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Posted by MadaboutDana
May 5, 2025 at 01:59 PM
They’ve also forgotten Apple Numbers and Growly Notes.
Posted by Cyganet
May 7, 2025 at 07:13 PM
They have a process for adding new tools via their GitHub page, if anyone wants to add their favourites.
Posted by Lucas
May 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Great list. Meanwhile, the niche that interests me is tools that both have an infinite, flexible canvas (not just strict mind-mapping) and also have an outline view of the items on the canvas. Very few tools seem to do this, but a few options that come close are:
- CmapTools (but limited drawing)
- Compendium (outdated, limited drawing)
- Fibery (comes closest, but hierarchy representation is confusing on whiteboards)
- Infoqube (but limited in terms of shapes and drawing)
Of course there are fundamental constraints to translating freefom canvas elements into a tree view (and it’s not always clear how hierarchy should be mapped), but I’m hopeful that eventually more tools will incorporate something along these lines. Fibery seems be the closest right now.
Posted by Dormouse
May 8, 2025 at 09:10 AM
Lucas wrote:
Great list. Meanwhile, the niche that interests me is tools that both
>have an infinite, flexible canvas (not just strict mind-mapping) and
>also have an outline view of the items on the canvas.
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Lattics mindmap can do this.
The mindmap shows a mindmap/outline of the articles.
But you can add as many notes as you want, either by writing them in or by putting existing notes on the board. You can move them around as you wish, put in arrows (and add text to them or change their colour). Or link them. Notes with existing links show the linking lines.
Rather than do this, you can also open a mindmap of any tag. Will initially show all the articles and notes at the top, but you can move them around, edit them as you wish or add new ones. The new ones will be automatically tagged. This view has no mindmap/outline.
Posted by Dormouse
May 8, 2025 at 09:12 AM
No drawing or shape variation in Lattics though, just variations in how much of a view shows.
The pure whiteboard is still being developed.