🧠 MindMyMap

Free. Open source. Ad-free. No account needed. Forever.

MindMyMap is a lightweight, self-hostable mind mapping tool with a GitMind-inspired interface, built on top of Digimindmap by La Digitale. It exists because GitMind is undergoing significant negative changes. MindMyMap fills that gap - permanently.

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✨ Feature comparison

Feature	MindMyMap	GitMind Free
Completely free	✅	⚠️ Limited
No ads	✅	❌
No account needed	✅	❌
Open source (AGPL-3.0)	✅	❌
Self-hostable	✅	❌
Export PNG / text / .dgm	✅	✅
Shareable link + QR code	✅	✅
Embed (iframe)	✅	✅
Rich node notes	✅	✅
Emoji nodes	✅	✅
Keyboard shortcuts	✅	✅
Desktop app (Electron)	✅	✅
Mobile (PWA)	✅	✅
Browser extension	✅	❌
EN / FR / IT interface	✅	partial

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🗂 Monorepo structure

mindmymap/
├── web/               Vue 3 + Vite frontend + PHP/SQLite backend
├── desktop/           Electron desktop wrapper
├── extension/         Chrome MV3 browser extension
├── .github/
│   └── workflows/
│       ├── ci.yml       Lint + build on every push / PR
│       ├── deploy.yml   Auto-deploy to InfinityFree on push to main
│       └── release.yml  Build all packages on version tag
├── .gitignore
├── .gitattributes
└── README.md

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🚀 Self-hosting on InfinityFree

InfinityFree gives you a free subdomain (mindmymap.ct.ws) with PHP 8 and Apache - perfect for MindMyMap.

One-time setup

1. Create a free account at infinityfree.com

2. Create a hosting account → note your FTP credentials and subdomain

3. Fork this repository on GitHub

4. Add repository secrets (Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions):

   Secret	Value
   FTP_HOST	FTP hostname from InfinityFree panel (e.g. ftpupload.net)
   FTP_USER	Your FTP username
   FTP_PASS	Your FTP password

5. Push to main - the Deploy workflow builds and FTP-uploads automatically.

6. On the server, copy .env.example → .env via the InfinityFree file manager (or upload it via FTP). The SQLite database creates itself on the first request.

Manual deploy (without CI)

cd web
npm ci
echo "AUTHORIZED_DOMAINS=" > .env
npm run build:dist
# Upload the contents of web/dist/ to your htdocs/ via FTP

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💻 Local development

# Web app
cd web
npm ci
cp .env.example .env
npm run dev        # Vite dev server on :8080, proxies /inc/* to :8000

# In a separate terminal - PHP backend
cd web
php -S 127.0.0.1:8000

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🖥 Desktop app

The Electron wrapper connects to any MindMyMap server (local or remote).

cd desktop
npm ci
npm start                # run in development

npm run build:linux      # AppImage + deb + rpm
npm run build:win        # Windows NSIS installer
npm run build:mac        # macOS DMG
npm run build:all        # all platforms

On first launch set your server URL: File → Server → Change Server URL…

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📱 Mobile (PWA)

MindMyMap ships a manifest.json - no app store needed:

1. Open your MindMyMap URL in Chrome (Android) or Safari (iOS)
2. Tap Add to Home Screen
3. Done - it launches full-screen like a native app

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🧩 Browser extension (Chrome / Edge / Brave)

extension/
├── manifest.json   Chrome MV3
├── popup.html/js   Quick-open + recent maps
├── background.js   Auto-tracks visited maps
└── options.html    Settings page

Install (dev / self-hosted):

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Enable Developer mode
3. Load unpacked → select the extension/ folder
4. Click the extension icon → enter your server URL

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⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts

Action	Keys
Pan map	Z Q S D
Select node	Arrow keys
Select root	Home
Select parent	Backspace
Insert child	Insert
Insert sibling	*
Move node	Ctrl + ↑ / ↓
Flip side	Ctrl + ← / →
Delete node	Delete
Edit text	Space / F2
Bold / Italic / Underline	Ctrl+B / Ctrl+I / Ctrl+U
Undo / Redo	Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y
Notes panel	Ctrl+M
Zoom	+ / −
Collapse / expand	F

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🔐 Privacy

• No tracking - zero analytics, zero telemetry
• No ads - ever
• No account - maps protected by a secret Q&A
• Self-hosted - your data lives on your server only

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🤝 Contributing

# 1. Fork → clone
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/mindmymap.git
cd mindmymap

# 2. Feature branch
git checkout -b feat/my-feature

# 3. Work, commit with conventional commits
git commit -m "feat(web): add template gallery"

# 4. Push + open a PR against main
git push origin feat/my-feature

Translations live in web/src/lang/. Adding a new language:

1. Copy en.json → xx.json (ISO 639-1 code)
2. Register it in web/src/lang/index.js
3. Add the button in Home.vue and Editor.vue

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📜 CI / CD overview

Workflow	Trigger	What it does
ci.yml	Every push / PR	ESLint, build check, manifest validate, npm audit
deploy.yml	Push to main	Build dist → FTP upload to InfinityFree → smoke test
release.yml	Push v*.*.* tag	Build Electron (Win/Mac/Linux) + extension zip → GitHub Release

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⚖️ License

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0)

See LICENSE for full text.

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🙏 Credits

• Digimindmap by La Digitale - the original AGPL-3.0 codebase this project is forked from. Thank you, Emmanuel ZIMMERT and the La Digitale team.
• GitMind - the UI/UX that inspired MindMyMap's redesign.
• All upstream packages listed in web/package.json and desktop/package.json.

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MindMyMap - because mind mapping should always be free.