Mind Map

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

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