Online mind map maker with AI

AI hands you the answer.Understanding is something you build.

Mindomo turns what you gather into structure you can hold in your head: mind maps, concept maps, outlines and project plans, with AI that builds and reshapes them alongside you.

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Information is easy to get. Understanding takes work.

Information has never been easier to get, or harder to absorb. An answer arrives finished, and it is easy to forget. Understanding comes from working through it: organizing ideas, connecting what you know and seeing relationships that are otherwise hard to see. Mind mapping gives that work a shape.

An AI answer

Why are cities hotter than the countryside?

Cities are warmer mainly because dark surfaces such as asphalt and roofs absorb sunlight during the day and release the heat at night. Cities also have fewer trees, which means less shade and less cooling from evaporation. Tall buildings trap warm air between them, and cars, air conditioners and industry add waste heat of their own. The effect is usually strongest on calm, clear nights, when the countryside cools quickly and the city does not.

The same answer, after someone worked through it
Why cities are hotter
Dark surfaces store heat
Fewer trees, less shade
Buildings trap warm air
Traffic and AC add heat
Why worst on calm nights?

How to make a mind map that helps you understand

Start with your own ideas or an AI-generated map. Question, connect, and reorganize what you know, until you can explain it in your own words.

  1. Step 1

    Start

    Put down what you already think, or let AI draft a first map from a prompt or pasted text. Either way, you begin with something to react to.

    Blank map · templates · AI generate · text to map · import

  2. Step 2

    Question

    Ask what is missing and what you are assuming. Mindomo AI can add questions, ideas, pros and cons or a SWOT to any topic you pick.

    AI expand · questions · explanations · pros and cons · SWOT

  3. Step 3

    Connect

    Link ideas across branches, and across maps, and say how they relate. This is where a list of facts starts to become an argument.

    Relationships · concept maps · internal links · map interlinking

  4. Step 4

    Reorganize

    Move branches until the structure makes sense to you. Then put it to work as an outline to write from, a Gantt chart to plan with, or a presentation.

    Drag and drop · layouts · outline · Gantt chart · presenter mode

Start with a blank map Start with AI How to make a mind map

One project, four views: mind map, concept map, outline, Gantt chart

Every view shows the same topics. Change something in one and the others follow, so you can think in a mind map, write in an outline and plan in a Gantt chart without copying anything across.

  • Mind map

    For brainstorming and seeing a whole topic at a glance.

  • Concept map

    For showing how ideas relate, with a label on every link. Try the concept map maker.

  • Outline

    For writing: the same topics as a numbered document. See the outline software.

  • Gantt chart

    For planning: topics become tasks with dates and dependencies. See Gantt chart software.

The same map can also be drawn as an org chart, a timeline or a fishbone diagram.

An AI mind map generator that works with you, not for you

Mindomo AI drafts and suggests. You decide what stays. Every suggestion lands on your map as a topic you can keep, move or delete.

  • Chat with AI inside your mapAsk about a topic without leaving the map.
  • Generate a map from a promptIn the language you choose.
  • Turn text into a mapPaste notes and get them as branches.
  • Add questions and ideas to any topicOr subtopics, pros and cons, a SWOT, notes.
  • Style topicsColors and shapes that show the structure.
  • Turn topics into tasksReady for dates and a Gantt chart.
  • Translate a mapInto a new copy in another language.

See the AI mind map generator

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Mindomo inside Claude and ChatGPT

Connect Mindomo to your AI assistant over MCP. The assistant gets about 28 tools to create and edit maps, and the map shows up live inside the chat, where you can keep editing it yourself.

Mindomo for Claude and other AI assistants (MCP)

Professional and above

From a map to a project plan

Drag a topic onto the timeline and it becomes a task. Mindomo schedules the rest around it and keeps the map and the plan in step.

  • Four dependency types, with lag
  • Auto-scheduling, critical path, milestones, summary and recurring tasks
  • Import from MS Project (XML); export to MPX, XML and Excel
  • A task feed you can subscribe to in Google Calendar or Outlook

Gantt chart softwareTask management on a mind mapHow to make a Gantt chart

Made for how you learn, teach and work

  • Students and teachers

    Set mapping work as an assignment: a blank map, a template or a shared map for the whole group. Grade it in four ways, let students join a class by code, and connect Google Classroom or your LMS over LTI. Teachers decide whether students can use AI.

    Mind maps for education

  • Teams

    Edit the same map in real time and see who is in it. Talk in chat and comments, and play back the version history to see how a plan changed. Sign in with SAML SSO and work from Microsoft Teams.

    Mind maps for business

  • Different ways of thinking

    Dictate topics instead of typing, and have your map read aloud with text-to-speech. Mindomo is recognised for the UK Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA).

    Assistive technology

A mind map app on every device you use

Start in the browser. Add the desktop or mobile app when you need to work offline. Your maps sync when you are back online.

  • Web

    Any modern browser

    Nothing to install. Sign up and your first map opens in the browser.

  • Desktop

    Windows · macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon) · Linux

    Work fully offline with local files, or sync to the cloud. Available with a one-time licence.

  • Mobile

    iPhone and iPad · Android

    Keep maps offline and sync them later. Create a map with AI from your phone.

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Switching from another tool? Bring your maps with you.

  • XMind
  • MindManager
  • MindMeister
  • FreeMind
  • iThoughts
  • SimpleMind
  • Bubbl.us
  • OPML
  • Markdown
  • Excel

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Learn mind mapping, or start from a template

Mind map maker questions, answered

What is a mind map maker?

A mind map maker is a tool for drawing ideas as a diagram: one central topic, with branches for everything that belongs to it. Mindomo runs in your browser, so you can start a map, move branches and add notes, links or images without installing anything. New to the idea? Read what is a mind map.

Is Mindomo free?

Yes. The free plan gives you 3 maps and one AI credit, which is enough for about one AI-generated map. Paid plans add more maps and AI credits, and Professional, Team and Business add Gantt charts. Compare plans.

Can AI make a mind map for me?

Yes. Type a prompt or paste text, and Mindomo AI drafts a map in a few seconds, in the language you choose. Then it is your map: move branches, add your own topics, or ask AI for questions, ideas or pros and cons on any topic.

Do I need to download anything?

No. The web app runs in your browser. The desktop apps for Windows, macOS and Linux and the mobile apps for iOS and Android are optional, and your maps sync between them.

Can I use Mindomo offline?

Yes, with the desktop and mobile apps. The desktop app can work fully offline with local files, or sync to the cloud. On mobile, maps you edit offline sync when you are back online.

What is the difference between a mind map and a concept map?

A mind map grows from one central topic into branches, like a tree. A concept map links ideas in any direction and labels each link with how they relate, such as "causes" or "is part of". In Mindomo you can switch the same content between the two layouts.

Can I turn a mind map into a Gantt chart?

Yes, on the Professional, Team and Business plans. Topics become tasks with dates and dependencies, Mindomo schedules them automatically and shows the critical path. You can import from and export to MS Project.

Can I import maps from XMind, MindManager or MindMeister?

Yes. Mindomo imports files from XMind, MindManager, MindMeister, FreeMind, iThoughts, SimpleMind and Bubbl.us, as well as OPML, Markdown and Excel.

Start building understanding

Make your thinking visible: organize your ideas, connect what you know, and see the relationships that are otherwise hard to see.

Free to start, with 3 maps on the free plan.