Freeplane

Short description: Free mind mapping application

Freeplane

Screenshot of Freeplane 1.1.3

Developer(s)| Dimitry Polivaev, et al.
Stable release|

1.11.8 / 2023-11-10

Preview release|

1.11.1-alpha / 2022-12-17

Operating system| Cross-platform
Platform| Java
Type| Mind Mapping
License| GPL version 2 or later
Website| www.freeplane.org

Freeplane is a free, open source software application for creating mind maps (diagrams of connections between ideas), and electronic outlines. Written in Java, it is supported on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, and is licensed under the GNU GPL version "2 or later".

In 2007, Freeplane was forked from the FreeMind project.[1] Freeplane maintains partial file format compatibility with FreeMind, fully supporting the FreeMind XML file format, but adds features and tags not supported by FreeMind, which FreeMind ignores on loading.

## Contents

* 1 Features
* 1.1 Release 1.1
* 1.2 Release 1.2.x
* 1.3 Release 1.3.x
* 1.4 Release 1.5.x
* 1.5 Release 1.6.x
* 1.6 Release 1.7.x
* 1.7 Release 1.10.x
* 2 Add-ons
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Features

### Release 1.1

New features of Freeplane stable release (June 2010) include:

* Export to PNG, JPEG, SVG (in addition to HTML / XHTML and PDF)
* Find / Replace in all open maps
* Paste HTML as node structure
* Outline mode
* Portable version (run from a USB flash drive)
* Scripting via Groovy
* Spell checker

### Release 1.2.x

The first stable Freeplane 1.2.x was 1.2.20 released on October 20, 2012. It includes the following new features:

* Text-processor-like node styles[2]
* Conditional node styles[3]
* Map templates for new maps[4]
* Formatting panel
* Add-ons: Installable enhancements[5]
* Hyperlinks for menu items
* Keyboard shortcut documentation: Map and HTML table generation added for the documentation map
* Check for newer auto save files on opening of a map
* Single instance mode: open files in existing program instance instead of opening a new one.
* Node level dependent filters
* Improvement in search and replace functions
* Different cloud shapes
* New icons for rating
* Automatic Edge Color
* "Grid" for moving of nodes (Preferences->Behaviour->Grid gap size)
* Copy and paste attributes
* Named filter conditions
* Different shapes, line types, width and transparency for connectors
* Freeplane portable version (download and install file named FreeplanePortable_xxx.paf.exe)
* File -> Properties... dialog showing facts about the map such as total nodes, branches and leaf nodes
* New icons added to facilitate speedy use of main and contextual menus
* Formulas: Use of formulas as node text and attributes (like in spread sheet processors)[6]
* Node numbering and Formats/templates as style attributes
* Added progress icons to show incremental completion in 10% or 25% steps
* Summaries: Create graphical and textual summaries by "bracketing" nodes. See example map[7]
* Menu and command structure[8] refactored both to integrate new features and to make Freeplane more intuitive and easier to learn
* Dates and numbers: Parsing and formatting improved[9]
* Digital post-its: free positionable and free floating nodes.[10]
* Dates and numbers: Improved scripting support[9]

### Release 1.3.x

Version 1.3 was published ((date)). New features of 1.3.x included:

* Expand LaTeX feature to both formulae and text[11]
* Integration of OpenStreetMap[12]

### Release 1.5.x

New features of Freeplane 1.5 include:

* New options for creating mind maps with high homogeneity and symmetry[13]
* Clones[14]
* Init scripts[15]
* Background images[16]

### Release 1.6.x

* References to other mind maps from formulas and scripts
* PDF and SVG exports enhancements
* Java 9 support
* JLatexMath update
* Bug fixes

### Release 1.7.x

* Dark UI mode support (Look and feel and map template "Darcula")
* User interface enhancements
* Nodes and aliases enhancements
* Java 13 support, Java 11 compatibility, Java 7 support dropped, Java 8 is required
* Bug fixes

### Release 1.10.x

The latest stable release is 1.9.9 (September 25, 2021; 4 years ago (2021-09-25)) [±].

## Add-ons

One feature of Freeplane is the support for installable enhancements. Add-ons are a way to extend and customize Freeplane similar to how plug-ins and extensions can be used to extend and customize well-known applications like Firefox or LibreOffice. Freeplane add-ons can be used to provide a single function, a bundle of multiple functions, bind those functions to a menu item, etc.

Available add-ons include :

* GTD support [17]
* Study planner
* Versioning and collaborative work [18]

## See also

* Mind map
* List of mind mapping software

## References

1. ↑ June 2014, Project of the Month – Freeplane sourceforge.net interview with Dimitry Polivaev
2. ↑ Node styles
3. ↑ Conditional node styles
4. ↑ Map templates
5. ↑ Add-ons such as Freeplane|GTD. Study Planner and Add-on Developer Tools.
6. ↑ Formulas
7. ↑ Example map of nodes summarized by "bracketing"
8. ↑ Menus and commands
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Input & format of dates and numbers
10. ↑ Free positionable and free floating nodes
11. ↑ LaTeX in Freeplane
12. ↑ OpenStreetMap Plugin
13. ↑ Jonas Batista Freeplane Version Announcement
14. ↑ Clones
15. ↑ Init scripts
16. ↑ Application for Mind Mapping, Knowledge and Project Management
17. ↑ "use freeplane for GTD". http://auxilus.com/blog/freeplanegtd/.
18. ↑ collaborative mind-mapping and map versioning

## External links

* Freeplane on SourceForge.net
* Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. FreeMind By Example covers usage of FreeMind and Freeplane

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Argument mapping, concept mapping, and mind mapping software

FOSS|

* Dia
* LibreOffice Draw
* PGF/TikZ
* Java-based
* Araucaria
* Compendium
* FreeMind
* Freeplane
* VUE
* XMind

Proprietary|

| Desktop apps|

* 3D Topicscape
* CmapTools
* ConceptDraw DIAGRAM
* ConceptDraw MINDMAP
* Microsoft Visio
* MindManager
* MindMapper
* OmniGraffle
* Qiqqa
* Semantica
* SmartDraw
* Solina
* TheBrain
* Tinderbox
* Visual Mind
* XMind Pro
* yEd

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* Coggle
* Debategraph
* Lucidchart
* Mind42
* MindMeister
* MindMup
* Mindomo
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* SpicyNodes

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