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Mind Map Visual

William DangWilliam Dang123 downloads

Brainstorming-focused mind map plugin with auto-organized layouts and keyboard shortcuts

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Tiếng Việt

Mind Map is an Obsidian plugin for creating visual mind maps that remain readable Markdown notes. It supports automatic layout, keyboard-first editing, linked notes, connections, grouping, undo and redo, and image or PDF export.

Demo

Mind Map overview Mind Map guide Add a note to a node Connect nodes Export a mind map

Features

  • Create and edit mind maps inside Obsidian
  • Add, rename, move, merge, group, connect, collapse, and delete nodes
  • Add notes to nodes or create linked Markdown notes
  • Pan, zoom, fit the map to the view, and use a minimap
  • Automatically save the map as Markdown with YAML frontmatter
  • Export maps as PNG, JPEG, or PDF
  • Work locally without network requests or external services

Usage

Open the Command palette and run one of these commands:

  • Mind map: Create new mind map
  • Mind map: Open current file as mind map
  • Mind map: Save current mind map

You can also select the map icon in the ribbon to create a new mind map.

To reopen a saved mind map, open its Markdown note, open the Command palette with Ctrl/Cmd+P, and run Mind map: Open current file as mind map.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut Action
Tab Add a child node
Enter Add a sibling node
F2 Rename the selected node
Backspace or Delete Delete the selected node
Ctrl/Cmd+Z Undo
Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z Redo
Ctrl/Cmd+S Save
Ctrl/Cmd+/ Open the guide
Ctrl/Cmd++ or + Zoom in
Ctrl/Cmd+- or - Zoom out
Ctrl/Cmd+0 Reset zoom
Hold Space and drag Pan the canvas

Right-click a node to edit its label or note, create or open a linked note, remove a linked note, or delete the node.

Data and privacy

Mind Map stores map data in Markdown files in your vault. It does not send data over the network or use external services.

Installation

Once published, install Mind Map from Settings → Community plugins in Obsidian.

For manual installation, copy main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into:

<vault>/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-mindmap/

Then reload Obsidian and enable Mind Map under Community plugins.

Development

npm install
npm test
npm run build

License

MIT

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About
Create and edit visual mind maps that stay readable as Markdown notes with automatic layout and keyboard-first editing. Add, move, merge, group, connect, collapse, and link nodes; pan, zoom, fit maps, undo/redo, export PNG/JPEG/PDF, and save maps locally as Markdown with YAML frontmatter.
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Details
Current version
1.0.2
Last updated
3 weeks ago
Created
3 weeks ago
Updates
2 releases
Downloads
123
Compatible with
Obsidian 1.0.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
William DangWilliam Dangduybaodg
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