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idea net
Last updated 2026-09-07 · benchmark checked 2026-10-26 · unchanged since 2026-10-01 — deterministic & reproducible
A browser-based word-graph tool that expands a starting word along chains of meaning.
idea net at a glance
Idea Net is a free browser-based tool that lets students, researchers, writers, and knowledge explorers type in a single word and build a visual graph by tapping through related concepts one word at a time.
Good for
- Exploring how one word connects to other ideas across different fields
- Visually mapping out a chain of associations while keeping unexplored branches visible
- Quick, no-signup brainstorming directly in the browser
Pricing
Free.
Questions people ask
Do I need to create an account to use Idea Net?
No, there is no signup required. You just type a word and start exploring.
Does Idea Net run as an app or in the browser?
It runs entirely in the browser, and the graph you build lives there as you use it.
What happens to paths I don't choose to explore?
Every branch you skip stays visible on the map, so your full path of exploration is preserved.
Who maintains Idea Net?
It is built and maintained by one person as a personal side project, with no team or fixed roadmap.
Who is Idea Net designed for?
It's aimed at students, researchers, writers, thinkers, and knowledge explorers who want to explore connections between ideas.
Written by Legit.Show from idea.xiaohan.dev on 2026-09-30. It does not change the score.
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Legit.Show scored idea net 75/100 on 2026-10-26, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/idea-xiaohan-dev/2026-10-26
Is idea net production-ready?
Legit.Show scores idea net 75 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on idea net (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Security; its weakest is Privacy. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 95/100
- Accessibility — 96/100
- Security — 100/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
- Privacy — 0/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 85/100
- Discoverability — 47/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 437 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 1 of 1 sampled routes reachable.
- No privacy policy found.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
Who it's for
Students · Researchers · Writers · Thinkers · Knowledge explorers
Pricing
Free
Sources and updates
- Description
- Taken from idea.xiaohan.dev's own website on 2026-09-07.
- Benchmark
- Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-10-26.
Put together from public information, without idea net's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.
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