FreeMind
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| Developer(s) | Jörg Müller, Daniel Polansky, Petr Novak, Christian Foltin, Dimitri Polivaev, et al. |
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| Stable release | FreeMind 0.8.1
/ February 27, 2008 |
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| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Java |
| Type | Project management |
| License | GPL |
| Website | freemind.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. An XHTML export allows a user to create a mapped image with links to a folding outline.
Versions
- 0.9.0 β beta 19 released 2008-07-21
- 0.9.0 β beta 18 released 2008-06-04
- 0.9.0 β beta 17 released 2008-05-08
- 0.9.0 β beta 16 released 2008-03-03
- 0.9.0 β beta 15 released 2007-11-30
- 0.9.0 β beta 14 released 2007-10-21
- 0.9.0 β beta 13 released 2007-09-02
- 0.9.0 β — 2007-03-04. Beta 9 in public testing. Introduces: fit for Java6, nicer Search&Replace and Calendar, new 'Sort Children' function, first version script editor is included in the script plugin. Also a new logo design, a light bulb in place of the butterfly.
- 0.8.1 — 2008-02-27. bugfix release
- 0.8.0 — 2005-09-06. Introduced the undo, exports to raster image formats like PNG and JPEG, export to PDF and SVG, and free positioning of nodes.
- 0.7.1 — 2004-02-15. Introduced clouds and graphical arrow links, and automatic saving of back-ups.
- 0.6.7 — 2003-10-25. Introduced icons.
Features
What follows are the most notable features of FreeMind.
- Folding of branches
- Exports to HTML, XHTML (a static 'all-expanded image' plus expanding +/- list below image). Also exports an 'all-expanded image' in the following formats: PNG, JPEG, SVG and PDF format. Images are non-interactive. Does NOT export to Flash (although this is a feature of the current Beta version; v.0.9.0 Beta 8).
- Icons on nodes
- Clouds around branches
- Graphical links connecting nodes
- Search restricted to single branches
- Web and file hyperlinks from nodes
File format
FreeMind mind maps are an XML flavor.
Flash browser
There is an open-source Flash browser for FreeMind mind maps [1].
Integration with Wiki engines
- TikiWiki — a PHP/MySQL CMS/Groupware engine that renders FreeMind by means of the Mindmap plugin, given Flash or Java is installed on your local computer.
- WikkaWiki — a PHP/MySQL wiki engine that renders embedded FreeMind data or linked mind maps.
- DokuWiki — a PHP wiki engine has a FreeMind plugin.
- Drupal — allows users to create and view FreeMind mind maps, by means of a FreeMind module, given Flash or Java plugin is installed on the web server.
- Moodle — has a Freemind filter based on the Flash or Java plugin.
- MoinMoin — has a FreeMind plugin.
- JSPWiki — has a FreeMind plugin.
- Trac — has a FreeMind plugin.
- MediaWiki — has a FreeMind plugin.
- YACS — a PHP/MySQL integrated content management system that brings native support to Freemind mind maps, given Flash or Java run-time is available to the browser. (demo)
- Confluence mdash; has a FreeMind plugin.
GUI toolkit
FreeMind uses the Swing GUI toolkit.
