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<div>#Redirect [[Statistics#Download statistics]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Statistics&diff=15821Statistics2023-11-17T14:39:29Z<p>Dan Polansky: update figures</p>
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<div>Links to SourceForge statistics are here: [[SourceForge#Statistics]].<br />
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==Download statistics==<br />
Observations about FreeMind daily and monthly download statistics:<br />
* The peak downloads were 350 000 per month, in May 2011.<br />
* The downloads dwindled to about 50 000 per month in Jan 2020.<br />
* The downloads since dwindled to about 1/10, 30 000 per month, e.g. Feb 2023.<br />
* Possible explanation: absence of new releases fails to drive new downloads. Other FOSS competition drives the downloads down, e.g. XMind and Freeplane, but these two do not have hugely larger downloads than FreeMind. Needs a more careful look.<br />
* OpenOffice daily download counts steadily surpass 50 000 per day, on the order of 50 times as many as FreeMind. OpenOffice is many times richer and fundamental product than FreeMind, so perhaps this is not so bad a relationship.<br />
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Total download per FreeMind release as of Nov 2023:<br />
* FreeMind [[Release 1.0.1]]: over 6,010,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-03-24].<br />
* FreeMind [[Release 0.9.0]]: over 5,450,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/0.9.0/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-03-24].<br />
* FreeMind [[Release 0.8.1]]: over 4,880,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/0.8.1/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24].<br />
* FreeMind [[Release 0.8.0]]: over 3,245,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/0.8.0/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24].<br />
* FreeMind [[Release 0.7.1]]: over 1,000,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/0.7.1/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24]. At the time of the release, all the previous releases in total were downloaded over 98,800 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-01+to+2004-02-15].<br />
* FreeMind [[Release 0.6.7]]: over 42,600 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/0.6.7/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24].<br />
* FreeMind [[Release 0.6.5]]: over 16,500 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/0.6.5/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24].<br />
* FreeMind [[Release 0.6.1]]: over 13,700 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/0.6.1/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24].<br />
* FreeMind Release 0.5: over 4,290 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/0.5/stats/timeline?dates=2000-01-01+to+2023-03-24]<br />
* FreeMind Release 0.4: over 15,900 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/0.4/stats/timeline?dates=2000-01-01+to+2023-03-24]<br />
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For comparison, total downloads per release of OpenOffice via SourceForge mirrors, as of Nov 2023:<br />
* OpenOffice 4.1.14: over 15,200,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.14/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-11-17]<br />
* OpenOffice 4.1.13: over 15,200,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.13/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-11-17]<br />
* OpenOffice 4.1.11: over 10,200,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.11/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-11-17].<br />
* OpenOffice 4.1.7: over 24,300,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.7/binaries/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24].<br />
* OpenOffice 4.1.3: over 34,300,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.3/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24]<br />
* OpenOffice 4.1.2: over 39,600,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.2/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24]<br />
* OpenOffice 4.1.1: over 49,500,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.1/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24].<br />
* OpenOffice 4.1.0: over 14,100,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.0/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24]<br />
* OpenOffice 4.0.0: over 12,500,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.0.0/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-24+to+2023-03-24]<br />
