Forking a Brain

Forking lets you turn someone's public, fork-enabled brain into your own copy in one click — so you start with a populated, ask-able brain on day one instead of an empty one.

What a fork copies

A fork copies only the synthesized wiki layer — the pages and their connections — never the raw source files. So no one's uploaded originals are ever redistributed. You get a working, connected wiki you can immediately ask and build on.

Forks are private

A fork is private when you create it. You can publish it later if you choose. When you publish a forked brain, its public pages point search engines back to the original through canonical links, so the original keeps its SEO credit.

The original owner is credited

A fork records where it came from, keeps a backlink to the original brain, and its answers cite back to the original public pages. The connection to the source brain is preserved.

Plans and limits

Forking is available on every plan, including Free. A fork counts as a new brain against your brain limit (so on Free, where you get one brain, a fork uses that slot).

What can't be forked

A brain that's listed for sale in the marketplace can't be forked — forking and paid listings are mutually exclusive. Forking is the free, share-and-grow side of Ounie.