VYM - View Your Mind (c) 2004-2025 by Uwe Drechsel

Documentation

• PDF

  The complete documentation of vym is available as PDF document in
  English, French and Spanish. (Only the English version is really up
  to date, translators are welcome). PDFs can be accessed directly from
  vym via the help section. They also can be downloaded from github at

  https://github.com/insilmaril/vym/tree/develop/doc

• Release notes and changelog

  Can either be downloaded directly in vym via
  "Help - Download and show release notes" or can be accessed in
  https://github.com/insilmaril/vym/blob/release/release-notes-2.9.md

• Screencasts

  There are several screencasts available on YouTube, which show some
  features of vym and how to use them:

  http://www.youtube.com/user/ViewYourMind

Download

The official downloads for all platforms are available at the project
site:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vym/

The latest development drops can be found in the Files/Development folder there.

The latest binaries for Linux, Debian and Ubuntu are built and available in the authors
Open Build Service project:

https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Ainsilmaril&package=vym

Source code

The source code was hosted on Sourceforge for 16 years, but in
2021 the development moved to github:

https://github.com/insilmaril/vym

Installation

• Binaries

  Binaries for all major platforms can be found on:

  https://sourceforge.net/projects/vym/

  Packages there are: openSUSE rpm, Ubuntu deb, Apple dmg, Windows exe

  More Linux like packages and developer versions are built in
  Open Build Service:

  https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:insilmaril/vym

• Compiling

  Compiling vym from scratch is pretty easy, if you have the
  development packages of the Qt5 toolkit installed.

  On the command line you can

  cmake .
  make
  make install

  or using Qt Creator:

  In "File" do "Open file or project" and select the
  "CMakeLists.txt". This will setup the project.

Questions and feedback

Bugs and feature requests will be taken care of in

https://github.com/insilmaril/vym/issues

Please direct support questions to the mailinglist first:

vym-forum@lists.sourceforge.net