README.md
1# Minder
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9## Overview
10
11Use the power of mind-mapping to make your ideas come to life.
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13- Quickly create visual mind-maps using the keyboard and automatic layout.
14- Choose from many tree layout choices.
15- Support for Markdown formatting.
16- Add notes, tasks and images to your nodes.
17- Add node-to-node connections with optional text and notes.
18- Stylize nodes, links and connections to add more meaning and improve readability.
19- Add stickers and node groups to call out and visibly organize information.
20- Quick search of node and connection titles and notes, including filtering options.
21- Zoom in or enable focus mode to focus on certain ideas or zoom out to see the bigger picture.
22- Enter focus mode to better view and understand portions of the map.
23- Unlimited undo/redo of any change.
24- Automatically saves in the background.
25- Colorized node branches.
26- Open multiple mindmaps with the use of tabs.
27- Built-in and customizable theming.
28- Gorgeous animations.
29- Import from OPML, FreeMind, Freeplane, PlainText (formatted), Outliner, Portable Minder and XMind formats.
30- Export to CSV, FreeMind, Freeplane, JPEG, BMP, SVG, Markdown, Mermaid, OPML, Org-Mode, Outliner, PDF, PNG, Portable Minder, PlainText, XMind and yEd formats.
31- Printer support.
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33## Installation
34
35You will need the following dependencies to build Minder:
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37* ninja-build
38* python3-pip
39* python3-setuptools
40* meson
41* valac (any 0.48.x version -- any later version will result in segfaults -- earlier versions have issues with libarchive)
42* debhelper
43* libcairo2-dev
44* libgranite-dev
45* libgtk-3-dev
46* libxml2-dev
47* libgee-0.8-dev
48* libarchive-dev
49* libgtksourceview-4-dev
50* libmarkdown2-dev
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52To install, run `sudo ./app install` and then run the application from your application launcher or from
53the command-line with `./app run`.
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55## Distribution packages
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57Arch Linux users can find Minder in the official `community` repo:
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59`$ sudo pacman -S minder`
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61Minder is packaged in Void Linux, install it with `xbps-install`:
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63`$ sudo xbps-install Minder`
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65For Fedora users, install the RPM package with:
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67`$ sudo dnf install minder`
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69Debian/Ubuntu package is also available:
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71`$ sudo apt install minder`
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73## Documentation
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75Minder documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/phase1geo/Minder/wiki/Table-of-Contents).
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