Mind-mapping app with a two-way Markdown editor that saves maps to a private GitHub, Gitea or GitLab repository
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- MIT
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Self-hosted alternatives to Coggle
Coggle is a hosted tool for drawing mind maps and flowcharts in the browser, with real-time collaboration and sharing by link. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.
Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Coggle describes on its own site.
Coggle features, app by app
| Feature | MindSpark |
|---|---|
| Mind maps and flowcharts with loops, joined branches and multiple starting points | Partly |
| Real-time collaboration with chat | Partly |
| Sharing by link or QR code, with editing by secret link and no login | Partly |
| Full change history with copies from any point | Yes |
| Image uploads, floating text and a library of icons | Partly |
| Automatic arrangement of branches | Yes |
| Export to PDF, image, .mm, text and Visio, and import of .mm and text | Partly |
| Embedding mind maps in other pages | No |
Mind-mapping app with a two-way Markdown editor that saves maps to a private GitHub, Gitea or GitLab repository
- Who it suits
- Coggle users who draw maps for notes, study and planning and are comfortable with maps saved as JSON files in a private GitHub, Gitea, Forgejo or GitLab repository.
- What a Coggle user would miss
- It has no flowchart shapes, floating text, chat, QR sharing, embedding or Visio export, and live collaboration needs a second Worker and GitHub sign-in.
- What it adds
- Maps are plain files in the user's own Git repository, Markdown is a native two-way format, and nodes can hold formulas, LaTeX math and citations.
- Partly Mind maps and flowcharts with loops, joined branches and multiple starting points. Cross-links draw dotted connectors between any two nodes; one central topic per map and no flowchart shapes found.
- Partly Real-time collaboration with chat. Live merge with editor and viewer roles, but it needs the optional collaboration Worker and sign-in with GitHub; no chat found.
- Partly Sharing by link or QR code, with editing by secret link and no login. Read-only #view= links open without an account, and editable #shared= links need the collaboration Worker; no QR code found.
- Yes Full change history with copies from any point. Version history that shows added, removed and edited nodes and restores older versions.
- Partly Image uploads, floating text and a library of icons. Images inside nodes, 12 marker badges and custom emoji; no floating text or large icon library found.
- Yes Automatic arrangement of branches. Live auto-layout keeps nodes from overlapping, with Balanced, Right, Left and Down layouts.
- Partly Export to PDF, image, .mm, text and Visio, and import of .mm and text. Exports PDF, PNG, Markdown and text and imports .mm, OPML, Markdown and text; no .mm or Visio export found.
- No Embedding mind maps in other pages. No embed code or iframe option found; share links open in MindSpark.
Sources:github.com/prasadpatil25/mindspark#featuresgithub.com/prasadpatil25/MindSpark/blob/main/public/app.jscoggle.it/