A TypingMind alternative built around a branching canvas.

Branches you can see side by side

Slashspace is a TypingMind alternative for people who want their branches on a canvas. TypingMind already handles branching well: edit or regenerate a message and the original stays, with arrows to flip between versions, and Fork chat from here copies the conversation into a new chat. Slashspace takes a different approach: it lays those branches out as connected nodes so you can see how they relate.

On Slashspace, a branch is a new chat node connected to the one you came from.

• Submit in new branch. Press ⌘⇧Enter (Ctrl+Shift+Enter on Windows and Linux) and your prompt runs in a new chat beside the original. The original never receives it.
• Ask about a passage. Select a sentence in any answer and the "Ask about this" bubble opens a branch on just that text, saved on the canvas.
• Siblings stay apart. Each branch reads its parent and everything upstream. Sibling branches can't see each other, and nothing flows back.
• Tidy when it sprawls. Tidy Up lays every branch out to the right of its parent. Color, group or collapse the ones you're done with.

Bring your plan, keys or models

TypingMind is built around your own API keys, and its price doesn't include API costs. Slashspace takes keys too, and also lets you use the Claude or ChatGPT subscription you already pay for.

• Your plan. Slashspace drives the official Claude Code and Codex CLIs on your computer, signed in with your own Claude or ChatGPT account. Usage counts against that plan. If an Anthropic or OpenAI API key is set in your computer's environment, the CLI may bill that key instead.
• Your keys. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity, xAI, OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Groq and more, encrypted with your system's secure storage.
• Local and custom models. Ollama runs models on your machine, free per message. LM Studio, vLLM or a company gateway connect as custom providers.
• Optional built-in AI. Hosted models, with Auto picking one for you.

Wire what each chat reads

In TypingMind, context comes from the chat history, projects and the knowledge base. On a Slashspace canvas, context follows connections. Connect a PDF, a web page and two earlier chats into one chat and it reads them in full with every message.

• Summarized context. A chat with no connections gets a short summary of the rest of the canvas.
• Isolated context. For a question that shouldn't be anchored by your notes, the chat reads only its own conversation.
• See the inputs. Click a chat and every connection feeding it lights up, all the way up the chain.

Paste a post, get the transcript

Post nodes turn YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and LinkedIn links into a player and a transcript. Document nodes handle PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, CSV, Markdown and more.

TypingMind's built-in web search (Extended and Premium) is stronger for open-web research than Slashspace's Web nodes today.

Where your work lives

Both apps keep your work on your device, in different ways. TypingMind stores chats in your browser's local storage, with optional cloud sync across devices. Slashspace saves each canvas as a folder on your computer, with no cloud sync or backup.

Some Slashspace features do use its servers: hosted models, Orchestrator, and the documents, web pages and posts you add are processed there. The privacy page lists exactly what goes where.

Switching from TypingMind

1. Get the app: download Slashspace for Mac, Windows or Linux and start the 3-day trial.
2. Add your keys in Settings, then API Providers. Keys stay on the computer where you add them.
3. Using Claude or ChatGPT? Sign in to Claude Code or Codex once and turn them on in Subscription Providers.
4. Bring your history: export your TypingMind data as JSON and drop the file on a canvas. It lands as a document any chat can read; split very large exports, since a chat skips text past about 500 KB.
5. Keep TypingMind for the browser and your phone if you like. The two can sit side by side.