Export to json #99375

https://thebrain.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/99375

Hello Mathieu,

Thank you for reaching out, and happy new year to you as well 🙂

At the moment, TheBrain does not support exporting thoughts (or selections of thoughts) directly to JSON format in either version 14 or 15.

Currently supported export options include:

• Brain Archive (.brz) for full Brain backups or transfers
• OPML (for outline-style exports)
• HTML (for readable, structured output)
• Text-based exports in some contexts

There isn’t a built-in way yet to export a selected set of thoughts as structured JSON data.

If your goal is to work with the data programmatically, the closest alternatives today would be:

• Exporting to OPML and converting that to JSON using an external tool
• Exporting to HTML and parsing the structure externally

If JSON export is something you’d find valuable, I’d strongly recommend submitting it as a feature request so it can be tracked and prioritized:

https://thebrain.uservoice.com

Thank you for asking, and please let me know if you’d like help choosing the best export format for your use case.

Best regards,

John