An app to represent a Zettelkasten (or parts of it) visually?

jemscott

Hi, folks
I use my Zettelkasten for creative projects (creative writing, drama, film, digital media). I would love to find a way of creating a visual 'map' of its contents, say, those notes that are relevant to a particular project, to create a visual web or mind map with which to plan out the project and refer back to as I write and develop it. Has anyone come across an app or some such that can do this? In ideal world, you'd be able to link from the 'mind map' back to an individual note with a click.

Thanks. Hope everyone is well.
Jeremy

Sukhovskii

If you're on a Mac, arguably the best program is Tinderbox, although it is pricey. You can purchase it now with a discount.

https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com

ctietze

@jemscott You could play around with Apple's Freeform app. It copies text files into the canvas by default if you use drag and drop, so you'll need to work with links to your notes in text boxes there maybe.

Related: https://forum.zettelkasten.de/discussion/2463/apple-freeform-app-as-a-digital-desktop-workbench

Sascha

I'd look up Obsidian Canvas.

MartinBB

Tinderbox is a remarkable program. But if you are not on Mac you could also try Scrintal or Heptabase. Obsidian also has an Excalidraw plugin.

Jvet

You can rewrite the content of your notes in index cards with Card Buddy and later sort them as you wish. Only for Mac

Sukhovskii

Another good candidate is Affine
https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE

jemscott

Thanks, everyone. Really helpful. Will report back!