Bytesagain Mindmap

mindmap

Text Mind Map Generator — Transform plain outlines and bullet lists into beautiful ASCII tree diagrams. Visualize your ideas, document structures, and hierarchies directly in the terminal.

Commands

| Command | Description | Example | |---------|-------------|---------| | create | Generate ASCII mind map from text input | create "Project\n Frontend\n React\n Backend\n Node" | | view | Read a text file and render as mind map | view outline.txt | | export | Render and output as Markdown code block | export outline.txt |

Usage

# From a string (use \n for newlines)
bash script.sh create "Root\n  Branch A\n    Leaf 1\n    Leaf 2\n  Branch B"
From a file
bash script.sh view my-outline.txt
Export as Markdown
bash script.sh export my-outline.txt > mindmap.md
Pipe from stdin
cat outline.txt | bash script.sh view -

Input Format

Use indentation (spaces or tabs) to define hierarchy. The first non-empty line is the root node.

My Project
  Frontend
    React
      Components
      Hooks
    CSS
      Tailwind
  Backend
    Node.js
    PostgreSQL
  DevOps
    Docker
    CI/CD

Requirements

bash >= 4.0

python3 >= 3.7

No external packages required (uses only stdlib)

Examples

$ bash script.sh create "Learning Python\n  Basics\n    Variables\n    Functions\n  OOP\n    Classes\n    Inheritance\n  Libraries\n    NumPy\n    Pandas"
Learning Python
├── Basics
│   ├── Variables
│   └── Functions
├── OOP
│   ├── Classes
│   └── Inheritance
└── Libraries
    ├── NumPy
    └── Pandas

$ bash script.sh export outline.txt

mindmap My Project ├── Frontend │ ├── React │ └── CSS └── Backend └── Node.js

$ bash script.sh create "Learning Python\n  Basics\n    Variables\n    Functions\n  OOP\n    Classes\n    Inheritance\n  Libraries\n    NumPy\n    Pandas"
Learning Python
├── Basics
│   ├── Variables
│   └── Functions
├── OOP
│   ├── Classes
│   └── Inheritance
└── Libraries
    ├── NumPy
    └── Pandas

$ bash script.sh export outline.txt

mindmap My Project ├── Frontend │ ├── React │ └── CSS └── Backend └── Node.js