> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.wayfinders.network/apps-and-tools/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.wayfinders.network/apps-and-tools/wayfinder-platform.md). # WayFinder Platform The core of the WayFinder Platform is a digital "canvas", where content can be positioned and visualised in many powerful ways to enable reflective practice, sensemaking, ideation, discovery and more - processes that cohere with the over-arching [philosophy of "wayfinding"](https://www.wayfinders.network/blog/philosophy/). A strength is the ability to quickly switch contexts, from a personal view that has only your content, to a shared/collaborative perspective that displays other peoples content in relationship to your own. The innovation here is a user interface that moves away from restrictive vertical timelines as found in social media feeds, blogs and group chats; to something that allows many entry points and quickly reveals themes, patterns and connections. Maggie Appleton has described this as ["topography over timelines"](https://maggieappleton.com/garden-history#1-topography-over-timelines). In this sense the platform is breaking new ground in social, knowledge and sensemaking systems. With a strong focus on stories (hence the [StoryKeeper app](/apps-and-tools/storykeeper.md)), exploring a canvas will often feel like sitting around a digital campfire and reading/listening/watching the stories people have shared...

An example of a WayFinder "canvas" with stories, reflection, questions and personal profiles depicted using various iconography

The following sections provide more detail regarding how you can interact with a canvas, as well as the options for designing and customising canvases to your requirements.