# ThoughtDAG

10 Hacker News commenters recommended ThoughtDAG and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for an editable graph view of LLM conversations, with zoom tiers and condense features for research. Common caveat: it is a separate app, not built into everyday tools.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent visualization with semantic zoom (2 comments): "Especially liked the 3 semantic zoom tiers and the weave/condense features." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49311002)) "this visualization is excellent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314404))
- Weave and condense features (2 comments): "It did help me when I do research to update information, condensate ideas, and prevent context pollution." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49346360)) "Especially liked the 3 semantic zoom tiers and the weave/condense features." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49311002))

## What people warn about

- Separate app, not built into tools (2 comments): "Not a fan of ThoughtDAG being a complete separate application rather than built into the tools I use every day" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49309310)) "What would make this useful to me is integrating it into the tools I use." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49318614))
- No way to delete highlights (1 comments): "There is no way to delete a highlight, I accidentally deleted the root node trying to remove a highlight" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49315840))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ThoughtDAG", https://hackerapproved.com/p/thoughtdag/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).