FAQs

Aboard is a visual software platform. People and companies use Aboard to manage their work and research using big, easy-to-manage “cards” and “boards” instead of tables with countless tiny rows.

Aboard is useful. Thousands of people use Aboard every day. You can use it to manage a project with a team, run a business, or keep a shopping list with your spouse.

Aboard is collaborative. Share your data and work with others on boards. You can also take the data you create and publish it to the world.

Aboard helps you every step of the way. It even uses AI to make it easy to build new boards and give your cards structure.

To learn more about the team behind Aboard and our motivations for creating it, check out the About page.

Aboard has four main components—boards, cards, stacks, and tags. 

Boards: Aboard can’t exist without boards—they’re where your links go. You’ll see all of your boards (and any boards that others have shared with you) on the main homepage of the app.

You can make make boards three ways:

• Start from scratch and add stuff as you go.
• Using Board Builder. Tell it what you need and AI will build the board for you. It’s experimental but it works well.
• Import a spreadsheet from Google docs or upload a CSV (comma-separated values) file. 

Cards: Boards are full of cards—the links you save, or the data you upload manually. You can create cards through the + New Card button on the top right of any board, or via the Aboard extension. (More on that below!)

Stacks: Stacks are the way you sort and organize your cards—and you can even create a stack before you’ve saved any cards. Newly created cards wind up in the “Unstacked” stack by default; simply drag a card into the appropriate stack, and if you change your mind about where it belongs, drag it into another.

Tags: Tags are a way to label cards, whether you’re putting “yes/maybe/no” on shopping links or building a whole formal taxonomy for your data. They’re also a way to filter your cards: Click on a tag, and you’ll only see cards with that tag.

You can save links and external data (images, PDFs, etc.) through the + New Card button at the top of any board. You can also save links through the Aboard extension, which is available for Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Arc (other browsers coming soon). Step-by-step instructions on installing the extension: Chrome / Safari.

Yes! Hit the Edit Card button on an individual card to change data.

If you created the card you can change every field. If you saved the card from the web you can change everything but the URL itself.

You can also add information to cards via custom fields:

1. Go to a card, click edit, and then click on + Add new field at the bottom OR
2. Navigate to Settings → Card Fields → Add New at the bottom

You can alter stack and tag names and the order they appear two ways:

1. Double-click on a stack or tag to edit the text, and drag them up and down the sidebar to change the order.
2. Navigate to Settings → Board Settings to edit stacks, and Settings → Card Tags to edit tags.

In the board you’d like to rename, navigate to Settings → Board Settings. You can change the board name, icon, and color scheme at any time.

There are two ways to archive a card: Drag it into the Trash stack in the board’s sidebar (on the bottom), or open the card and hit Delete at the top. You can see them in the Trash stack, and if you change your mind about deleting it, open up the card and hit Restore. If you want to delete a card permanently, you can open it up from the Trash stack and click Delete Permanently.

You can archive a board in two places:

1. In My Boards on the app homepage, click the three dots in the bottom corner.
2. In the board itself, navigate to Settings → Board Settings and click on Archive this board.

If you want to restore an archived board, navigate to My Boards and click on Archived Boards on the left. Click Restore on the board you want to reactivate. All of your cards, stacks, and tags should be there, but note: If the board was public when you archived it, it will be set to private and you will have to make it public again.

Yes! Just use the “Move Card” functionality when you open the card and navigate out to the board you want. Notice that you’ll lose custom fields when you move the card.

Not yet—please tell us if this is something you’d like to see. Email hello@aboard.com.

If you want to share a board with friends, colleagues, or anyone else, you can do that via the + Share button at the top of the sidebar. There are two different ways to share with individuals:

1. Via email: Anyone you invite will receive an email to join your board.
2. Via share link: Anyone with the link will be able to join your board.

Your board will still remain private, but invited members will be able to add or edit cards, stacks, and tags; leave comments in cards.

As the board’s owner, you have the right to remove anyone you’ve added: Just navigate to  + Share and hover over the name of the person you’d like to uninvite, then click Remove From Board.

Other people can also share their boards with you—if you don’t accept the invite via email first, you can join by clicking on the board in My Boards on the app’s homepage.

Boards are private by default; to make them publicly viewable, navigate to Share → Publish This Board and toggle it to “On.” (Note: Only the board owner can do this.)

When a board is made public, anyone will be able to view the public version, which you can see via the Preview Public Board button in Board Settings. (In addition to your board emoji, public boards have titles and descriptions—your opportunity to explain what you’re sharing in your board!)

Public viewers will be able to see your stacks, tags, and cards—including card comments, ratings, and additional fields—and they will be able to see the names and avatars of board members. They will not be able to see anyone’s email addresses, or any cards you’ve archived, and they are not members of the board: They won’t be able to interact with it beyond clicking on your links unless you invite them.

Yes—there is an iOS App. We’re currently testing Android.

We use AI to:

• Extract structured data from web pages when you save them, in order to make links more useful.
• Help you build boards, using our Board Builder. It will create data fields and make sample cards. Then you can edit and change what it produces.
• Suggest new cards—for example, if you’re making a board of U.S. presidents, researching big cities in Illinois, or looking for new office furniture, Aboard will create cards for you, doing its best to add links to relevant web pages.

We do not use AI to look at the contents of your boards and cards.

Aboard is free for limited usage and we intend to keep it free.

Further information is available on our pricing page.

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Please file a ticket.

Yes—we love hearing from you, whatever the topic. Email us at hello@aboard.com.

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