Flow is a visual brainstorming tool that brings markdown and AI to a canvas. It's a simple and free alternative to Heptabase with built-in AI. Click to add text block, drag to connect. Ask what you want (e.g. summary, question) and get a AI generated draft!
Hey everyone!
I created Flow to make brainstorming with AI fast and natural. Flow is built for writers, builders, and students who constantly create ideas and expand them. I hope it streamlines your brainstorming process! 🚀
When I was writing newsletters, I realized that most tools do not offer a simple yet flexible environment for brainstorming. Figma was great, but had no markdown support. Notion and traditional PKMS lacked flexibility. Heptabase was my go to, but had a hefty pricetag and lacked AI features. So, I decided to build my own!
Flow is simple and fast 💨
1. Sign up! ✉️
2. Create a new project 🥳
3. Start brainstorming by clicking to add text blocks 🔥
4. Boost your productivity by using AI to generate drafts 🚀
Click to add blocks, drag to connect, write down what you want from AI (e.g. summarize, ask questions) and a draft is generated on the connected block!
We are working on more AI-native features at the moment! (e.g. auto generating relationship between text blocks / transforming the whole canvas to text, according to connection between blocks)
Join our Discord community for updates and feature requests 🤩
https://discord.gg/QwZcxZuMt2
Thanks for checking us out, and I'm happy to answer any questions you have! 💙
Congrats on the launch! What's the format in which you share the outcome of a brainstorm, aka how accessible is it for people outside the brainstorm session (colleagues etc) to understand the thinking processes?
Congrats on the launch @flowteam ❤️
Can you share some example use cases Flow would be great for?
About Flow on Product Hunt
“Your brainstorming copilot”
Flow launched on Product Hunt on March 15th, 2024 and earned 98 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #29 on the daily leaderboard. Flow is a visual brainstorming tool that brings markdown and AI to a canvas. It's a simple and free alternative to Heptabase with built-in AI. Click to add text block, drag to connect. Ask what you want (e.g. summary, question) and get a AI generated draft!
Flow was featured in Productivity (650.3k followers), Notes (8.3k followers) and Text Editors (16.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 132.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Flow?
Flow was hunted by Toby Kim. 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.
Want to see how Flow stacked up against nearby launches in real time? Check out the live launch dashboard for upvote speed charts, proximity comparisons, and more analytics.
Toby Kim