Format coverage

Nine recovery formats live today, plus our own save format.

Pellven is built for careful recovery of old maps and outlines. Every live format below works today; formats we have not built yet are listed plainly on the roadmap.

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Live now: .imx (iMindMap), .itmz (iThoughts), .mmap/.mmat (MindManager), .xmind (XMind), .smmx (SimpleMind), .mm (FreeMind/Freeplane), .opml, .md/.txt and .csv — plus .pellven/.bridge/.json.

Format coverage

Live imports

Roadmap

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Supported now

Live imports — working today.

These are the formats Pellven recovers today. Import quality can still vary by file contents, so the free preview shows exactly what was recovered before you pay, and your original is never modified.

.imx — iMindMap

iMindMap / ThinkBuzan files (discontinued 2023). Full branch structure, notes, links, images, tasks and styling.

View .imx details

.itmz — iThoughts

iThoughts files (discontinued 2024). Topics, notes, icons, tasks, attachments, links and cross-connections.

View .itmz details

.mmap / .mmat — MindManager

MindManager files. Topics, notes, tasks, images, hyperlinks, boundaries and relationships.

View .mmap details

.xmind — XMind

XMind files, modern (Zen) and legacy. Topics, markers and icons, images, links and relationships.

View .xmind details

.mm — FreeMind / Freeplane

FreeMind and Freeplane files. Topics (including rich text), icons, notes, arrow-links and attributes.

View .mm details

.opml — outlines

Outline Processor Markup Language — the universal outline interchange format, with links preserved.

View .opml details

.md / .txt — Markdown & text

Markdown and plain-text outlines. Headings and nested lists become branches; links and notes carried across.

View markdown / text details

.csv — spreadsheets

CSV and spreadsheet outlines. Indented columns become branches; quoted fields and extra columns handled.

View .csv details

.smmx — SimpleMind

SimpleMind files. Topics, hierarchy, notes, cross-links, hyperlinks and images all carried across.

View .smmx details

.pellven / .bridge / .json — Pellven's save format

Pellven's own format — your recovered work is saved as a clean, portable .pellven file you own forever (earlier .bridge saves stay openable). This is where recoveries are saved, not a third-party import.

View .pellven / .bridge details

Recovery roadmap

Requested formats we haven't built yet.

The formats below are listed to collect demand and guide development. We won't call a format a supported import until it works — until then it stays on this roadmap.

.mindnode — MindNode

Roadmap interest for MindNode files. Not a live Pellven import yet.

Vote or learn about .mindnode roadmap

.mind — MindMeister

Roadmap interest for MindMeister exports. Not a live Pellven import yet.

Vote for .mind roadmap

.isf / .ins — Inspiration

Roadmap interest for legacy Inspiration files. Not a live Pellven import yet.

Vote or learn about .isf / .ins roadmap

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