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This plugin has not been manually reviewed by Obsidian staff. Auto-renders markdown headings as a colorful, interactive mindmap — no extra syntax required.

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Light Mindmap

Auto-renders markdown headings as a colorful, interactive mindmap — no extra syntax required.

Preview

Light MindMap Preview 1 Light MindMap Preview 2

How It Works

Add type: mindmap to any note's frontmatter. The plugin replaces the editor/reading view with a live mind map built from the note's heading hierarchy.

---
type: mindmap
---

# My Plan
## Life
### go to school
## Work
### do some paper job
### do some meeting
## Study
### read book
### watch movie
## Shopping
### buy flowers
### buy candy

The mind map updates in real time as you edit the source.

Features

Auto-Render from Headings

  • Parses all heading levels (# through ######) into a tree
  • Strips inline markdown (bold, italic, links, wikilinks, code) from node labels
  • When multiple top-level headings exist, a virtual root node (named after the file) is created automatically
  • Fenced code blocks are skipped during parsing

Layouts

Three layout modes, switchable from the toolbar or via command:

Layout Description
Balanced Children are distributed to both sides of the root, weighted by subtree height
Right All branches expand to the right
Left All branches expand to the left

Themes

Six built-in color palettes:

Theme Style
Vibrant Indigo/violet/pink gradient — the default
Classic Earth tones on a warm cream background
Fresh Greens and teals on a light mint background
Ocean Blues and indigos on a pale blue background
Sunset Reds, oranges, and pinks on a warm background
Midnight Neon accents on a dark slate background

Themes adapt automatically to Obsidian's dark/light mode.

Connection Line Styles

Style Shape Dash
Smooth Cubic Bézier curve Solid
Smooth Dashed Cubic Bézier curve Dashed
Straight Direct line Solid
Right Angle Horizontal + vertical segments Solid
Right Angle Dashed Horizontal + vertical segments Dashed

Node Shapes

Shape Appearance
Rounded Rounded rectangle (default)
Square Sharp corners
Borderless No border or background on leaf nodes
Pill Fully rounded capsule

Pan & Zoom

  • Drag the canvas background to pan
  • Scroll to pan vertically/horizontally
  • Ctrl/Cmd + Scroll to zoom in/out around the cursor
  • Toolbar buttons: Fit (fit all nodes into view), + / − (step zoom), 1:1 (reset to 100%)

Node Editing

Nodes can be edited directly on the canvas — changes are written back to the markdown file:

Action Gesture / Key
Select node Click
Edit node text Double-click or F2
Confirm edit + add sibling Enter
Confirm edit + add child Tab
Cancel edit Escape
Add sibling (without editing) Select node, press Enter
Add child (without editing) Select node, press Tab
Delete node Select node, press Delete or Backspace

The root node cannot be deleted.

Persisted Settings

All per-file display preferences are written to frontmatter and restored on next open:

Frontmatter key Values
mindmap-layout balanced / right / left
mindmap-theme vibrant / classic / fresh / ocean / sunset / midnight
mindmap-line curve / straight / polyline / polyline-dashed / curve-dashed
mindmap-node rounded / square / borderless / circle

Toggle Source View

  • Edit Source button in the toolbar hides the mind map and shows a floating Show Mindmap button
  • Command palette: Toggle mindmap / source view
  • Command palette: Cycle mindmap layout (balanced / right / left)

Installation

From Obsidian Community Plugins (recommended)

  1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse
  2. Search for Light Mindmap
  3. Click Install, then Enable

Manual

  1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release
  2. Copy the three files into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/obsidian-light-mindmap/
  3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins

Example Frontmatter

---
type: mindmap
mindmap-layout: balanced
mindmap-theme: vibrant
mindmap-line: curve
mindmap-node: rounded
---

Compatibility

  • Minimum Obsidian version: 1.4.0
  • Desktop and mobile supported
  • Works with both light and dark Obsidian themes

License

MIT

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