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| 1 | +# Mindvas — Mind Mapping Plugin for Obsidian |
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5 | | -**Transform Obsidian Canvas into a powerful mind mapping tool.** |
| 5 | +**Turn Obsidian Canvas into a full-featured mind mapping tool — keyboard-driven editing, automatic tree layout, outline panel, branch coloring, and more.** |
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7 | 7 | [](LICENSE/) [](https://github.com/mobench/mindvas/releases) [](https://obsidian.md) [](https://simbench.gitbook.io/mindvas/) |
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| 11 | +### 🧠 What is Mindvas? |
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| 13 | +Mindvas is an Obsidian plugin that transforms the built-in Canvas into a complete mind mapping tool. If you've used apps like XMind, FreeMind, or MindNode but wanted your mind maps to live inside your vault alongside your notes, Mindvas bridges that gap. |
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| 15 | +Canvas gives you a great visual foundation, but it doesn't know about trees. Mindvas adds the missing layer: tree-aware keyboard shortcuts, automatic node layout, an outline sidebar, branch colors, and everything else you'd expect from a dedicated mind mapping app — stored as standard Obsidian Canvas files. |
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| 17 | +### 🤔 Why Mindvas? |
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| 19 | +* **Lives in your vault** — mind maps are regular `.canvas` files alongside your notes, not a separate app |
| 20 | +* **Keyboard-first** — add children, siblings, navigate, delete, and re-layout without touching the mouse |
| 21 | +* **Contour-based auto-layout** — packs nodes tightly as the map grows, with left/right branch support |
| 22 | +* **Outline panel** — sidebar with search, drag-and-drop, groups, and bidirectional highlight sync |
| 23 | +* **Runs locally** — no network requests, no telemetry, no external services |
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11 | 25 | ### ✨ Features |
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13 | 27 | * **Keyboard-driven editing** — Add, delete, and navigate nodes entirely from the keyboard |
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