MindFlow - Notes and Productivity Workspace

MindFlow is a modern self-hosted notes and knowledge management application built with Laravel 12 and React 19. It helps users organize notes, code snippets, tasks, visual ideas, and spreadsheet data inside one clean productivity workspace.

Designed for developers, agencies, startups, freelancers, and internal teams, MindFlow provides a ready-to-deploy solution with multiple note types, user management, optional AI integration, and a modern responsive interface.

Perfect For

• Developer notes
• Internal company documentation
• Productivity workspace
• Team knowledge base
• Task organization
• Project documentation
• Client productivity systems

Modern Notes Dashboard

• Grid and list view
• Infinite loading / pagination
• Search notes by title, content, tags, categories, and type
• Favorites and pinned notes
• Archive support
• Focus reading mode
• Note preview modal
• Word count and view count

Multiple Note Types

Rich Text Notes

• Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough
• Text color and highlight
• Alignment tools
• Bullet and numbered lists
• Quote blocks
• Link insertion
• Image insertion
• HTML sanitization
• Optional AI content generation

Code Notes

• CodeMirror editor
• Syntax highlighting
• Multiple themes
• Font size settings
• Fullscreen mode
• Copy and download code
• JSON formatting
• Line and character count

Supported languages:

• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• PHP
• Python
• Java
• C++
• HTML
• CSS
• SQL
• JSON
• Markdown

Canvas / Drawing Notes

• Rectangle, ellipse, triangle, line, and text tools
• Image upload
• Drag, resize, rotate elements
• Grid and snap-to-grid
• Undo and redo
• Layer management
• Alignment and distribution tools
• PNG export

Task / To-Do Notes

• Add, edit, duplicate, delete tasks
• Task priorities
• Due dates
• Category filters
• Active/completed/overdue filters
• Task statistics
• Subtask display support

Spreadsheet Notes

• Editable spreadsheet grid
• Formula bar
• SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, IF formulas
• Cell references
• Copy and paste support
• Undo and redo
• Add/delete rows and columns
• Sorting support
• CSV export

Organization Features

• Categories with colors
• Tag management
• Note counters
• Favorites section
• Archive section
• Shared note support

Server Requirements

• PHP 8.2 or newer
• MySQL 5.7+ / MariaDB 10.3+
• PDO extension
• OpenSSL
• Mbstring
• XML
• JSON
• Writable storage and cache folders

Installation

1. Upload Files

   Upload all MindFlow project files to your hosting account or server. For best security, point your domain document root to the public directory.

   /home/username/mindflow/public
   
   

2. Set File Permissions

   Make sure the following folders are writable by the web server:

   chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache
   
   

3. Setup Database

   Create a new MySQL database. You will need: database host, port, name, username, and password.

   Database host: 127.0.0.1 or localhost
   Database port: 3306
   
   

   If localhost fails, try 127.0.0.1.

4. Run Installer

   Open your website in the browser. MindFlow will automatically redirect to /install. Fill in the application name, URL, database details, and first admin account, then click Install Application.

5. Installation Complete

   After installation, click Open Application. The installer is locked automatically using storage/app/installed. ⚠ Important Do not remove storage/app/installed on a production website unless you intend to rerun installation.