions when creating the app and you can install anything from the Chrome Web Store. Because profiles are per app, you can give your Miro app a specific set of extensions without touching your main browser.

Q. What are the system requirements?

macOS 12 or later, with at least one of Chrome, Chrome Canary, Chromium, Brave, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi or Opera installed. Intel and Apple silicon Macs are both supported.