Working with Mindomo Desktop

Mindomo Desktop lets you create and edit diagrams on your computer, with or without an internet connection. This page explains how to install the app, open your local and Cloud diagrams, sync them online, share them with other Desktop users, and which license gives you what.

Download and install

Download the application from the Mindomo Desktop page.

Scroll down to Download Mindomo Desktop Software and click Download for your operating system.
On Windows, double-click the .exe file to install it.
On macOS, open the .dmg file and drag Mindomo to the Applications folder.
On Linux, Mindomo comes as an AppImage. See Installation under Mindomo for Linux for how to run it.

To install Mindomo on many computers at once, see Silent installation of Mindomo.

Create and open diagrams

Mindomo Desktop always opens in the Dashboard, allowing you to:

Create new mind maps, concept maps, organigrams, fishbone diagrams, timelines, outlines, and Gantt charts
Access previously created diagrams
Work on diagrams saved on your computer
Download and work on your online diagrams
Access license information

All your diagrams created with Mindomo are saved locally on your device.
You can access them directly from their saved folder (double-click or right-click the file and choose Open with Mindomo) or from the Recent section.

Use Open to browse for diagrams on your device:

Open from Cloud

To work on your Cloud diagrams from the app, go to Open from Cloud. Enter your online credentials in the login panel to download and open your diagrams.

Once logged in, the panel will display:

The Shared with me folder, containing all diagrams shared with you in edit mode
Shared Team folders, if you are part of a team
Your own folders
Your diagrams from the Dashboard

Select a diagram and click Download and open. The diagram is downloaded to your computer and opens in the app.

Sync diagrams to the Cloud

To upload a diagram to the Cloud, click Cloud sync (Upload & Sync this diagram to Mindomo Cloud) in the upper-right corner.

Enter the email and password of your online Mindomo account and click Log in. If you don’t have an account yet, you can create one from the Sign Up page.

If the diagram is new and hasn’t been saved on your computer yet, Mindomo first asks you to save it. Click Yes.

Choose a location and a file name for the diagram and click Save. The sync continues once the file is saved.

When the upload is done, the icon in the upper-right corner shows that the diagram is synced: Your diagram is synchronized.

Syncing from the desktop app is automatic. After uploading a diagram to the Cloud, any subsequent changes are automatically synchronized while you are online. During synchronization, local files are uploaded to the Mindomo server, while files attached online are downloaded and saved locally.

Internet connection lost

If your internet connection is interrupted, Mindomo shows an error message saying it can’t connect to www.mindomo.com. Click OK and keep working: any changes you make while offline are saved locally and will be automatically synchronized once the internet connection is restored.

With online users

Once a diagram is synced to the Cloud, you can publish it or keep it private and share it only with selected collaborators, the same as any online diagram. See Sync diagrams to the Cloud and Sharing mind maps.

With other Mindomo Desktop users

If you want to share diagrams with users who are only using the installed version of Mindomo, use the Pack Diagram feature. It compresses your diagram and all its attached files into a single .pmom file saved on your computer.

To pack a diagram, open it and go to File > Pack Diagram.

The Pack Map dialog explains what packing does. Click OK.

Choose where to save the file, keep or change the file name, and click Save. The file is saved as a Mindomo Pack (.pmom).

Share the .pmom file with your collaborators, for example by email or through a shared drive.

To open a packed diagram, your collaborators go to Open and click Browse.

They select the .pmom file and click Open.

Mindomo unpacks the diagram and all its attached files and saves them to a new, empty folder of their choice.

From the Dashboard, click the information icon (i) to:

Support - go to the Mindomo Forum for support
Help - access Mindomo’s Help page
License Info - view license information
About - see the Mindomo version you are using
Changelog - view the changelog
Preferences - set app preferences, such as autosave and the spell checker
Language - set the app language

Licenses

Mindomo Desktop runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and every license lets you share diagrams together with their attached files. For prices, see Desktop pricing. To activate a license in the app, see Activating Desktop Premium.

Desktop Premium

A lifetime license for Mindomo Desktop.

Unlimited local diagrams with unlimited topics
Use it on 2 computers
Free support and updates in the first year. After that, you can extend updates and support whenever you want access to support and the newest version of the app.

Desktop Subscription-Based

The premium Desktop license included with the business (Premium, Professional, Team) and educational (Student, Teacher, School) online subscriptions. It stays active for as long as your online subscription does.

Unlimited syncing between desktop, cloud & mobile
Unlimited number of topics in a diagram
Unlimited cloud diagrams
Unlimited searching for images and videos on the internet
Support and updates for the entire subscription period

Free

Diagrams limited to 40 topics

Import and export formats

All licenses, including Free, can import and export the same formats.

	Formats
Import (11)	Mindomo (.mom, .pmom), MindManager (.mmap), Freemind (.mm), Mindmeister (.mind), XMind (.xmind), Microsoft Project (.xml), Bubbl.us (.xml), Text (.txt), OPML (.opml), Excel (.xlsx, .xls), Markdown (.md, .markdown)
Export (17)	PDF (.pdf), Microsoft Word (.docx), Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx), Microsoft Project (.mpx & .xml), Microsoft Excel (.xls): Horizontal Outline, Horizontal Tree, Gantt Chart Data, Vertical Outline, Text (.txt), OPML (.opml), Image (.png), Slides as images (.zip), Slides as PDF (.pdf), Markdown (.md), Mindomo & Mindomo Pack (.mom & .pmom), Freemind (.mm), MindManager (.mmap)