Convert any URL into an editable mind map
Paste any web page link — an article, a blog post, a documentation page, or a research abstract — and SpawnGraph fetches it, extracts the body, and structures it into a navigable mind map. You get a visual outline of the page in seconds instead of scrolling through walls of text.
How it works
- 1Paste the URL. Any article, blog post, documentation page, news story, or long-form web page works.
- 2SpawnGraph extracts the content. A fetch proxy retrieves the page, the article body is parsed out, and the NLP engine builds a hierarchical map.
- 3Navigate, edit, and share. Drag nodes, collapse subtrees, invite collaborators, or export the resulting map.
What kinds of URLs work?
Most content-rich web pages convert well. Blog posts and news articles, Wikipedia entries, MDN and developer documentation, public research abstracts and preprints, long-form essays, changelog pages, conference notes — anything where the body of the page contains real prose and headings. Paywalled articles, JavaScript-only single-page apps that defer all content client-side, and pages that require a login generally do not work because the fetcher cannot see content the public web does not. When a page does not parse cleanly, you can paste the text manually as a fallback.
Why URL to mind map beats copy-paste reading
Reading a 4,000-word article linearly is slow, and skimming loses structure. A mind map gives you the hierarchy on one screen: the main argument as the root, the supporting points as first-level branches, and the evidence as leaves. You can collapse branches that do not matter to you, expand the ones that do, and see relationships across sections that a linear scroll obscures. Researchers, students, and analysts read faster this way because the visual structure carries half the cognitive load that long-form prose forces on you.
Privacy: does SpawnGraph store the page you import?
The URL fetch is server-assisted out of necessity — browsers block cross-origin requests, so a small proxy must retrieve the page on your behalf. That said, SpawnGraph does not log or store the URLs you submit, and the fetched HTML is discarded as soon as the article body is extracted and sent back to your browser. From that point on, the NLP structuring runs client-side, and the resulting map exists only on your device until you choose to save or share it. SpawnGraph uses client-side NLP — you can verify zero network calls during structuring by opening DevTools → Network.
Editing and sharing after import
The imported map is fully editable: rename nodes, recolor branches, add your own annotations, connect ideas across sections, and collapse anything that is not useful. Share the live map with a single link, invite collaborators to edit in real time with live cursors, or export the final map as PNG, outline, or CSV for downstream tools.
In short: SpawnGraph turns any public URL into an editable mind map. The fetch is server-assisted because browsers block cross-origin requests, but the NLP structuring runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is stored, nothing is logged.