Module 5 · Level 2 · 10 min
Bring in what you already have
The question that actually decides whether someone switches tools is never “is it nicer?”. It is “do my ten years of files still open?”
What comes in, and how
| Format | How | What you get |
|---|---|---|
.xmind | Drag the file onto the app | The map, branches and notes |
| Markdown | Drag, or paste | Headings and lists become the tree |
| OPML | Drag | The outline, level for level |
| CSV, TSV, Excel | Import as rows, in the sheet view | One row per line, columns kept |
| A Trello export | Drag | Lists become columns, cards become cards |
.tabtree | Open a .tabtree — or import… in the library | A map from a colleague, or from your own folder |
None of this asks for an account, an upload or a conversion service. The file is read in your browser and never leaves your machine.
Paste first, tidy after
The library carries a box most people walk past: Turn your mess into a map. Meeting notes, an answer from an AI, an email thread — paste it, say what you are looking for, and it comes back laid out, with the real to-dos already marked as tasks.
It is the fastest way to start from something you already wrote rather than from a blank node, and it pairs with the views: paste the notes, then press Kanban to see what the meeting actually committed you to.
Coming from XMind specifically
There is a page for exactly that: drop a .xmind file into the browser and watch it open, before you decide anything. Worth sending to someone who is still paying a subscription and assumes leaving means losing.
Your turn
Find the oldest map you still care about, open it here, and publish it as a link.
Going from a file you could barely open to an address you can send to anyone, in two minutes, is the whole argument for the switch — made on your own material rather than on a demo.