| Developer(s) | Jörg Müller, Daniel Polansky, Petr Novak, Christian Foltin, Dimitri Polivaev, et al. |
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| Stable release | FreeMind 0.9.0 / February 19, 2011 |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Java |
| Type | Project management |
| License | GPL |
| Website | Freemind at sourceforge.net |
FreeMind is a free mind mapping application written in Java. FreeMind is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It provides extensive export capabilities. It runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X via the Java Runtime Environment.[1][2][3]
As with other mind mapping software packages, FreeMind allows the user to edit a hierarchical set of ideas around a central concept. The non-linear approach assists in brainstorming new outlines and projects as ideas are added around the mind map.[1] As a Java application, FreeMind is portable across multiple platforms and retains the same user interface, causing some amount of variation from the common interface on each platform. Mac users may notice the most difference from their traditional user interface, but a MacWorld reviewer says the software's features should still appeal to the segment of users who accept function over form.[4]
FreeMind was a finalist for Best Project in SourceForge.net's Community Choice Awards for 2008, which featured Open Source software projects.[5][6]
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FreeMind's most significant features are as follows:[3][7]
FreeMind uses the Swing GUI toolkit for Java.
FreeMind developers or developers of other projects have made plugins for various wiki and content management system software so that Freemind files can be viewed and in some cases created via the web interface. These systems include Confluence, Drupal, JSPWiki, MediaWiki, MoinMoin, Moodle, Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, Trac, TWiki, Foswiki and WikkaWiki.
There are (at least) two active forks of the FreeMind project. Freeplane is mainly developed by FreeMind's former developer Dimitri Polivaev and focuses on enhanced usability. SciPlore MindMapping focuses on enhanced PDF support (bookmark import) and integration of reference management including BibTeX support. As noted in the SciPlore MindMapping article, future versions of Sciplore will be based on the Freeplane code base and will be called Docear.
While not technically a fork, Freemind MMX is a "hacked" version of Freemind that improves support for native characters in languages like Chinese, and makes working with version control systems easier. The website gives instructions for patching Freemind to add these features.
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