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Brainio
A Markdown notepad that turns every note into a visual map.
Brainio turns every note into a visual mind map. Write in Markdown, press Tab to indent and create branches, switch between text, split, and mind map views with one click. Built-in knowledge graph shows how all your documents connect. Collaborate in real time with live cursors. Link documents with bidirectional backlinks. Connect your AI assistant via MCP. We launched Brainio 5 years ago. We rebuilt it from scratch and made it completely free. No document limits, no paywalls.
We've been building Brainio for 5 years. The idea has always been simple: your notes shouldn't be flat text. Every note in Brainio is also a visual mind map.
We just rebuilt it from scratch and made it completely free. No document limits, no paywalls.
Here's what you can do with it:
- Write in Markdown, switch to a mind map view with one click
- See how all your documents connect in a knowledge graph
- Collaborate in real time with live cursors
- Connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor — Brainio has a built-in MCP server
- Use it on web or desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux)
What's next: mobile app, canvas/sketchpad, team spaces.
We'd love to hear what you think. What features matter most to you?
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About Brainio on Product Hunt
“A Markdown notepad that turns every note into a visual map.”
Brainio was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 5 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #139 on the daily leaderboard. Brainio turns every note into a visual mind map. Write in Markdown, press Tab to indent and create branches, switch between text, split, and mind map views with one click. Built-in knowledge graph shows how all your documents connect. Collaborate in real time with live cursors. Link documents with bidirectional backlinks. Connect your AI assistant via MCP. We launched Brainio 5 years ago. We rebuilt it from scratch and made it completely free. No document limits, no paywalls.
Brainio was featured in Productivity (651.7k followers), Writing (59.2k followers) and Notes (8.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 147.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Brainio?
Brainio was hunted by Ondrej Havlena. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Ondrej Havlena
Hey PH! 👋
Ondrej here, co-founder of Brainio.
We've been building Brainio for 5 years. The idea has always been simple: your notes shouldn't be flat text. Every note in Brainio is also a visual mind map.
We just rebuilt it from scratch and made it completely free. No document limits, no paywalls.
Here's what you can do with it:
- Write in Markdown, switch to a mind map view with one click
- See how all your documents connect in a knowledge graph
- Collaborate in real time with live cursors
- Connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor — Brainio has a built-in MCP server
- Use it on web or desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux)
What's next: mobile app, canvas/sketchpad, team spaces.
We'd love to hear what you think. What features matter most to you?