Turn your Anki notes into visual mind maps.

AnkiMaps helps you connect related ideas, see the structure behind what you are learning, and review cards directly from the context of a map. It works inside Anki and uses your existing notes.

What's new in v2.8.0

• Minimap navigation: see all notes and connections in a compact overview, including notes outside the main viewport.
• Click or drag to explore: move around large maps without changing the zoom level.
• Show or hide the overview: use the Minimap button beside the zoom controls.
• Light and dark themes: the minimap follows the map's theme and stays in place when you pan, zoom, or resize.

Recent additions also include MathJax in map notes, undoable node removal, release notes inside AnkiMaps, clearer review errors, cloze-answer masking, persistent dark mode, a redesigned map library, and portable map bundles.

Build and organize

• Create, open, rename, search, and sort multiple mind maps.
• See map statistics: nodes, connections, file size, timestamps, and available backups.
• Add notes from Anki's Browser and edit the original notes without leaving your workflow.
• Choose which fields appear, resize note cards, and adjust their font size.
• Search inside an open map and jump to matching notes.
• Navigate large maps with a minimap showing every note and connection.
• Use light or dark mode.

Connect and customize ideas

• Link notes with solid or dotted connections.
• Use undirected, directed, or bidirectional arrows.
• Customize connection color, width, and labels.
• Drag one or many notes, pan, zoom, center a selection, or fit the whole map.
• Undo and redo movements, links, unlinks, connection changes, and node removal.

Review in context

• Start a focused review session from the current map.
• Keep the active note highlighted while surrounding notes are softly blurred.
• Track how many cards remain and hold Peek to reveal nearby context temporarily.
• Hide cloze answers on the map with the Blur Clozes toggle.
• Suspended cards and cards already used by another filtered deck are skipped safely.

Math, media, and rich notes

• Render MathJax written with Anki's formula format, \(...\), or \[...\].
• Display your note styling, images, media, and tables directly on the map.
• Resize cards while formulas and rich content adapt to the available width.

Export, transfer, and protect your maps

• Export a visual map as PNG, JPEG, or PDF.
• Import or export a map database for the same Anki collection.
• Move a map to another user or device with an .ankimapsbundle containing the map, referenced notes, and media.
• Export all map databases at once.
• Create automatic timestamped backups when maps are opened and closed; AnkiMaps keeps the five most recent backups per map.

Compatibility and installation

• Desktop only.
• Requires Anki 24.06 or newer.
• Install with add-on code 817937364.
• Open from Tools -> AnkiMaps or press Ctrl+Shift+M.

Useful shortcuts include A to add notes, D to remove selected nodes, E to edit, C to link, S to review, B to blur clozes, H to fit the map, X to export, and Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y for undo and redo.

Data and sync

Mind maps and backups are stored locally in AnkiMaps' user_files folder and are not synced by AnkiWeb. Use an AnkiMaps bundle when moving a map between users, devices, or different Anki collections.

Lost a mind map after updating?

Your map may still be in an older add-on folder or in your Recycle Bin / Trash.

1. In AnkiMaps, click Open Mindmap Folder and keep that folder open.
2. Check older AnkiMaps/user_files/mindmaps folders in your Anki add-ons directory.
3. Also check the Recycle Bin / Trash for an AnkiMaps folder.
4. Copy any recovered .db files into the folder opened in step 1, then restart Anki.

Free and open source

Source code and bug reports: GitHub
Release history: GitHub Releases
Website: aloisthibert.dev
Tutorials: YouTube
Support development: Patreon or Buy Me a Coffee