BrainForj

A digital file cabinet that actually files.

Records, money, mail and the things you own, in one app on your own Mac. The point is not storage — everyone already has storage. The point is finding the one document again, two years later, when it matters.

Where it stands

In daily use on real records, and still being built. It began as a tool for one filing problem and grew into the app that holds all of them — which is the only honest way to know whether a thing like this works.

What it does

Files from mailDocuments arrive as email and get filed where they belong, remembering which account and folder each one came from — so the trail back to the original is never lost.
Reads properlyA reading mode that gets out of the way: the folder tree folds to a rail, the file list to a column, and the document takes the rest. Arrow keys move through it the way Finder does.
Tags across everythingProjects, jobs, trips, collections, places. A tag spans documents and possessions alike, so "everything to do with that job" is one click rather than four searches.
Suggests, never assumesTag suggestions come from a model running on your own Mac, and they sit in a review queue. Nothing is tagged until you say so.
Keeps the threadMove a file and its history moves with it. Records are updated in place rather than deleted and re-added, because a rebuilt row is a lost cross-reference.
On your phone tooThe documents follow to iPhone and iPad, newest first, for the times the thing you need is in a file cabinet at home.

macOS, iPhone and iPad · your records stay on your own machines

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