Thus, if we take the maximum FreeMind downloads of 6,010,000 times and maximum OpenOffice downloads of 49,500,000 times, we get that OpenOffice was downloaded 8.2 times more often than FreeMind. That seems not too bad: FreeMind was developed by a handful of volunteers in their spare time whereas OpenOffice has the legacy of corporate development when it was still StarOffice and was further developed later with corporate support. The download-yield-to-development-cost ratio would seem to be more favorable for FreeMind than for OpenOffice.<br />
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Downloads of version without Java embedded and with Java embedded:<br />
* FreeMind-Windows-Installer-1.0.1-max.exe is downloaded more often than FreeMind-Windows-Installer-1.0.1-max-java-installer-embedded.exe[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Releases]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline freemind/files/stats/timeline], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-01+to+2023-03-01 freemind/files/stats/timeline 2000-12-01 to 2023-03-01], sourceforge.net -- download statistics from 2000 to 2023<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-03-24 freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline 2010-12-24 to 2023-03-24], sourceforge.net -- stats for latest stable version 1.0.1 only<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-01+to+2023-03-01 freeplane/files/stats/timeline 2000-12-01 to 2023-03-01], sourceforge.net -- stats for freeplane for comparison<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/xmind3/files/stats/timeline?dates=2000-12-01+to+2023-03-01 xmind3/files/stats/timeline 2000-12-01 to 2023-03-01], sourceforge.net -- stats for xmind3 for comparison<br />
* [https://www.openoffice.org/stats/downloads.html Apache OpenOffice Downloads], openoffice.org -- download statistics for comparison<br />
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[[Category:Miscellaneous]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Screenshots&diff=15820Screenshots2023-08-21T13:01:24Z<p>Dan Polansky: format thumbnails using gallery: they do not seem to be shown without it</p>
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== Screenshots ==<br />
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File:FreeMind-computer-knowledge-080.png | Computer knowledge<br />
File:FreeMind-learning-german-080.png | Learning German<br />
File:FreeMind-freemind-development-080.png | FreeMind development<br />
File:FreeMind-my-health-080.png | My health<br />
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We should better not link to web screenshorts, as many people deems than inappropriate. --Dan<br />
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Here is a set of directly linked screenshots, scattered through the web.<br />
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no longer works: http://www.openspf.de/space/Freemind/scaled-images/scaled-640-scc.jpg<br />
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http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/freemind_dragdrop_small.gif<br />
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==Only thumbs==<br />
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Image:FreeMindLongNodes.png<br />
Image:FreeMindLongNodes2.png<br />
Image:FreeMindLongNodes3.png<br />
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==On the web==<br />
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* [http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=FreeMind&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2 Googled screenshots - "FreeMind"]<br />
* [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mind_maps Category:Mind maps] â Wikimedia Commons<br />
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[[Category:Main]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Mind_map_gallery&diff=15819Mind map gallery2023-08-21T12:40:45Z<p>Dan Polansky: +note indicating the extension is now disabled</p>
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<div>''Note: This page used a MediaWiki extension to show FreeMind mind maps that is currently disabled. As a result, the example mind maps are not being shown.''<br />
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This gallery shows mind maps contributed by FreeMind users. Many of the mind maps are shown in a Flash browser, which looks different from the FreeMind application.<br />
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* Make use of this page for publishing your mind maps in English language in this wiki.<br />
* Read [[Embedded Mind Maps|here]] how to do it.<br />
* Flash maps support linking to remote URLs! [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/extensions/freemind/flashBrowserDocu.html Flash browser documentation as a mind map]<br />
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* For non-English mind maps just use another wiki pages and link to them from [[#Maps in other languages|this section]]<br />
