MindmapMate

Map your ideas. Track every task.

Canvas gives you space to think but knows nothing about progress, and a task list has structure but no room to sketch. MindmapMate is both: a freeform mindmap board where every branch can be a task list that counts itself up. Tab, type, Enter, done.

What it does

• Think at typing speed. Tab adds a child, Enter a sibling. Lines, colors and layout take care of themselves.
• Tasks that add up. Any node can be a task: not done, doing, blocked, done or dropped. Parents show their progress, like 2/4.
• Due dates that nudge. Pick a date from the calendar. Chips turn orange on the day and red when late, and a filter shows what is due soon.
• Linked to your notes. Type [[ to link a note, hover to preview it, or turn a node into a new note. Renames and moves keep links working.
• Tidy in one click. Lay a board out to the right, left, both sides or down. Fold branches, focus on one, or jump to a level.
• Share it anywhere. Export a Markdown checklist, a PNG or SVG image, or a single HTML page anyone can open in a browser.
• It is just a note. Each board is a .board.md file in your vault, with a readable outline that search and backlinks can see.

How to use

1. Install MindmapMate from Settings > Community plugins and enable it. A sample board opens and shows you around.
2. Make a board from the ribbon button, a folder's right-click menu, or the command MindmapMate: New board.
3. Double-click empty space for a node, type, then press Tab for a child or Enter for a sibling.
4. Click a node for its toolbar: shape, colors, checkbox, due date and note link.

Every action is also a command. MindmapMate sets no hotkeys of its own; give any command a key in Settings > Hotkeys. The full guide lists every key and feature.

Privacy and safety

• Your notes stay yours. Boards are plain Markdown files in your vault. MindmapMate only writes boards, files you ask for (exports, promoted notes, the sample board), and link updates inside boards.
• No network, no telemetry. Nothing is loaded or sent. Exported HTML pages load nothing either.
• Safe with bad files. A board it can't read shows an error and is never saved over.
• Desktop only. Needs Obsidian 1.13 or later.
• Signed releases. Every release is built by GitHub Actions from this repository and carries a build provenance attestation.

Support

If MindmapMate helps you plan a little clearer, you can buy me a coffee. Thank you!

Develop

npm ci, npm test, npm run lint, npm run build (installs into ../test-vault), npm run obsidian:check (live checks in a real Obsidian), npm run showcase (store screenshots), npm run ship.

MIT licensed. Made by Droid.