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Working on a literature review, thesis chapter or novel? Lay out your research on a paper-like infinite canvas that's easy to use.

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What’s new - June 2026

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A mind map of Empedocles in Loose Thought, with his portrait on a card and notes on love and strife, medicine and the cosmos joined by arrows

Mind mapping

Add ideas anywhere on the page and connect them up with lines. When you want to expand on a topic, use cards to add extra detail. You can do all of this with full keyboard support for editing and navigation.

Sheet thumbnails

Quickly find the sheet you’re looking for with sheet thumbnails. And because Loose Thought works fully offline, switching to them is fast.

The directory open beside a sheet, with a thumbnail for each notebook and a larger preview of each sheet in the selected notebook

URL previews

Rich URL previews for working with external media. The URL card can also be collapsed if you want a more subtle reference.

A card with two link previews, each showing the linked page’s image and title, and a collapsed link below them

And lots more..

  • Full undo/redo support
  • Nudge items around with the keyboard
  • Formatting tool panel
  • Resize notes freely
  • Pan and zoom with the trackpad
  • Section lines

Try it out

If you’re new here, you can try Loose Thought free for a week.