Introducing Mindly: Your Second Brain on macOS

Imagine if every idea, file, note, link, or voice memo you've ever saved actually went somewhere.

Imagine if your brain had a search bar, and context-aware memory.

That's Mindly.

What Is Mindly?

Mindly is a second brain for macOS that captures anything, instantly, and never lets it get lost again.

It's built around a simple truth:

Ideas don't come when you're ready. They come when you're busy.

Whether it's a task, a voice note, a file, or a link you need to look at later, Mindly lets you capture it with one universal shortcut, in under a second. No switching apps. No folders. No mental overhead.

But here's where it gets magical:

Mindly Has a Brain

The moment you capture something, Mindly's built-in AI starts working behind the scenes.

• It summarizes notes and files.
• It tags content automatically.
• It finds contextual connections, linking what you just saved to what you've already stored.
• It builds a knowledge graph of your digital mind, so you can explore your thoughts, documents, and tasks the way your brain naturally connects them.

You can think of it as a personal knowledge engine, like if Spotlight, Notion, and a research assistant had a baby.

What Can You Capture?

Literally anything:

• 📝 Text notes
• 🔗 Web links
• 📁 Files and folders
• 🎙 Voice memos (great for "remember this later" moments)
• ✅ Quick tasks or todos
• 💡 Even thoughts you don't know how to categorize yet

You don't need to label or organize anything manually. Just hit your shortcut, type or paste or speak, and move on. Mindly handles the rest.

Why I Built This

Last semester, I was writing a seminar paper on the Linux kernel. Sounds simple, but here's what actually happened: I had to research dozens of technical articles, many of which were nearly identical, overlapping in content but phrased slightly differently.

I ended up with tabs everywhere, PDFs scattered across my desktop, screenshots in random folders, and half-written notes split between Apple Notes, Google Docs, and a sticky note on my desk. My laptop was a mess.

And honestly, so was my brain.

I kept thinking:

Why is there no tool that helps me actually make sense of all this information?

Not just store it, but understand it.

See patterns. Combine related sources. Highlight similarities. And maybe even surface insights I hadn't noticed.

That's when the idea for Mindly hit me.

What if I could press one shortcut, capture a file or note or article in seconds, and have an AI system automatically organize everything, find connections, and even combine related files or thoughts into one summary?

That's exactly what Mindly does now.

It's built for moments like that, when you're deep in research or creativity and can't afford to waste time managing information. You just capture, and Mindly does the thinking for you.

What's Next?

We're launched. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by scattered thoughts, buried files, and too many open tabs, Mindly might be your new favorite app.

Sign up at mindly-ai.com to get the access :)

Let your future self thank you.