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==Maps in English==<br />
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===Computers and IT===<br />
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====Computer Languages====<br />
=====C#=====<br />
<mm>[[:CSharp_2_WebLinks2.mm|C# 2.0|flash|title C# 2.0 Computer Language - Contents|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=3]]</mm>: Notes on C# 2.0. Includes the fundamentals of the language, such as classes and arrays, features that were introduced in version 2.0, such as generics and anonymous methods, and background information, such as memory management and the Intermediate Language (IL). This mind-map acts as a contents page, just listing major topics. Each major topic in the mind-map has a link to a sub-map with details of that topic. [[User:SimonTeW|SimonTeW]] 18:56, 29 May 2008 (PDT)<br />
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=====Python=====<br />
<mm>[[:Python_WebLinks.mm|Python 2.5|flash|title Python 2.5 Computer Language - Contents|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=4]]</mm>: Notes on Python 2.5. Covers the absolute basics, such as significant white space, up to advanced topics, such as list comprehensions, iterators and generators. This mind-map acts as a contents page, just listing major topics. Each major topic in the mind-map has a link to a sub-map with details of that topic. [[User:SimonTeW|SimonTeW]] 06:50, 2 Oct 2008 (UTC)<br />
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=====C=====<br />
<mm>[[:CProgramming.mm|C Programming|flash|title C Programming]]</mm>:<br />
Summary of C Programming. Covers C language basic syntax, preprocessor, memory allocation, arrays, structures, variables and functions. There are also some hints on C program structure, input & output. [[User:a3n|a3n]] 00:07, 25 Feb 2009 (GMT+1:00).<br />
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====Miscellaneous====<br />
*<mm>[[:Pub_Sub.mm| Issues in Publish-Subscribe Content Distribution]]</mm>, what to consider in designing a pub-sub system (Luke O'Connor, Feb 4th, 2008).<br />
*<mm>[[:Masters.mm| SOA Patterns Masters]]</mm>, a mindmap of the initial state of my masters research on SOA Patterns.<br />
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====Security====<br />
*<mm>[[:Ranum_Anatomy_of_a_Security_Disaster.mm| Anatomy of Security Disasters]]</mm>, a mindmap describing decomposing an article by Marcus Ranum (Luke O'Connor, April 23rd, 2009).<br />
*<mm>[[:Anonymity on the Edge2.mm| Anonymity on the Edge]]</mm>, a mindmap describing a recent incident with the Tor anonymity network (Luke O'Connor, Feb 4th, 2008).<br />
*<mm>[[:Whitelisting_v1.mm| Application Whitelisting]]</mm>, a mindmap describing issues around current IT Security practice and Application Whitelisting (Luke O'Connor, March 16th, 2009).<br />
*<mm>[[:Cold_Boot.mm| The Cold Boot Attack]]</mm>, a mindmap outlining the impact and reactions of the Princeton Cold Boot Attack announced in Feb 2008 (Luke O'Connor, April 3rd, 2009).<br />
*<mm>[[:Debian.mm| Debian Crypto Incident]]</mm>, a mindmap with an annotated list of references for the Debian Crypto incident of 2008 (Luke O'Connor, April 2nd, 2009).<br />
*<mm>[[:Long Tail for A5.mm| Long Tail of Vulnerability for A5/1]]</mm>, a mindmap describing an improved attack to recover A5/1 encryption keys (Luke O'Connor, March 31st, 2009).<br />
*<mm>[[:CISCO_Remote_Working_Risks.mm| Remote Working Risks]]</mm>, a mindmap describing several risks and threats associated with remote IT working, based on a report from CISCO (Luke O'Connor, March 16th, 2009).<br />
*<mm>[[:Security Trends for Mobile Computing.mm| Security Trends in Mobile Devices]]</mm>, a mindmap describing security trends in Mobile Devices based on data from Feb 2008 (Luke O'Connor, March 31st, 2009).<br />
*<mm>[[:Karsten Knol and A5.mm| Rainbow Tables for A5/1]]</mm>, a mindmap outlining a new project to computer rainbow tables for the A5/1 GSM Encryption Algorithm (Luke O'Connor, September 14, 2009).<br />
*<mm>[[:IT Sec 2008 Trends.mm| IT Security Trends 2008]]</mm>, a mindmap outlining trends in the IT Security Industry, based on observations in 2008 (Luke O'Connor, August 23, 2010).<br />
*<mm>[[:Steinnon and DDOS.mm| Short history of DDoS]]</mm>, a mindmap derived from an article by Richard Stiennon providing a short history of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks (Luke O'Connor, August 26, 2010).<br />
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====Software and Applications====<br />
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=====Software Development=====<br />
