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Importing to Whimsical

Importing content into Whimsical lets you consolidate your work into one fast, collaborative platform. While there’s no bulk import feature for entire boards, Whimsical’s simple interface makes it quick to transfer your most important content.

Importing board contentCopied!

We don't currently have any direct importers, but there are a couple of ways you can bring content into Whimsical:

  • You can upload an image of content you have created elsewhere. We support JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, WEBP, SVG, and AVIF file formats.
  • You can import text directly into boards as mind maps or stacks of cards.
  • You can paste Mermaid code directly into boards as flowcharts or sequence diagrams.

Text import for mind maps and stacks of cardsCopied!

To automatically turn text into a mind map or a stack of cards, copy the text and paste it into Whimsical.

For a mind map:

  1. Copy a list from a notepad, or even a Whimsical doc
  2. Select the main node of a mind map and hit paste

The same process works for stacks of cards:

  1. Make sure you've selected task mode first
  2. Copy a list, or a set of cells
  3. Click the canvas and paste to get a line of task cards
  4. Or, add a stack using S and select the stack before pasting to add the tasks to it

Paste Mermaid code as a flowchart or sequence diagramCopied!

You can paste Mermaid code to Whimsical to turn your Mermaid diagrams into Whimsical flowcharts or sequence diagrams.

Pro tip: Try this custom GPT to convert images of your existing flowcharts into Mermaid code - perfect as a starting point to import diagrams from other board tools.

This should make it easier to bring in diagrams from other tools or documents and continue working on them in Whimsical.

You can currently import the following Mermaid diagrams:

  • graph
  • sequenceDiagram
  • flowchart

Currently, these are the only supported Mermaid diagrams for import, and you also can't add subgraphs directly to your flowcharts. However, you can create subgraphs using rectangles, sections, or frames within Whimsical after pasting the main flowchart information.

Importing markdown into docsCopied!

Whimsical docs support markdown directly, so if you paste markdown content into a doc, you'll see the formatting applied automatically. 👌

Written by:

  • Jack Jenkins

    Jack Jenkins

Summary

  1. Importing to Whimsical
  2. Importing board content
  3. Text import for mind maps and stacks of cards
  4. Paste Mermaid code as a flowchart or sequence diagram
  5. Importing markdown into docs