Mind Map Maker
A free, no sign-up mind map maker that runs entirely in your browser. Start from a template or a blank canvas, branch out from a central idea, and your map autosaves as you go.
Pick a template below or start blank, then use the toolbar to add nodes, colors and connections. Nothing is uploaded — your map lives in this browser tab and autosaves locally as you edit.
Mind map templates
Start from a ready-made mind map template — click any preview to open it in the editor above, then customize it and print or export your map. Free, no sign-up.
Tab = child · Enter = sibling · Double-click a node to edit · Drag to move · Scroll to zoom
What Is a Mind Map Maker?
A mind map is a diagram that starts from one central idea in the middle and branches outward into related topics, sub-topics and details. Because the layout radiates outward the way ideas actually connect in your head, mind maps are easier to scan than a linear list — you can see the whole structure of a topic, and where the gaps are, at a glance.
Brainstorming
Put your central idea in the middle and branch outward as thoughts come to you, without worrying about order. Related ideas naturally cluster together as siblings under the same branch. For a freer, non-radial brainstorm with sticky notes and shapes, try the Online Whiteboard.
Project planning
Break a project into goals, tasks, timeline and team, then keep adding detail underneath each branch as the plan takes shape. The Project plan template below sets this up for you. Once the plan turns into recurring routines, the printable habit tracker is a good place to keep them.
Studying and notes
Turn a chapter or a lecture into a map of concepts and how they relate — it's a faster way to review than re-reading pages of linear notes. When the relationships between terms matter more than the branching, the concept map maker handles cross-links a tree cannot.
How to Build Your Map
Start from the Blank template for an empty central node, or the Project plan template for a ready-made project structure with goals, tasks, timeline and team branches already in place. Add a node with the toolbar's + Node button, or press Tab on a selected node to add a child branch and Enter to add a sibling at the same level. Double-click any node to edit its text, drag nodes to reposition them, and scroll to zoom in or out. Everything you build autosaves to this browser as you go — no account, no upload — and when you're ready to share or back up a map, export it as JSON to keep editing later, SVG for a scalable vector image, or PNG for a flat image you can drop into a document or slide deck.