* <mm>[[:MythicalManMonth_InternetLinks.mm|The Mythical Man-Month|flash|title The Mythical Man-Month - Contents|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=2]]</mm>: Notes from the essays in the book '''The Mythical Man-Month: Essays in Software Engineering''', by Fred Brooks Jr. This mind-map acts as a contents page, just listing the essays in the book. Each essay in the mind-map has a link to a sub-map with notes about that essay. --[[User:SimonTeW|SimonTeW]] 02:44, 18 Mar 2008 (PDT)<br />
* <mm>[[:CoderToDeveloper_InternetLinks.mm|Coder To Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software|flash|title Coder To Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software - Contents|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=2]]</mm>: Notes from the book '''Coder To Developer: Tools and Strategies for Delivering Your Software''', by Mike Gunderloy (2004). While the principles are universal, the tools mentioned are specific to .NET. The links from the book that appear in the mind-maps have all been checked and updated (March 2008), where required. This mind-map acts as a contents page, just listing the topics covered in the book. --[[User:SimonTeW|SimonTeW]] 19:20, 20 Mar 2008 (PDT)<br />
* <mm>[[:Software_design_patterns.mm|flash|200px|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=2|Software design patterns (from GOF)]]</mm> --[[User:Nikolai.a|Nikolai.a]] 00:15, 20 Sep 2007 (PDT)<br />
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=====FreeMind=====<br />
* <mm>[[:FreeMind_Resources.mm|A quick map of what, where and how to use FreeMind]]</mm> --[[User:Markr121|Markr121]] 13:15, 22 Nov 2006 (PST)<br />
* <mm>[[:Bubblenfork.080.mm|flash|How to emulate labelled edges]]</mm> --[[User:kenrob|kenrob]] 2007-02-14 22:15<br />
* <mm>[[:MultiRoots.080.mm|flash|How to emulate multiple roots]]</mm> --[[User:kenrob|kenrob]] 2007-02-18 01:17<br />
* [http://tinyurl.com/3x9opb How to mirror nodes about the root] --[[User:kenrob|kenrob]] 2007-05-06 15:30 '''(This link seems to be broken)'''<br />
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=====Lotus Notes=====<br />
[http://www.bruceelgort.com/blogs/be.nsf/plinks/BELT-6DRT5M A MindMap template for Lotus Notes/Domino development] -- [[User:Spamarty|Spamarty]] 12:02, 25 Nov 2008 (UTC)<br />
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=====Miscellaneous=====<br />
* [http://www.mapbible.com/index.html Bible mindmap]<br />
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* Mindmaps about software (e.g. AJAX, XML etc etc) and project management |http://www.mp3monster.org/new/techie/]<br />
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*I would like mind map to be able to <mm>[[:Pie_Menu_Project.mm| export as a javascript Pie Menu, ]]</mm> not a tree menu. That will give similar functionality without flash or java and make this a true break-out product. --[[User:Phalseid|Phalseid]] 22:49, 14 Jul 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* <mm>[[:StarLogoTNG.mm|flash|Star LOGO TNG: the good, the bad and the interesting]]</mm> Now with working links! --[[User:Ddaniels|Ddaniels]] 22:34, 29 Mar 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* <mm>[[:Cool_Tools.mm|flash|Cool Tools]]</mm> --[[User:timshau|timshau]] 26 Mar 2007<br />
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* <mm>[[:blender.mm|applet|Blender Mindmap]]</mm> --[[User:cellstorm|cellstorm]] 10 Sept 2007 - work in progress of a (huge) mind map for the open source 3d program [http://www.blender.org Blender]. As I have problems with the flash plugin, its distributed via applet (requires java)or you can download a [http://rapidshare.com/files/54950262/blender.html Javascript version ].<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;happy blending!<br />
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* <mm>[[:UniSAnet.mm|flash|UniSAnet|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=1]]</mm><br />
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=====SQL Server=====<br />
* <mm>[[:SQLServer2000Programming_WebLinks.mm|SQL Server 2000|flash|title SQL Server 2000 - Contents|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=3]]</mm>: Notes about SQL Server 2000 and its programming language, T-SQL. This mind-map acts as a contents page, just listing major topics. Each major topic in the mind-map has a link to a sub-map with details of that topic. [[User:SimonTeW|SimonTeW]] 02:10, 11 Apr 2008 (PDT)<br />
* <mm>[[:SQLServerTips WebLinks.mm|SQL Server 2005 Tips|flash|title SQL Server 2005 Tips - Contents|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=2]]</mm>: Equally applicable to SQL Server 2008. This mind-map acts as a contents page, just listing major topics. Each major topic in the mind-map has a link to a sub-map with details of that topic. [[User:SimonTeW|SimonTeW]] 21:40, 20 Oct 2008 (UTC)<br />
