Kinopio
Spatial Thinking for Mindmaps, Moodboards, Whiteboards, Research, and Notes.
Kinopio is a note-taking canvas for collecting and connecting your thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Community-funded and built for the long-term.
Free for 100 cards. No sign up required.
Bend Information into Knowledge
Cards and Connections
To create cards, tap anywhere and start typing. Format with markdown, paste URLs to create links and play YouTube videos, add images, colors and more. Connect related cards by dragging from the connector to another card.
Boxes and Lists to Organize
When you’re ready to add structure, use Boxes to keep related items together. Lists let you vertically group and easily reorder cards, and are ideal for Kanban-style project management.
Paint Select to Edit Multiple
Drag from an empty area to paint over items you want to move or edit them together. First-class bulk edits are one of Kinopio's most powerful features.
Also Featuring ● Real-Time Collaboration ● Privacy Settings ● ```Code Blocks``` ● Comments ● Card Frames ● Backlinked [[Tags]] ● Link Between /Spaces ● Works Offline
● Dark Mode ● Add Images, Websites, Pdfs ● Import and Export ● Save as PDF ● Public API ● Freehand Drawing ● Group Workspaces
● Quick Save to Inbox With Browser Extensions ● Trackable Todos ● Personal Templates ● Snap to Grid ● Other secret features may be available… (don’t tell anyone)
Changelog Is updated all the time with new features.
Create Lively Freeform Spaces
Gather notes, and connect them to their source URLs. Drag in files, like PDFs, to keep everything together. Label concepts with backlinked [[tags]].
Invite friends and group members to collaborate together in real-time.
Kinopio at Work
If only projects could go straight from A to B. Every technical issue would be anticipated. Clients would never change their minds. The new feature would be as intuitive as it seemed in the mockup…
Instead, Kinopio is designed for real-world collaborative projects where teams need to be able to iterate and adapt to new information as they build.
Capture and connect ideas together, build them up into plans and tasks, and work on them all in the same space.
Group Workspaces
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ProductMarketingSalesCreate and manage shared spaces for teams, projects, or clients.
Flexible Collaboration
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Work through ideas together in real-time, organize spaces on mobile, or contribute async.
FAQ
How does Kinopio compare to Miro, Milanote, Whimsical, and other whiteboard apps?
Physical whiteboards are so productive because drawing and writing with markers is a naturally messy, chaotic process, which produces novel new ideas and shared understanding.
But the typical software whiteboard is designed around neatness and conformity. Expressiveness and personality is replaced with a maze through endless toolbars and sticky notes in one of five designer-approved pastel shades.
Taking a different approach, Kinopio's just-click-and-type design and visual customizability is designed to encourage creativity and experimentation.
Like a physical whiteboard, the outputs produced this way tend to be lower-fidelity and conceptual – ideal for problem solving, and for turning debates into discussions.
The other major difference is that Kinopio is organic software, paid for by the people who use it, rather than by VC investors looking for an easy exit that leaves users high and dry.
| Company | VC Funding |
| Figjam | $1,400,000,000 Series F |
| Miro | $476,300,000 Series C |
| Mural | $196,600,000 Series C |
| Padlet | $12,700,000 Series A |
| Whimsical | $30,000,000 Series A |
| Kinopio | $0 |
The result? Kinopio is a product that embraces individuality and personality. Made for people, not drones.
To see how this plays out IRL, here's a video by a customer comparing Kinopio vs Milanote.
Why doesn't Kinopio have AI features?
Because Kinopio is solely supported by the people who love it, I have the insane privilege of being able to only add features that fit into the product and truly help its users.
With whiteboarding, mind-mapping, or mood-boarding, it's the journey of placing ideas and images, making connections, and figuring out what things should be grouped together yourself is vitally important to building up your own spatial memory. This is the magic that makes big ideas easier to recall and reason about.
Do I Have Full Control Over My Data?
Yes. Your data belongs to you and will never be sold.
You can import and export spaces in a variety of formats, including as open JSON Canvas files, and you can download a backup of all your spaces together.
There is also a comprehensive public API so that you can build your own custom integrations and tooling.
And if you'd like, you can delete your account at any time.
Hi I'm Piri, a designer, engineer, and tool-maker. I started Kinopio in 2018 to help people understand each other, and themselves.
Previously, I was the co-creator and designer of Glitch.
If you're curious, I wrote How Kinopio is Made. I hope you enjoy using Kinopio and find it invaluable,
