Productivity apps are built for neurotypical brains — they make you feel guilty for not using them.
HelperBrain is a local, offline, zero-shame executive-function sandbox: an externalized prefrontal cortex
that celebrates every win and punishes exactly nothing.
🧠Dump everythingOne big box. Type the whole mess — a tiny AI on your computer sorts it into buckets and sizes each task, instantly.
🪄Make it stupidly smallScary task? One click turns it into steps so tiny they're impossible to fail, with a gentle 15-minute focus timer and company while you work.
⏱Honest timeIt learns how long things really take you and quietly adjusts every estimate. No judgment — just physics.
🫧Stuck or spiraling?A dopamine menu for bored brains, and a vent box that validates first and never lectures — and is never saved.
🔒 Why local matters: the AI runs on your own GPU and the logic runs in WebAssembly in this tab.
Your dumps, rants, and stats never touch a server — no account, no cloud, no telemetry. Privacy is what makes it safe to be honest.
⚙️ checking this browser…
The brain loads itself: a one-time ~0.7 GB download, cached by your browser (Chrome/Edge, WebGPU).
You don't have to wait — start now and it finishes in the background. Everything works either way.
Curious how a whole AI app fits in one tab? How it works · About
your externalized prefrontal cortex — local, private, zero shame
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🔒 Everything on this page is processed on this device — your dumps, rants, and stats never leave it. No server, no account, no telemetry.
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stopping early is allowed. starting was the win.
How long does your gut say this takes?
✏️ Edit task
changing the time resets any ⏱ block — it was based on the old size
Dopamine menu
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Vent — get it out
🔒 Processed locally on your GPU. Your rant never leaves this device — and it is not saved, not even here. Be as messy as you need.
If you're thinking about hurting yourself, please reach a human: call or text 988 (US) — they're good.
🌅 Weekly reset
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🗺 Journey
North stars
Up to five dreams that actually matter. Small tasks link to them, so tiny days still move big things.
Momentum — last 30 days
Evening lines
☀️ Today's ONE thing
Pick one. Everything else becomes optional — that's the trick.
💾 Backup & restore
Encrypted on this device with your passphrase (AES-256-GCM). The blob is safe to
email to yourself or drop anywhere — without the passphrase it's noise. If you forget the passphrase, the backup is
unreadable. That's the point.