FreeMind
Free mind mapping application
title: "FreeMind" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["concept-mapping-software", "mind-mapping-software", "concept--and-mind-mapping-software-programmed-in-java", "free-note-taking-software", "free-software-programmed-in-java", "software-using-the-gnu-general-public-license"] description: "Free mind mapping application" topic_path: "general/concept-mapping-software" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeMind" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Free mind mapping application ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | FreeMind |
| logo | Free Mind.png |
| logo size | 128px |
| screenshot | Freemind-0.9x Screenshoot.png |
| screenshot size | 250px |
| developer | Jörg Müller, Daniel Polansky, Petr Novak, Christian Foltin, Dimitri Polivaev, et al. |
| latest_release_version | FreeMind 1.0.1 |
| latest_release_date | |
| discontinued | Yes |
| latest preview version | 1.1.0 Beta2 |
| latest preview date | |
| operating_system | Cross-platform |
| platform | Java |
| genre | Project management |
| license | GNU GPL |
| website | Freemind at sourceforge.net |
| :: |
| name = FreeMind | logo = Free Mind.png | logo size = 128px | screenshot = Freemind-0.9x Screenshoot.png | screenshot size = 250px | caption = | developer = Jörg Müller, Daniel Polansky, Petr Novak, Christian Foltin, Dimitri Polivaev, et al. | latest_release_version = FreeMind 1.0.1 | latest_release_date = | discontinued = Yes | latest preview version = 1.1.0 Beta2 | latest preview date = | operating_system = Cross-platform | platform = Java | genre = Project management | license = GNU GPL | website = Freemind at sourceforge.net
FreeMind is a free mind mapping application written in Java, which is further developed by the fork Freeplane. FreeMind itself was last updated in 2014. FreeMind is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2.{{cite web | title = FreeMind - Licence | publisher = FreeMind Project | url = https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#License | access-date = 2017-01-30 | last = Tanaka | first = Brian | title = Free your mind with Freemind | work = LinuxWorld Magazine | publisher = Network World, Inc. | date = 2007-10-11 | url = http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/101107-freemind.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071014002416/http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/101107-freemind.html | access-date = 2009-01-31 | archive-date = 2007-10-14 |title = FreeMind |work = LinuxLinks News |publisher = LinuxLinks.com |date = 2008-03-24 |url = http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080324041846606/FreeMind.html |access-date = 2009-01-31 |archive-date = 2009-02-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090204122409/http://linuxlinks.com/article/20080324041846606/FreeMind.html |url-status = dead |last = Frey |first = Chuck |title = FreeMind open-source mind mapping app is capable, flexible |publisher = Innovation Tools |date = 2006-10-18 |url = http://www.innovationtools.com/Tools/SoftwareDetails.asp?a=243 |access-date = 2009-01-31 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122050254/http://www.innovationtools.com/Tools/SoftwareDetails.asp?a=243 |archive-date = 2009-01-22
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. 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.{{cite web | last = Haddock | first = Tim | title = Review: FreeMind 0.8.1 | publisher = MacWorld Magazine |date=November 2008
| url = http://www.macworld.com/article/136808/2008/11/freemind081.html | access-date = 2009-02-01
FreeMind was a finalist for Best Project in SourceForge.net's Community Choice Awards for 2008, which featured open-source software projects.
Features
FreeMind's documentation is itself available as a FreeMind mindmap, demonstrating many of the features of the application. This is accessed from the application menu: Help Documentation.{{cite web
| title = FreeMind - Documentation
| publisher = FreeMind Project
| url = https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Documentation
| access-date = 2017-01-30
FreeMind's most significant features are as follows:{{cite web | title = FreeMind - Features | publisher = FreeMind Project | url = https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Features | access-date = 2009-02-01
- Folding branches
- Save files as XML with an suffix
- Export hypertext to HTML and XHTML
- Export document to PDF and OpenDocument
- Exports image to PNG, JPEG and SVG
- Icons on nodes
- Clouds around branches
- Graphical links connecting nodes
- Search restricted to single branches
- Web and file hyperlinks from nodes
- FreeMind browser/player for web in Java or Flash
- Transform maps using XSLT
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.
References
References
- "Download - FreeMind".
- "FreeMind - Browse /Freemind at SourceForge.net".
- (2008-07-03). "SourceForge.net Names Finalists for Community Choice Awards". [[Fox Business Network]].
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