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Speaking about collaboration, most Linux epoch tools don't have a real collaboration and only synchronize files. Current web apps are much more oriented to conflict-free synchronization. Markdown Tree also is.

Now if you can format branches in Markdown, drag & drop images and other files, keep documentation, study notes, code examples and simultaneously write information with a few more colleagues - that's quite useful I think.

Next version of Markdown Tree should support various embeds like: Youtube, codepen.io, Google maps, etc. That would allow to have a nice workspace for various kinds of tasks. And only web apps are capable of it too.

Yes, or maybe markdown meets mindmap

Opensourcing could be an option in future. For now, we would like to see how people adapt it to their needs. Because it's quite untraditional tool.

It could be useful for study notes, programming notes (and code), project planning. It's like a simple Markdown text, but you can nest one Markdown text block to another. You can fold branches you don't need now.

Yeah, many people asked this. Well, I think it's time to add a simple email/password registration. Come back in a few days! Thanks!

Thanks for the advice! We thought it should be quite clear from the the image what it does. But probably you are right. We should make an animated gif.

You are right, educating people about the mindmapping concept is important. Lots of people don't know what it is.

But this is Hacker News and technical language here is more common than sales language. I am speaking kindly here, like a developer to developers.

OctopusNote developer here.

I am trying to spark some innovation in the information organization field.

Most organizational tools are only ok when working with little information. When your notes database grows up, more and more problems emerge: difficult to navigate and efficiently use that much information.

One thing that could help when working with many documents (or notes) is a text referencing in a mindmap.

At OctopusNote I am experimenting with various techniques to find the right mix of features that could improve human's information processing capabilities.

OctopusNote now has a strong technical base and can be easily transformed to various note taking or mindmapping tools based on modern web technologies.

For example: has a reliable almost-real-time conflict-free sync

has a high performance mind-map engine that can render and navigate tens of thousands of branches without any lag

has a full text search that can search in parent > child relations (for the mindmap part)

has a really convenient document search with tag filter, full text search and instant search

can extract web articles

etc.

There is a possibility I will open source it, if I will find a sustainable business model.

Now imagine what would be a perfect information organization tool that would let you keep, navigate and most importantly use that information efficiently?

Just one condition: the tool must be efficient with thousands of notes.

Sure, all HN people are welcome!

OctopusNote developer here.

I am trying to spark some innovation in the information organization field.

Most organizational tools are only ok when working with little information. When your notes database grows up, more and more problems emerge: difficult to navigate and efficiently use that much information.

One thing that could help when working with many documents (or notes) is a text referencing in a mindmap.

At OctopusNote I am experimenting with various techniques to find the right mix of features that could improve human's information processing capabilities.

OctopusNote now has a strong technical base and can be easily transformed to various note taking or mindmapping tools based on modern web technologies.

For example:

has a reliable almost-real-time conflict-free sync

has a high performance mind-map engine that can render and navigate tens of thousands of branches without any lag

has a full text search that can search in parent > child relations (for the mindmap part)

has a really convenient document search with tag filter, full text search and instant search

can extract web articles

etc.

There is a possibility I will open source it, if I will find a sustainable business model.

Now imagine what would be a perfect information organization tool that would let you keep, navigate and most importantly use that information efficiently?

Just one condition: the tool must be efficient with thousands of notes.

You mean exporting? Well, there will be an option to export the mind map part as .mm file and notes as Markdown. Also I am thinking about an option to export a single html file with all program logics, mindmap and notes that can be used offline for read-only viewing.

Or I eventually open source it. Who knows :)

Yes, the videos were made on Ubuntu and Chrome, but to avoid distractions they were cut and inserted in an abstract browser imitation.

OctopusNote is a web app. I am targeting all desktop and mobile platforms, so a web app is the only option. Eventually there will be native apps for Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android. But for now the top priority is to finish the beta version.