* <mm>[[:SQL2008_WebLinks.mm|What's New in SQL Server 2008|flash|title What's New in SQL Server 2008 - Contents|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=2]]</mm>: Changes from SQL Server 2005. This mind-map acts as a contents page, just listing major topics. Each major topic in the mind-map has a link to a sub-map with details of that topic. [[User:SimonTeW|SimonTeW]] 04:21, 16 Oct 2008 (UTC)<br />
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=====TRUCOS=====<br />
Teachable, Reusable Units of Cognition in Open Source: Open Source software presented by means of the TRUC [[#Educational|educational]] pattern. <br />
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* <mm>[[:EnhydraXMLC_TRUC.mm|flash|title Enhydra XMLC (XML Compiler)|presentation: Enhydra XMLC (XML Compiler)]]</mm> (For more resources, expand "alternative names" node.) --[[User:Cgr|Cgr]] 17:25, 14 Aug 2007 .<br />
* <mm>[[:ApacheMaven_fmv08.mm|flash|title Apache Maven 2|build: Apache Maven 2]]</mm> --[[User:Cgr|Cgr]] 23:25, 25 Jan 2008.<br />
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===Business Procedures, Workflows, Models===<br />
*<mm>[[:Cs2.mm| Customer Service]]</mm> as I see it. ---[[User:Phalseid|Phalseid]] 23:07, 14 Jul 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* [http://maps.mundstein.at/ Sascha Mundstein's maps] on mind mapping and business topics, including attacking problems, creativity, a model for venture capital investment analysis, risk management plan, a book review, and an online marketing framework.<br />
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* [http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/bizplan.zip Business Plan generator], contains a mindmap and a small number of OpenOffice.org spreadsheets (linked to from within the mindmap). Most nodes on the mindmap have notes containing clear explanations of what you need to do, and the rest are self-explanatory. Use this to work out your business plan. Add all the info as notes on the nodes. When you're happy with it, export it to OpenOffice Writer format, then edit the doc and link in the spreadsheets, and hey presto, you've got a complete polished business plan ready to take to the bank or your favourite VC.<br />
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* [http://startsimple.com/mark/directory/mindmap.html Start Simple Branding MindMap] <mm>[[:Map.mm|On Freemind]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:VIP.mm|VIP Support Processes]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:ERPImplementation.mm|flash|Global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Implementation Strategy]]</mm> --[[User:Thierry|Thierry]] 2007-03-08<br />
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* <mm>[[:ContractPrcocessing.mm|flash|Leasing Contract Processing]]</mm> --[[User:Latief|Latief]]<br />
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* <mm>[[:Careerplanning.mm|flash|Career planning]]</mm> --[[User:Ddaniels|Ddaniels]] 01:23, 25 Mar 2007 (PDT)<br />
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** <mm>[[:Sample_ENFP.mm|flash|Sample Career planning]]</mm> --[[User:Ddaniels|Ddaniels]] 22:56, 14 Apr 2007 (PDT)<br />
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** <mm>[[:ThoughtfulStudentCareerPlan.mm|flash|Thoughtful student career planning]]</mm>--[[User:Ddaniels|Ddaniels]] 00:04, 23 Apr 2007 (PDT)<br />
** <mm>[[:Scheduling.png|how to schedule in Mind Map]]</mm> --<br />
[[User:Njesung|Noshir Jesung]] 14:31, 5 Aug 2008 (pdt)<br />
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====non profits====<br />
* <mm>[[:Tècniques_aplicades_a_l'automatització_d'habitatges_i_edificis_tema_2.mm.mm|flash| francesc situation in NOLA]]</mm>--[[User:Francesc feliu|Francesc feliu]] 13:29, 28 Jun 2010 (UTC)<br />
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===Chemistry===<br />
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* <mm>[[:Aesica.mm|flash|Aesica]]</mm> -- 26 April 2007.<br />
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* <mm>[[:Chemical_Sources.mm|flash|Chemical Sources]]</mm> -- 26 April 2007. (Note html formatting has been lost in this map??)<br />
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===Education===<br />
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* <mm>[[:Writing_an_essay_with_FreeMind.mm|flash|Writing an Essay With FreeMind]]</mm><br />
* <mm>[[:Student production of materials.mm|flash|Student production of materials]]</mm>--[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 00:48, 5 Aug 2009 (UTC)<br />
* <mm>[[:Mindmaps_at_Work.mm|flash|Mindmaps_at_Work]]</mm><br />
* <mm>[[:Yukl2.mm|flash|Leadership in Organizations]]</mm><br />
* <mm>[[:Reversementoring.mm|flash|reverse mentoring]]</mm> --[[User:Ddaniels|Ddaniels]] 22:48, 23 Mar 2007 (PDT)<br />
