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  1. Make TheBrain dual screen compatible

    Hi, I looked into the roadmap for version 15 and didn't see anything about dual screen support for TheBrain. Let me clarify, of course you can have two screens installed and have TheBrain running. But you can't choose to have the plex on one screen and the notes on another. This way you would be able to expand the visual interaction with both areas to the max.
    I know there is a lot of people out there that are working on multiple screens, wouldn't it be a great idea to have TheBrain expand across your entire screen(s) field? No more…

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  2. Native Daily Journaling / Calendar View

    Hello TheBrain Team,

    I’d love a native daily journaling / calendar view in TheBrain.

    Right now, to keep a daily log I manually create thoughts like 2025-12-17 (optionally under 2025 → 2025-12), link a Today thought, and paste a journaling template into each new day. It works, but it’s clunky compared to “open calendar → click date → type.”

    What I’m asking for:

    Calendar view for a chosen journal thought

    Select a “Journal root” (e.g. Journal – Daily Logs) and see a calendar.
    Clicking a date opens or creates a daily thought (e.g. 2025-12-17) and its notes.
    Automatic daily thought…

    6 votes
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  3. Making thought-based sharing possible

    Making thought-based sharing possible
    Currently the only way of sharing a brain is by sharing the whole brain with someone else, or make it publically available where the private thoughts won't be visible. It would be very interesting to share individual thoughts that can be added in someone else's brain, without making it public.
    It makes sense, for example, since I could share a project I'm working on with someone else, which is linked to other peojects/people that the other one is not allowed to see (and vice versa).
    Making a new brain and copy the thoughts is not the…

    10 votes
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  4. With AI, I want Talk to my Brain

    I've been doing this with chatgpt where I add my extensive notes as training data and explore ideas with the AI in a oral conversational level.

    the AI reminds me on the notes that I've written down but forgot about and the AI helps me compare and add to the ideas that I have

    I'd like to have this feature with TheBrain.

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  5. Make the brain linux-compatible1

    After the experience of the past 5 years people are moving away from large corporations; they no longer trust them. The drive towards independence and personal control is leading to Increasing numbers of people choosing linux. By releasing a linux version you will grow your business and contribute to greater levels of freedom & autonomy.

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  6. I really enjoy Cerebro

    I have been testing out Cerebro on 15.0.86, and I do believe it is truly a game-changer. The regular brain AI is much less sophisticated and I have found it of limited use. Cerebro, on the other hand, will become a core part of my organizational routine especially as it gets better at searching (finding all relevant thoughts rather than a limited number, etc.).

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  7. Make it so much easier to create a note on the fly

    I take notes on the fly using other products and it's a stupid shame that I rarely use TB to do so. Doesn't it make sense to laser focus in on a shortened process for users and potential users to be able to view TB as the ideal note taking product/service that competes head on with the plethora of note taking apps that shall ultimately disappear? I like the idea of The Brain Box being re-imagined as the in-box for ideas and web snapshots to be used later when using TB desktop or web client.

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  8. reports allow date placeholders and calculations

    Currently in the web version and mobile version, the report conditions show as text which can be adjusted.
    It would be nice in all versions (mobile, web and desktop) if you could set a placeholder for the date and perform calculations.
    For example:
    created:"06/10/2025 - 06/11/2025"
    Could become
    created:"({now} -7) - {now}"

    This would allow me to save the report and then when I pull up the saved report it will always give me the thoughts created in the last 7 days.

    6 votes
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  9. Enable manual reordering of thoughts in Outline view

    When brainstorming using the Outline view, the order of the thoughts should be able to be done graphically on the screen using the mouse. This is needed to enable prioritizing ideas. Also thoughts should be able to be elevated or demoted using the mouse.

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  10. AlthoughTheBrain app on ios updates to version 15.6.1, the Plex fails to display.

    The Plex in the ios app is blank; however, other functionality, BrainBox additions and display, attached notes display, content searches, and synchronization appear to function as expected.

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  11. Advanced search - find thoughts that have the same relationships with "n" number of other thoughts

    Implement an "Advanced Search" button/capability where more than one thoughts (or fragments of thought names) can be specified. Example:
    The Adv Srch form would open with one entry: a search box for entry of text, a dropdown button labeled "relationship" with values of parent|child|jump, and a button with a + to add an additional search entry line. Any number of search entry lines could be added. The default would be "all" logic in that the search would return all thoughts for which all the search entries are true. Perhaps an "any" option could/should be included.

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  12. Restore plex and notes zoom.

    On 15.0.95.0 running on macOS Sierra desktop plex and notes zoom are missing. No pinch/expand; no Command + "+/-", no dropdown menu picks. If there is a way to control the size of text (other than overriding the screen resolution, which is generally unacceptable), please make it obvious.

    Thanks.

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  13. Add JFIF file for hero image

    With V15, hero images can now come from thought attachments, but not with JFIF extension.
    Add JFIF file for hero image.

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  14. Bring thebrain 14 timeline back

    To the TheBrain Team,

    Please restore the classic TheBrain 14 bottom timeline view (or provide an option to enable it in TheBrain 15). Many of us relied on that persistent timeline for fast, visual navigation of our work over time, and the current alternatives do not offer the same clarity or efficiency. Bringing this timeline back, even as an optional legacy view, would preserve long‑established workflows and significantly improve usability for long‑time users.

    Thank you

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  15. Implement Mnemonics for the scope choices offered after changing a property of an event

    Saves switches between mouse and keyboard and back again when registering the scope of a properties change.

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  16. Send Email to BrainBox

    Expand BrainBox to be a universal inbox and allow multiple ways for stuff to arrive.

    One being Email!

    Either general Inbox or 1 inbox/Brain.

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  17. Reintroduction of the old 8 version features

    Reintroduction of the old 8 version features

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  18. URL to reference files attached within Notes

    While having the URL of a Thought is fantastic and works well, I would like to see an option to create a URL pointing to data (or a file) in other places, such as Notes. My use case is as follows: I have a QRCode label on my circuit breakers that points to a Thought. I scan the label on my phone, which takes me to that Thought. From there, I navigate to the Notes section and am able to pull up my spreadsheet with circuit information for that panel. Not a HUGE issue, but it would provide ease of…

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  19. Adding a set of more meaningful export options (visuals, presentation, interoperabiity)

    I wish all the work I put up and all the great results I can achieve with TheBrain could be exported in some more meaningful (presentational, interoperable) formats.

    I am thinking of things like OPML, multi-thought PDFs including image references to the plex, visuals of the Plex – also local areals, and more linear ones like mind-/concept maps), ways to have slides as output etc.

    I am sure others will have some more ideas.

    But I feel the current set of export options of TheBrain makes it a very "mute" endpoint of knowledge processes in a lot of scenarios.

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  20. Search for settings

    with increasing functionality the number of options in settings tend to increase. With more settings searching for a specific setting becomes more tedious.
    Many programs now have search functions for their settings so I can find a specific setting quickly. It would be great if you added that to The Brain.

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