A free mind map you control entirely from the keyboard. No account, no subscription, no server: your map stays in your browser. Press Tab to add a child node, Enter to add a sibling, and the arrow keys to move. Export to JSON, Markdown, JPEG, PNG, SVG or PDF. A guide with every shortcut is at keyboardonly-mindmap.com/guide.
A mind map in one file. No account, no subscription, no "upgrade to unlock the second node." Your map is saved in this browser only, so beware of clearing your cache: you might lose your work. It probably won't work on your phone: a physical keyboard is a must. Press Tab and start typing.
Save or open
Save as
Open
Your map is auto-saved in this browser. Save a JSON backup to be safe.
Keyboard shortcuts
Build and edit
Tabnew child
Enternew sibling
Space / F2edit text
Escfinish editing
Deldelete node and branch
⌘/Ctrl Vpaste a list as child nodes
Move around
←↑↓→select neighbour
scroll / dragpan the view
Rearrange
Shift↑↓move up / down among siblings
Shift←move out one level
Shift→move into the sibling above
Branches
Ffold / unfold the branch
Shift Funfold everything
→on a folded node: unfold
Format
C / Shift Cnext / previous colour
Bbold
Xcross out
View
+ / −zoom in / out
0fit whole map
1100%
⌘/Ctrl+scrollzoom at pointer
Map and file
Tname the map
Shift Nnew map
S / ⌘/Ctrl Ssave, open, export
Eexport JPG now
⌘/Ctrl Zundo
⇧⌘/Ctrl Zredo (or Ctrl Y)
?this panel
About
I got tired of mind map tools that want an account, a subscription and a twelve-minute onboarding tour before you can type "Ideas". So I built this one. It's a personal passion project: one file, no tracking, no server, no growth team. New here? Read the guide.
Money
I'm not trying to make any. The entire business plan is to cover the domain renewal. If this tool saved you from yet another monthly "Pro" plan and you're feeling generous, you can buy me a coffee on Ko-fi. Once. No perks, no tiers, no supporter badge.
Ideas, bugs, complaints
hello@keyboardonly-mindmap.com. I read everything, consider what makes sense, and quietly ignore the rest. Keep in mind I'm not a developer, so the fact that this exists is thanks to AI. And if you're a corporation that wants to buy it: the price is $50,000,000. Non-negotiable.
Fine print
Your maps live only in this browser. I never see them, store them or want them. No accounts, no cookies. The one thing I look at is anonymous visit counts from Cloudflare's built-in traffic statistics. They're counted on the server, set no cookies and run no tracking script. The site is hosted on Cloudflare, which keeps ordinary server logs like any host does. Provided as-is, with no warranty: clear your browser data and your maps go with it, permanently.
Created by Milan Ilić, with passion and a light headache, in Pančevo, Serbia.
Y yes · N no, keep my map
Tab child · Enter sibling · ←↑↓→ move · Space edit · Del delete · C colour · F fold · Shift←↑↓→ rearrange · ⌘/Ctrl Z undo · 0 fit · S save/open · ? all shortcutsTyping: Enter new sibling · Tab new child · Esc doneTyping: Enter or Tab add a child · Esc done
