Mind Maps for Google Chrome™

Mind Maps for Google Chrome™ — fast, private, offline mind mapping. 100% free, no account, no ads. Mind Maps for Google Chrome™ is a fast, private, browser-based mind-mapping workspace trusted by roughly 70,000 users. Version 4.0 is a ground-up modernization that keeps everything you loved about the original — instant keyboard-driven editing, a clean canvas, and multiple layouts — while adding what people actually asked for: reliable saving, AI assistance that runs entirely on your device, richer import/export, and a far friendlier interface. The product stays completely free, with no paid tier and no account required. ★ NEVER LOSE WORK AGAIN — AUTOSAVE & CRASH RECOVERY Mind Maps now saves your work automatically as you edit. If the browser or tab closes unexpectedly, a recovery banner offers to restore exactly where you left off. Maps persist in local browser storage, so they're there the next time you open the extension — offline, every time. ★ ON-DEVICE AI POWERED BY CHROME'S BUILT-IN GEMINI NANO A full suite of AI tools runs locally on your machine — nothing is uploaded to a server, so your ideas stay yours. • Expand any node into sub-ideas (Ctrl+E) • Summarize a branch • Generate a complete map from a paragraph of text • Rewrite, Proofread, and Translate node text in place Every change is fully undoable. When on-device AI isn't available, the AI tools simply hide themselves, so the interface never breaks. ★ POWERFUL IMPORT & EXPORT • Import and export Markdown (.md) and OPML (.opml) • Produce clean, shareable visuals with client-side SVG and PNG export — rendered entirely in your browser, with no server round-trip • Print and "Save as PDF" with a dedicated print stylesheet so your maps look right on paper ★ A WORKSPACE, NOT JUST A CANVAS • Templates gallery — 8 ready-made starting points (Fishbone, Timeline, Org structures, and more) • "My Maps" manager — search, open, rename, duplicate, and delete all your saved maps from one place • Command Palette (Ctrl+K) — every action a keystroke away • Dark mode (Ctrl+D) — persisted across sessions and correct in exports too ★ A REFINED, APPROACHABLE INTERFACE • Collapsible sidebar sections (AI tools, extra tools, node-style controls) that remember whether you left them open or closed • A prominent "➕ Add idea" button and a floating node toolbar — Add child/sibling, Edit, AI, and Delete — right next to your selection • A searchable icon picker that replaces the old dropdown • A clean Save menu that unifies every way to save • Plain-language labels throughout, replacing confusing jargon • A first-run sample map and a short guided tour for new users • Crisp inline icons that adapt to light and dark themes WHAT'S FIXED IN 4.0 Version 4.0 also resolves long-standing issues that affected trust and reliability: • Replaced jarring browser alerts with clean, non-blocking notifications for save and load events. • Removed dead code and orphaned panels that caused confusing, non-functional menu entries. • Re-enabled the persistence backends that power saving and export, and ensured every in-app command resolves correctly. • Hardened the Command Palette so keystrokes no longer leak into the global keyboard handler while you're typing.