Mind-mapping app with a two-way Markdown editor that saves maps to a private GitHub, Gitea or GitLab repository
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Self-hosted alternatives to Wondershare EdrawMind
EdrawMind is a mind mapping application from Wondershare for desktop, web and mobile that also produces slides and notes. 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 Wondershare EdrawMind describes on its own site.
Wondershare EdrawMind features, app by app
| Feature | MindSpark |
|---|---|
| Mind maps with many layouts and themes | Yes |
| AI agent that builds maps from a prompt or file | Partly |
| Conversion of mind maps into slides | Partly |
| Documents and notes attached to map nodes | Partly |
| Org charts, fishbone, timelines, Kanban and Gantt diagrams | Partly |
| Templates | Yes |
| Sync across desktop, web, mobile and tablet | Partly |
Mind-mapping app with a two-way Markdown editor that saves maps to a private GitHub, Gitea or GitLab repository
- What a Wondershare EdrawMind user would miss
- It has no built-in AI generation, no slide export, no Kanban or Gantt and no native apps.
- What it adds
- Maps are JSON files in your own private git repository, and each map is a two-way Markdown outline.
- Yes Mind maps with many layouts and themes. Balanced, left, right, down, up, radial, grid, timeline, fishbone and matrix layouts, and dozens of color themes in the repository.
- Partly AI agent that builds maps from a prompt or file. No prompt-to-map feature; a Custom GPT and an MCP server create maps outside the app.
- Partly Conversion of mind maps into slides. Presentation mode; no slide export found.
- Partly Documents and notes attached to map nodes. Notes on topics; no document attachments found.
- Partly Org charts, fishbone, timelines, Kanban and Gantt diagrams. Org chart, fishbone, timeline and matrix layouts; no Kanban or Gantt.
- Yes Templates. More than 50 built-in templates.
- Partly Sync across desktop, web, mobile and tablet. Browser app with touch support and PWA install, with maps in your own git repository; no native apps.
Sources:github.com/prasadpatil25/mindspark#featuresedrawmind.wondershare.com/