Think ive seen somewhere on the interweebz about chatgpt and this https://simplemind.eu/. Source: 12 months ago

Agreed--it's everything I need, although maybe a cool feature could be a way to draw/sketch, unless they have that and I haven't seen it yet. I like to sketch out mind-maps or creatures or building/neighborhood layouts, and drawing it in-program would be lovely. Otherwise I use the SimpleMind app if I don't draw it by hand. Source: about 1 year ago

I use SimpleMind: https://simplemind.eu/ It runs fully offline with Google Drive/Dropbox/Nextcloud support. Desktop and native mobile apps are available. No subscription, one-time fee for both desktop and mobile apps. I'm tempted to move on to "infinite canvas" freeform notetaking like Muse, but I don't want to pay a subscription fee. I wish SimpleMind had some of Muse or Kinopio's features, like audio/gif/video... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

SimpleMind (https://simplemind.eu) is a great mind mapping option without having to pay for an app for the rest of your life. Source: almost 2 years ago

I'm a fan of SimpleMind: https://simplemind.eu/ It's quite usable on iPhone, and I run the Android version on my Chromebook. I didn't realize they also have Windows and macOS versions. Source: almost 2 years ago

To fix this, I added a digital whiteboard to my workflow, and this is phenomenal. You can use any digital whiteboard, such as https://www.figma.com/figjam/, https://excalidraw.com/, https://miro.com/, or https://obsidian.md/canvas. My workflow generally goes like:. - Source: Hacker News / 22 days ago

The spec basically fits on a page: https://jsoncanvas.org/spec/1.0/ Summary: "node: { type: ..., x/y/color }; edge: { from/to: ..., color/label/... }" Refreshingly simple, especially paired with their "gif of usage": https://obsidian.md/canvas. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

Even when they step away from Markdown, like for example the canvas feature (https://obsidian.md/canvas), they make sure to build it on top of JSON files instead of inventing a more proprietary format. Does any of the competition use it? Not that I'm aware of. If Obsidian disappeared tomorrow, could anyone reasonably replicate it? Yes. If you don't want to pay for sync, you have other options. If you want to... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

Obsidian add a Canvas document type in the last year that you may be interested in. https://obsidian.md/canvas. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

Obsidian has an in-build first party plugin called Canvas that might be good for what you're interested in. Source: 11 months ago