* <mm>[[:TRUC_EducationalPattern.mm|flash|title TRUC: Teachable, Reusable Units of Cognition - Educational Pattern by Bertrand Meyer|TRUC: Teachable, Reusable Units of Cognition]]</mm> . An educational pattern by Bertrand Meyer. (reference: Teachable, Reusable Units of Cognition, in Computer (IEEE), vol. 39, no. 4, April 2006, pages 20-24. http://se.ethz.ch/~meyer/publications/computer/truc.pdf) --[[User:Cgr|Cgr]] 11:45, 14 Aug 2007<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Personal Learning Environment]]<br />
* <mm>[[:Writing_a_Lab_Report.mm]]</mm> --[[User:George Huczek]] Nov 26, 2009<br />
* <mm>[[:ToastmasterAccomplishments.mm|flash|Toastmasters Education Tracking]]</mm> Free Mind will help you track your progress in the [http://www.toastmasters.org/MainMenuCategories/WhatisToastmasters.aspx Toastmasters International] program. Consider this a template for you. You can use it to record the specific dates of accomplished projects in the program until you are awarded the [http://www.toastmasters.org/MainMenuCategories/WhatisToastmasters/CommunicationandLeadershipTraining.aspx Distinguish Toastmasters (DT)]. Written by [[User:MADCookie|MADCookie]].<br />
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====Education Technology====<br />
* <mm>[[:Moodle_Thoughts_and_Issues.mm|flash|How Moodle can help teachers become managers and not secretaries]]</mm>--[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 19:57, 5 Sep 2009 (UTC)<br />
* <mm>[[:Webcam_in_the_classroom.mm|flash|using a cheap webcam to aid in instruction in the classroom and beyond]]</mm>--[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 19:46, 5 Sep 2009 (UTC)<br />
* <mm>[[:Moodle_and_Life_and_Sugar11.mm|flash|Moodle Education Platform and Linux for education and Sugar OLPC]]</mm>--[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 19:46, 5 Sep 2009 (UTC)<br />
:This is the updated one with a name change.<br />
* <mm>[[:Intro_Prog_Concepts.mm|flash|intro to programming concepts]]</mm> --[[User:Ddaniels|Ddaniels]] 23:53, 28 Mar 2007 (PDT)<br />
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===Publishing===<br />
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* <mm>[[:Connexions.mm|flash|Educational Publishing Connexions]]</mm> --[[User:Dennis Daniels|Dennis Daniels]] 19:37, 4 Aug 2009 (UTC)<br />
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===Medicine===<br />
* <mm>[[:diagnosing_headaches_with_chinese_medicine.mm|flash|Diagnosing Headaches with Chinese Medicine]]</mm><br />
* <mm>[[:Cannulation.mm|flash|Cannulation]]</mm><br />
* <mm>[[:ED_Efficiency_and_Effectiveness.mm|flash|ED Efficiency and Effectiveness.mm]]</mm><br />
* <mm>[[:Risk_Management.mm|flash|Risk_Management]]</mm><br />
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===Technology===<br />
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===Travel===<br />
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* <mm>[[:Indonesia.mm|flash|Indonesia Travel Notes - In Progress|parameters startCollapsedToLevel=1]]</mm><br />
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===Spirituality===<br />
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* <mm>[[:Romans_3v1-20.mm|An example of how I use it for Biblical exegesis]]</mm> --[[User:Ironblood|Ironblood]] 03:39, 26 May 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* <mm>[[:Calvinism.mm|flash|Calvinist Sects]]</mm> --[[User:Ddaniels|Ddaniels]] 00:07, 24 Mar 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* [[Map/QBL|the 4 QBL worlds and the mann]]<br />
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* <mm>[[:Haji.mm|flash|Pelaksanaan Ibadah Haji jamaah dari Indonesia]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:8limbs.mm|flash|8 Limbs of Yoga]]</mm><br />
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* [http://www.humanmindmap.net MindMap of a Human - The spiritual perspective]<br />
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* [http://SantMat.LivingCosmos.org The SantMat Lineage Charts]<br />
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* <mm>[[:Gita.mm|flash|Introduction to Bhagavad Gita]]</mm><br />
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* [http://radhakunda.com/freemind/Garbhodakasayi_Visnu.html A genealogical tree of the birth and descendants of personalities from the Vedic literature, Srimad-Bhagavatam - Bhagavata Purana]<br />
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===Miscellaneous===<br />
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* <mm>[[:VirtualRealityReviewProcess.mm|flash|VirtualRealityMovieReviewProcess]]</mm> --[[User:Ddaniels|Ddaniels]] 23:20, 24 Mar 2007 (PDT)<br />
