SysMind

A powerful and intuitive system mapping tool designed for visualizing ideas, planning projects, and organizing thoughts. Create interconnected nodes and connections to build complex diagrams with ease.

Features

• Node Creation: Add nodes with different styles (default, text, note, warning)
• Connections: Create directional connections between nodes (forward, backward, both, none)
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Full keyboard navigation and editing support
• Undo/Redo: Complete history management
• Import/Export: Save and load system maps as JSON files
• Zoom & Pan: Smooth canvas navigation
• Multi-language: Support for English and Chinese
• Responsive Design: Works on desktop and mobile browsers

How to Use

Creating Nodes

• Press Enter to create a new node
• Click on a node to select and edit its text
• Use Tab to cycle through node styles

Creating Connections

• Select a node and press Enter to start a connection
• Click on another node to complete the connection
• Hold Shift + Enter to create a node below the current one
• Press Ctrl + Enter (or Cmd + Enter on Mac) for return connections

Navigation

• Use arrow keys to move focus between elements
• Ctrl + Scroll (or Cmd + Scroll on Mac) to zoom in/out
• Hold the right mouse button and use the wheel to zoom around the pointer
• Ctrl + 0 (or Cmd + 0 on Mac) to reset zoom
• Drag the canvas to pan around

Editing

• Press Space to edit the selected element
• Press Delete (or Backspace on Mac) to delete focused elements
• Ctrl + Z (or Cmd + Z on Mac) to undo
• Ctrl + Y (or Cmd + Y on Mac) to redo

Build Targets

The repository supports three independent targets:

Target	Command	Output
Local Web	npm run dev	http://localhost:3000
GitHub Pages	npm run build:pages	forpages/
Windows Desktop	npm run tauri:build	fortauri/release/SysMind-tauri-portable-win-x64.zip and GitHub Release asset

Download SysMind for Windows

View GitHub Releases

Open SysMind on GitHub Pages

Install root dependencies before running the local or Pages targets:

npm install

The Tauri target also requires Rust/Cargo and the Windows WebView2 Runtime. Its dependencies are installed separately:

cd fortauri
npm install
npm run tauri:build

Each Windows release also publishes a SHA256 checksum file alongside the zip.

Controls

Action	Shortcut
Create Node	Enter
Create Connection	Enter (on selected node)
Create Node Below	Shift + Enter
Return Connection	Ctrl + Enter / Cmd + Enter
Edit Text	Space
Delete	Delete / Backspace
Undo	Ctrl + Z / Cmd + Z
Redo	Ctrl + Y / Cmd + Y
Zoom In	Ctrl + = / Cmd + =
Zoom Out	Ctrl + - / Cmd + -
Pointer Zoom	Hold right button + wheel
Reset Zoom	Ctrl + 0 / Cmd + 0
Move Focus	Arrow Keys
Cycle Node Style	Tab
Search	/
Open Shortcuts	Shift + ?