Mind mapping for macOS & the web

Think in loops,
not lists.

Mindloops is a fast, keyboard-first mind-mapping app. Capture ideas at the speed of thought: Tab to branch, Enter to keep going. Everything lays itself out.

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Free · Sign in with Google, Apple, Microsoft or email · Share live · Built in Rust

The Mindloops editor showing a colorful mind map with branches on both sides of a central topic

Why Mindloops

All the canvas you need. None of the clutter.

An infinite canvas with rainbow branches growing from a central idea

An infinite, self-organizing canvas

Every branch gets its own color and a smooth, tapered curve. Mindloops balances topics on both sides of your central idea automatically, so your map always reads clearly, however big it grows.

Pan, pinch and zoom freely
Balanced or right-hand tree layouts
Fold branches to focus

A keyboard with ideas sprouting from the Tab and Enter keys

Keyboard-first, mouse-friendly

Your hands never have to leave the keys. Tab adds a child, Enter adds a sibling, and just typing renames the selected topic. Arrows move around, and ⌘Z undoes anything.

Drag topics onto others to restructure
Reorder siblings with Alt + ↑/↓
Unlimited undo & redo

A laptop and a browser window showing the same mind map, joined by a glowing loop

Native on your Mac. Instant on the web.

One Rust codebase powers a native macOS app and a WebAssembly app that runs in any modern browser. Same speed, same look, same shortcuts.

GPU-rendered, silky at any zoom
Works offline
Shared loops sync live, everywhere you sign in

🎨

Shapes, colors & boundaries

Pills, clouds, hexagons and more. Style fills, borders, branch lines and text, or frame a branch with a boundary.

🖼️

Images, files & links

Drop a photo onto a topic and it's compressed on your device first. Attach files, add links, notes and comments.

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Loops inside loops

Turn any topic into a loop of its own and click straight down into it, then back up the trail. Link loops across people: company, team, person.

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Cycles

Give a loop a goal, stages and a cadence, and complete a cycle each time round. Cycle counts roll up on every portal.

↗️

Connections

Link any two ideas across the map with labelled, curved, dashed or dotted arrows.

📋

Templates

Brainstorm, project plan, meeting notes and SWOT, ready in one click.

⬇️

Export anywhere

Export crisp PNG images and PDFs, or Markdown and JSON. Paste a Markdown outline to build a loop.

⭐

Organized library

Search, favorite, duplicate and trash loops from a clean home screen.

🎯

Focus & organize

Focus mode, numbering, sorting, cut/copy/paste with styles, light and dark themes.

🔒

Private by default

Your loops belong to your account and save automatically. No tracking, and a shared loop opens only for the people you invite, or anyone with the link if you turn that on.

How it works

From blank page to big picture in three steps

1
Name your central idea
Type it on the home screen and press Enter, or start from a template.
2
Branch out with Tab & Enter
Add topics as fast as you think. Layout, colors and curves happen for you.
3
Shape and share
Drag to regroup, fold what's done, then export to Markdown for your docs.

Cheat sheet

Shortcuts worth learning

`Tab`	Add child topic	`Enter`	Add sibling topic
Type	Rename selected topic	`F2` / double-click	Edit existing text
`Space`	Fold / unfold branch	`Delete`	Remove topic
`←` `→` `↑` `↓`	Move selection	`Alt` + `↑`/`↓`	Reorder siblings
`⌘Z`	Undo	`⇧⌘Z`	Redo
`⌘0`	Fit map to screen	`⌘+` / `⌘−`	Zoom in / out

Your next big idea starts with one node.

Free for macOS and every modern browser.

Open the web app Download for macOS

macOS 11 or later · Apple silicon. The download is unsigned: right-click → Open the first time.

Think in loops,not lists.