Visual boards for real projects

Put the whole project on one board.

Photos next to the budget. The to-do wired to the decision that caused it. Futur3 Board puts images, notes, lists, tables, code and colour palettes on one canvas, and links them together, right down to a single row.

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Futur3 Board showing a cabin design board: exterior and interior photos, colour palettes, and a costed finish schedule wired to a to-do list
Everything fits

Twelve kinds of node. One canvas.

Each node does one job well. Put them side by side, group them in frames, and connect them with wires that show how the pieces relate.

Idea

The big idea at the centre, in large type.

Note

Free text for briefs, rules and thoughts.

List

Bulleted or numbered, with nesting. Every item can be wired.

To-do

Checklists with priorities and progress.

Table

Rows and columns, with CSV import and export.

Image

Drop or paste photos, sketches and screenshots.

Link

Web bookmarks with a note on why they matter.

Code

Code, queries, configs or data, one click to copy.

Colour

Palette swatches with copyable hex codes.

Board

Link to another board and dive into it.

File

Attach PDFs, documents and other files.

Frame

Group a section of the board behind a title.

Wires with meaning

Connect ideas, not just boxes.

Most whiteboards link shapes. Futur3 Board links the actual thing you mean: a single list item, a to-do or a table row. A foreign key points at the key it references. A finding points at the feature it justifies.

  • Every row of a list, to-do or table has its own socket
  • Curved, straight or right-angled wires, with labels, arrows and dashes
  • Drag a wire's middle or its label to tidy the layout
A database board where each foreign-key row is wired to the primary key it references
Mood board to plan

The look and the logistics, together.

Drop in photos and colour swatches to set the mood, then keep going: timelines, vendor lists and countdowns sit on the same board, wired to the pictures they belong to.

  • Drag images in, or paste them
  • Colour swatches with copyable hex codes
  • Tables with CSV import and export
A wedding mood board with photos of the venue, tables, flowers and cake, and a colour palette
Think it through

From “why did this happen?” to “who fixes it?”

Lay out causes, follow a chain of whys to the root, and wire the root cause to the action that fixes it, with an owner and a priority. The reasoning stays visible long after the meeting.

  • To-dos with priorities and progress
  • Code nodes for queries, configs and data
  • Frames to group each part of the argument
A root cause analysis board: a chain of five whys leading to a root cause wired to corrective actions
Plans that hold together

Track every thread.

Wire each research insight to the feature it justifies, and each feature to the screen that builds it. Or outline a story in acts, with every clue wired to the beat where it's planted and the one where it pays off.

  • Search highlights every mention and glides to each one
  • An outliner lists every node, grouped by frame
  • Export to PDF or a Markdown outline
An app concept board: five research insights, each wired to the feature it led to
Get inspired

Ten finished boards to explore.

Each one is a real, complete project you can open in the app, change and keep. They're also in the app under File › Import › Examples.

