# Markdown visualiseren met mindmaps in Discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2 februari 2022 om 21:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899 "2022-02-02T21:33:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@leopedrini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leopedrini)
#### Post date: [2 februari 2022 om 21:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899/1 "2022-02-02T21:33:21Z")
Hello dears,
Is there any plugin or intention to have something like this in Discourse?
> **[markmap](https://markmap.js.org/)**
>
> The website of gera2ld's markmap.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [3 februari 2022 om 05:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899/2 "2022-02-03T05:09:33Z")
No plugin or theme that I am aware of. I do not expect us to add something like this to core, but if the community wish to build a plugin or theme, sure!
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### Author:  [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)
#### Post date: [11 februari 2024 om 14:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899/3 "2024-02-11T14:57:14Z")
Very handy utility. Including link to [REPL](https://markmap.js.org/repl) to try it out, and a mindmap that conveys the idea:
[](https://markmap.js.org/repl)
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [11 februari 2024 om 21:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899/4 "2024-02-11T21:01:34Z")
```mermaid
mindmap
root((Discourse))
Origins
Long history
Popularisation
British popular psychology author Tony Buzan
Research
On effectiveness
and features
Supports MindMaps already!!!
Uses
Creative techniques
Strategic planning
Argument mapping
Tools
Pen and paper
Mermaid
```
We support mindmaps now in the [mermaid](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-mermaid/218242) theme component!
example source:
```plaintext
mindmap
root((Discourse))
Origins
Long history
Popularisation
British popular psychology author Tony Buzan
Research
On effectiveness
and features
Supports MindMaps already!!!
Uses
Creative techniques
Strategic planning
Argument mapping
Tools
Pen and paper
Mermaid
```
markmap could be implemented, similarly as a theme component I guess.
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### Author:  [@aschrijver](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aschrijver)
#### Post date: [12 februari 2024 om 04:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899/5 "2024-02-12T04:11:05Z")
Oh, lovely ๐ thank you Sam!
(Btw, the mail notification of your post does not contain the mind map, but shows its textual definition instead)
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### Author:  [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [13 februari 2024 om 06:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899/6 "2024-02-13T06:08:25Z")
Out of curiosity, I tried to make it work with Markmap because itโs another interesting mindmap. It needs some detailed attention, but it can work. Hopefully, I can share something based on it. ๐
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### Author:  [@erssebaggala](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erssebaggala)
#### Post date: [4 juni 2024 om 09:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899/7 "2024-06-04T09:08:22Z")
@Arkshine is there an update on the mindmap
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### Author:  [@leopedrini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leopedrini)
#### Post date: [4 juni 2024 om 09:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899/8 "2024-06-04T09:38:15Z")
> [@Arkshine](#):
>
> It needs some detailed attention, but it can work.
Me too, i am interested.
Dear @Arkshine , could you please tell the โtrickโ to make it work on Discourse? ๐
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### Author:  [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)
#### Post date: [9 juni 2024 om 18:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visualize-markdown-with-mindmaps-in-discourse/216899/9 "2024-06-09T18:31:24Z")
I started to look at it again a few days ago, and I think Iโm on the right track to post something soon. ๐
Itโs more work than expected.
On a technical side, Discourse relies on the Markdown-it library to handle markdown and has many custom plugins attached to it.
In my previous video, I used the library from a CDN link. However, markmap, by default, tries to load Markdown-it from a CDN and use another instance. This means you wonโt be able to use specific Discourse features in a markmap, so you must implement the library differently to use the instance from Discourse.
Stay tuned. ๐