Outline to Mind Map

Paste an indented outline — each line a node, indentation the nesting — and get a clean, scalable mind-map SVG. Auto-colored branches, right or top-down layouts, optional dark mode. Pure-Rust, runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

About this tool

Paste an indented text outline and get back a clean, scalable mind-map SVG — laid out and drawn entirely in your browser with a pure-Rust engine, so there's no sign-up and nothing is ever uploaded.

Every line becomes a node. The amount you indent a line — with spaces or tabs — decides where it hangs in the tree, so the structure you already type becomes the structure of the map. Leading bullet or number markers (-, *, +, •, 1.) are stripped automatically, so you can paste a to-do list, a meeting agenda, or a Markdown outline straight in.

A single top-level line becomes the central topic. If your outline has several top-level lines, they're grouped under one central node — set its label with the central topic field.

Options

Layout direction — right puts the central topic on the left with branches fanning out to the right (the classic mind-map look), or down puts it on top with the tree growing downward like an org chart.
Color each branch — give every top-level branch and its descendants their own color, or turn it off for a clean monochrome diagram.
Dark mode — recolor the whole map with light text on a dark canvas, ready to drop onto a dark slide or page.

Example

Launch plan
  Product
    Pricing
    Onboarding
  Marketing
    Landing page
    Email list
  Support
    Docs
    Help desk

The result is a standalone .svg you can save, embed in a page, or drop into a slide — it stays crisp at any size because it's vector, not a bitmap.

FAQ

What indentation should I use?

Anything consistent works — two spaces, four spaces, or tabs. Deeper indentation simply means deeper nesting; the tool measures each line's leading whitespace (tabs count as up to four columns) and builds the tree from that, so mixed or irregular indents are handled gracefully.

Can I paste a bullet list?

Yes. Leading -, *, +, • bullets and numbered markers like 1. are removed automatically, so a Markdown or to-do list maps cleanly.

Is my outline uploaded anywhere?

No. Parsing, layout, and SVG rendering all run locally in your browser. Your text never leaves the device.

What can I do with the SVG?

Because it's a vector image, you can scale it to any size without blur, embed it in a web page or README, open it in a vector editor, or convert it to PNG or PDF with the other gizza tools.

Privacy

The mind map is parsed, laid out, and rendered locally in your browser. Your outline is never sent to a server.

Developer & Automation Access

Run it from the terminal

Same engine as this page, headless — via the gizza CLI:

gizza tool outline-to-mindmap "Project
  Research
    Interviews
    Surveys
  Design
    Wireframes
  Build
  Launch"

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Open it by URL

Pre-fill and auto-run this tool with query parameters — the names match the API/CLI:

https://gizza.ai/tools/outline-to-mindmap/?outline=Project%0A%20%20Research%0A%20%20%20%20Interviews%0A%20%20%20%20Surveys%0A%20%20Design%0A%20%20%20%20Wireframes%0A%20%20Build%0A%20%20Launch&direction=right&colorful=true&dark_mode=true&title=Mind%20Map

Machine-readable descriptor: tool.json — title + parameters JSON Schema for agents.