Mind-Me

Talking to AI is like a late‑night conversation at a party. Some of it's true.
Some of it's made up.
None of it sticks.

This time, you decide what's worth keeping.

Try it in your browser Start your first map

Not a notes app. A place to work out what you think.

A map about learning Rust. Ownership is the current node, with kept branches in solid boxes and four suggestions in faint italics around it.

How it works

  1. Type an idea

    One idea or topic. Brainstorm it a few branches at a time, map it out whole at once, or start from a template such as Pros and cons or SWOT.

  2. Keep what fits

    The AI suggests branches as ghosts. Keep the good ones with a click, ask for more with M, or add your own with Tab. Nothing is saved until you keep it.

  3. Grow notes with sources

    Every node has a Markdown note. Learn more and Examples add depth with links you can check, and Mind-Me marks the dead ones.

One minute: keep suggestions about Stoicism, map out sourdough bread, and open the Markdown file.

What's different

Plain Markdown files

A map is a .md file on your disk: the title is the root, bullets are branches, notes sit under them. Any editor can open it. No account, no cloud.

Bring your own AI

Use the Claude subscription you already pay for, an API key, or a free model running on your computer with Ollama. Mind-Me runs no servers.

Themes you already know

Tokyo Night, Catppuccin, Gruvbox, Nord, Everforest, Rosé Pine, Flexoki and more, in light and dark. On Omarchy it follows your system theme.

Native and fast

Written in Rust. Starts in a blink, uses no CPU when idle, and works from the keyboard: arrows, Tab, Enter and M.

The Ownership branch and its suggestions in Mind-Me's own dark theme
Mind-Me
The same branch in the Tokyo Night theme
Tokyo Night
The same branch in the light Catppuccin Latte theme
Catppuccin Latte

Click a picture to see the whole window.

Pricing

Ready to run

Free during the beta

Then $20 once for every 1.x release. No subscription: you bring your own AI, so there is nothing to bill monthly. Card or UPI.

Get the beta

Build it yourself

Free always

Mind-Me is open source under the GPL-3.0. Clone it and run cargo build --release. That is the deal, not a loophole.

Build instructions

Releases

v0.1 beta · the first public build

macOS (Apple silicon) Linux (AppImage) Release notes

Linux also comes as a tarball. Intel Macs can build it from source for now.

FAQ

How is this different from Obsidian?

Obsidian's graph comes from links you make by hand. In Mind-Me the AI suggests branches and asks you questions, and you keep what fits. Use Obsidian once you know what you think, and Mind-Me while you're still finding out. A map is a plain Markdown file, so it can live in your Obsidian vault too.

Which AI can I use?
  • Claude Pro or Max, through the claude command you are logged in to.
  • An API key for Anthropic, OpenAI or OpenRouter, or for another OpenAI-style URL.
  • Ollama, with a model that runs on your computer.
  • Any other command that reads a prompt and prints a reply.

The first launch asks you to pick one. You can add more in Settings.

What does Mind-Me send, and where?

Mind-Me has no servers, so nothing goes to us. Your maps stay as Markdown files on your computer. Mind-Me sends data only to these places:

  • The AI you picked: the names of the current node and the nodes above it, and your Grill me answers. Learn more, Examples and Discuss also send that node's note and your recent Discuss messages. Writing guides you turned on go with them.
  • Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons: the names of the current node and its parent, to find its card and pictures. To stop this, turn off Wikipedia card in Settings, Notes.
  • The sites a note links to: Mind-Me opens each link once, to check that it still works.
  • The address of a picture in a note: Mind-Me downloads the picture to show it.
macOS says it cannot check Mind-Me. What do I do?

Beta builds are not signed yet. The first time, right-click Mind-Me and choose Open. Or open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway. Signed builds come with version 1.0.

Does the $20 include updates?

Yes. $20 gets you every 1.x release, and you keep each one. There is no license key. Version 2.0 may be a paid upgrade.

Does it run on Windows?

Not yet. macOS and Linux come first.