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TabTree is a mind-mapping and whiteboard app that fits in a single HTML file. You double-click it and the whole application is there — offline, with no account, no server and no subscription. It runs in any modern browser on macOS, Windows and Linux, and installs as a web app on iOS and Android.
One document reads six ways: mind map, kanban board, Gantt chart, page of notes, spreadsheet or full-screen presentation. You switch views — nothing is converted, so nothing is lost. It ships with 69 templates, 156 line icons, 36 illustrations, 18 diagram generators, six layouts and nine skins, all drawn for the product, so nothing is fetched from anywhere.
It opens .xmind, Markdown, OPML, Excalidraw scenes, Trello exports and Excel lists. It exports high-resolution PNG posts, carousel PDFs, MP4 flythroughs with subtitles, Markdown and CSV — or one .html file carrying the app and the map together, so your reader can read, navigate and even present your map with nothing installed.
A free connector lets Claude read your library and turn a transcript or a spec into a real map on your disk — local files, no account, nothing uploaded.
One-time purchase from $49, no subscription. Bought once, works forever.
TabTreeTheBrain is recommended for knowledge workers, researchers, project managers, and anyone who needs to organize large amounts of interconnected information. It is particularly useful for individuals who prefer visual representation and need to manage tasks, projects, and ideas in a non-linear fashion.
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Uniting xmind, excalidraw and trello in a single HTML + many more features. I can't work without it now.
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Personally, I like the Getting Things Done method, which has you store notes in an "inbox" (for me, that's a Trello board), which you prune daily or weekly, which involves pruning out the stuff that really isn't important or that can just be done right then. Once I deem a thought or some information worthy of long term storage, I use the mind mapping software TheBrain. That allows me to store information quickly... Source: over 2 years ago
Works really great! Also, I'm a 20-year user of TheBrain (thebrain.com), and I can drag and drop the files from my Obsidian vault to TB as links. Then, I can edit those files in TB, link them to other 12,000+ thoughts in my TB, and those edits will show up in Obsidian; vice versa, edits made in Obsidian show up in TB. Source: over 3 years ago
You might get some ideas from thebrain.com. Source: over 4 years ago
Useless for my task: Thebrain.com. Source: over 4 years ago
In this type of programs the best is theBrain https://thebrain.com/. Its dynamic mind maps allow store any quantity of information there. Source: over 4 years ago
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