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* <mm>[[:METACOGNITION.mm|flash|METACOGNITION]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:PERSONAL_DEVELOPMENT.mm|flash|PERSONAL_DEVELOPMENT]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:Tester.mm|flash|title Jason's map|Jason's map]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:Generic_LIFE_BALANCE_ANALYSIS.mm|flash|Generic_LIFE_BALANCE_ANALYSIS]]</mm><br />
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* Steuerrecht.mm moved to the Mind Map Gallery in [[Mind Map Gallery/German|German]]<br />
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* <mm>[[:PublicMaps.mm|applet|Daniel's Public Maps using the java applet]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:PublicMaps.mm|flash|Daniel's Public Maps using the flash browser]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:PMTCT_test.mm|flash|PMTCT]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:Pandora_Music_Mapv6.mm|flash|Pandora Music Map]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:Thanksgiving_Menu.mm|flash|Waifs and Strays Thanksgiving Menu]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:IASC_PRODUCT.mm|applet|Develop a product]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:WebsitesForMom3.mm|applet|notitle|Websites For Mom]]</mm><br />
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* <mm>[[:Negotiation_v3.mm|flash|notitle|Power and Negotiations]]</mm><br />
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==Non-English galleries==<br />
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Mind map galleries not in English, in alphabetical order:<br />
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* [[Mind Map Gallery/Bahasa Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Catalan|Catalan]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Chinese|Chinese]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/French|French]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/German|German]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Hungarian|Hungarian]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Italian|Italian]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Japanese|Japanese]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Korean|Korean]] (broken Link?)<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Portuguese|Portuguese]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Russian|Russian]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Spanish|Spanish]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Turkish|Turkish]]<br />
* [[Mind Map Gallery/Vietnamese|Tiếng Việt]]<br />
<br />
==External galleries==<br />
Galleries of FreeMind mind maps on the web:<br />
* [http://www.kylemulka.com/freemind/ Kyle Mulka's Class Notes]<br />
* [http://www.meetmind.com/tag/finance Freemind gallery mind maps related to finance] <br />
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[[Category:Mind_Map_Gallery]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=15818Main Page2023-08-21T12:38:40Z<p>Dan Polansky: remove mm pointing to Freemind.mm: it no longer works after the plugin/addon has been disabled (can be added back later if the plugin/addon is made to work again)</p>
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[[#Do_you_want_to_reward_authors_for_their_work?|Reward authors]]<br><br />
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= FreeMind - free mind mapping software =<br />
<br />
FreeMind is a premier free [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map mind-mapping] software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click &quot;fold / unfold&quot; and &quot;follow link&quot; operations.<br />
<br />
So you want to '''write''' a completely new '''metaphysics'''? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to '''refactor''' your '''essays''' in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal '''knowledge base''', which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to '''prioritize''', '''know''' where you are, where you've been and '''where you are heading''',<br />
as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?<br />
<br />
'''Did FreeMind make you angry?''' [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320014 Write a complaint].<br />
==Download==<br />
<br />
See [[Download]].<br />
<br />
Get yourself what about '''6000 users download each week'''[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?period=weekly]. FreeMind 1.0.1 was downloaded nearly 6 million times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-06-09]. More at [[Statistics]].<br />
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==Project news==<br />
<br />
: ''See more at [[News]].''<br />
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'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta2. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/801fce22/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac users see below!''') (7 Feb 2016).'''</p><br />