Hollow Pine A-Frame example board
Hollow Pine A-FrameInterior and exterior design for a small A-frame cabin: mood photos, palettes, a costed finish schedule and the decisions it drives.
FramesPhoto moodboardColour palettesCosted tableRow → task links
Open this example →
Sprout: Plant Care App example board
Sprout: Plant Care AppA mobile app concept from research to build: persona, insights wired to features, a user flow wired to screens, design tokens and a sprint.
Research → feature linksUser flowDesign tokens (code)Screen status tableSprint to-dos
Open this example →
HALCYON: Sci-Fi Set Design example board
HALCYON: Sci-Fi Set DesignProduction design for a derelict research ship: one frame per set, scenes wired to sets, a lighting palette, a screen graphic and the build schedule.
A frame per setScene → set linksLighting paletteScreen graphic (code)Build schedule
Open this example →
Root Cause: Late Deliveries example board
Root Cause: Late DeliveriesA root cause analysis: fishbone categories feeding the problem, the evidence (data + query), a 5-whys chain from one cause, and owned corrective actions.
Fishbone5 Whys chainEvidence table + SQLCause → action links
Open this example →
Bookshop Database example board
Bookshop DatabaseAn entity-relationship board: each foreign-key row is wired to the primary key it references, with DDL, naming rules and a migration plan.
Tables as entitiesRow-to-row FK linksSQL (code)Grouped domains
Open this example →
Ana & Theo: Wedding Reception example board
Ana & Theo: Wedding ReceptionA reception plan where the mood board, the run of the evening and the vendor list are wired together, with the palette, rain plan and final to-dos.
Mood boardTimeline table → photosVendor tablePaletteCountdown to-dos
Open this example →
The Keeper of Gull Rock example board
The Keeper of Gull RockA mystery novel outline in three acts: characters, setting, and a clue tracker whose rows are wired to the beats where each clue is planted and paid off.
Three-act framesCharacter profilesClue tracker → beatsSetting moodboard
Open this example →
Verdant Reach: Environments example board
Verdant Reach: EnvironmentsEnvironment concepts for an open-world game: one frame per biome with mood, palette and gameplay notes, a world progression graph, biome data and art tasks.
Biome framesProgression graphPer-biome palettesGame data (code)Status table
Open this example →
Backyard ADU: Build Plan example board
Backyard ADU: Build PlanA construction plan for a 480 sq ft backyard cottage: phases in order with inspections between them, budget vs actual, zoning rules and the photo reference for each stage.
Phase framesInspection linksBudget tableZoning notesPer-phase to-dos
Open this example →
Wren, the Falconer-Tinker example board
Wren, the Falconer-TinkerCharacter design concepts: silhouette, face and lighting studies, a costume kit wired to its material references, companion and rival, palette and stat block.
Concept framesKit table → material refsPaletteStat block (code)Companion + rival
Open this example →
Your files stay yours

We host nothing you make.

Boards are plain files. They go where you put them, and you can open them without us.

Saved to your Google Drive

Boards, images and files go into a folder in your own Drive. Futur3 Board can only see the files it created there, nothing else in your Drive.

Or a folder on your computer

Prefer to keep things local? Pick a folder on your computer and boards save there instead.

Share a view-only link

Send anyone a read-only link to a board. They can pan, zoom and search, with no sign-in. Turn it off and the link stops working.

Saves itself

Changes save a couple of seconds after you stop working. Download any board as JSON, as a package with its images and files, as a PDF or as a Markdown outline.

Works with Claude

Ask Claude to build the board.

Futur3 Board ships with a Claude skill. Claude learns the board format, then turns your notes, transcripts, spreadsheets or a plain description into a laid-out board, with frames, palettes and wires, ready to open.

AI assistants can read /llms.txt to find the skill. Download it for Claude here: futur3-board.zip.

You

Here are my notes from three customer interviews. Make a Futur3 Board with the insights, link each one to a feature idea, and add a to-do list for the next sprint.

Claude

Done: interview-synthesis.json. It has a Research frame with 9 insights, each wired to one of 6 features, plus a prioritised sprint list. Open it with File › Import › Board JSON file.

Pricing

One plan. Everything included.

Futur3 Board
$5 / month
  • Unlimited boards, nodes and images
  • Saved to your own Google Drive or computer
  • View-only share links
  • PDF, Markdown, JSON and packaged exports
  • The Claude skill and all ten example boards
Open Futur3 Board

Free during the private beta. Sign-in is open to invited accounts while we finish testing.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Where are my boards stored?

In your own Google Drive, in a "Futur3 Board" folder (you can pick another), or in a folder on your computer. Each board is a JSON file, and its images and attachments sit next to it. Our servers never store your boards.

What can Futur3 Board see in my Google Drive?

Only the files it creates. It asks for Google's most limited Drive permission (drive.file), which doesn't let it list or read anything else in your Drive.

Can I keep my boards off the cloud?

Yes. Pick a folder on your computer as the save location and boards, images and files are written there instead of to Drive. The app itself runs in your browser and needs a connection to load, and photos that come from the web (like those in the examples) need one to show.

Which browsers are supported?

Any modern browser works with Google Drive. Saving to a folder on your computer needs Chrome or Edge, which support the File System Access API.

Can other people see my boards?

Only if you share a view-only link. The link gives read-only access to that board and the images it uses. Stop sharing at any time and the link stops working.

What happens to my boards if I cancel?

Nothing: they're your files, in your Drive or on your computer. Board files are plain JSON, so they stay readable without the app.

Your next project deserves a better board.

Start with a blank canvas or one of the ten examples.