Getting started
Sign in, create your first project, add your API key, talk through it, watch the mindmap form. Five minutes.
Help
Back to the appOpenMind help
Short, on-brand answers to the questions people actually ask. If something here is wrong or missing, tell us — we'd rather hear it once than have ten people stub their toes on it.
Start here
Start here Architecture How it works
Talk it. Map it. Own it. — the three landing pillars unpacked. What the LLM extractor actually does, what RLS gives you, what self-host means in practice.
FAQ Frequently asked questions
The questions that come up most — providers, attachments, exports, sharing, self-host, account deletion.
Using OpenMind
Mode Ask-KG mode
Read from the graph instead of feeding it. When to use it, what [uncertain] means, and how source-node attribution works.
Files Attachments
What happens when you drop a PDF, DOCX, audio, or video into chat. Caps, extraction times, hosted vs self-host.
Export Pick the right format
Markdown, Mermaid, OPML, FreeMind, PNG, SVG — same data, different shape. Quick guide for which to use when.
LLM Pick a provider
Anthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, LM Studio — when each makes sense + how to bring your own key.
Own it
Own it Privacy & your data
Where your conversations live, what we keep, how to export everything, and how to delete your account.
Run it Self-host
Five steps from git clone to a working instance on your own hardware. With a local model, nothing leaves your network.
Source Source access
OpenMind is built to be self-hosted — your Postgres, your keys, your hardware. The repository is private for now: request an invite, say you’d like to self-host, and we grant access by hand.