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'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta1. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/60e34aca/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (22 Jun 2015).'''</p><br />
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'''New <font color="green">release</font> FreeMind 1.0.1 [[Download|available for download]]. It is a bug fix release for 1.0.0. For details see the [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/83e004f6/?limit=25#1b9d Open-Discussion Page] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (12 Apr 2014).</p><br />
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<font color="green">'''New Release FreeMind 1.0.0 [[Download|available]] (19 Oct 2013).''' </font> The release has a lot of new functions (in comparison with the 0.9.0 release two years ago). Especially clones, collaboration and geographical maps are the major new functions. The most important usability addition is the spell checker (thanks to Eike). For an overview over new features, see [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]].</p><br />
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<font color="green">'''Information for Mac Maverick (10.9) and Mountain Lion (10.8) Users (20 Aug 2012).''' </font> After the download, the operating system reports that the application has not been signed and reminds you that the default security preferences prevent you from running such applications. There is an easy workaround, namely control-clicking on the icon and selecting Open.</p><br />
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<font color="green">'''FreeMind has made it as the finalist for the 2009 Community Choice Award in the category "Most likely to change the way you do everything"!! Thanks for your trust in our project.</font> '''</p><br />
<br />
==Running==<br />
<br />
To run FreeMind, do one of the following.<br />
<br />
* in Windows, double click '''Freemind.exe''', or<br />
* on any operating system, double click '''freemind.jar''' in the <tt>lib/</tt> folder of the folder in which FreeMind has been installed.<br />
<br />
FreeMind runs on various operating systems:<br />
* [[Windows]]<br />
* [[MacOS|macOS]]<br />
* [[FreeMind on Linux|Linux]]<br />
<br />
==Getting a taste of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
You can view mind maps created with FreeMind '''now''' in your web browser, if you have Java 1.4 installed.<br />
{| {{Table style}}<br />
! Map<br />
! Note<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mind Map Gallery]]<br />
| Mind maps contributed by FreeMind users, embedded into this wiki.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps.html Daniel's public map]<br />
| Some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html Daniel's public map (HTML)]<br />
| Map exported into HTML; some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
<br />
: ''See more in [[Screenshots]].''<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| [[File:FreeMind-computer-knowledge-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-learning-german-080.png|290px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-freemind-development-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-my-health-080.png|290px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Uses of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
Current users of FreeMind use it for the following purposes:<br />
<br />
* '''Keeping track of projects''', including subtasks, state of subtasks and time recording<br />
* Project '''workplace''', including links to necessary files, executables, source of information and of course information<br />
* Workplace for '''internet research''' using Google and other sources<br />
* Keeping a collection of small or middle sized '''notes''' with links on some area which expands as needed. Such a collection of notes is sometimes called '''knowledge base'''.<br />
* '''Essay writing''' and '''brainstorming''', using colors to show which essays are open, completed, not yet started etc, using size of nodes to indicate size of essays. I don't have one map for one essay, I have one map for all essays. I move parts of some essays to other when it seems appropriate.<br />
* Keeping a '''small database''' of something with '''structure''' that is either '''very dynamic''' or '''not known in advance'''. The main disadvantage of such approach when compared to traditional database applications are poor query possibilities, but I use it that way anyway - contacts, recipes, medical records etc. You learn about the structure from the additional data items you enter. For example, different medical records use different structure and you do not have to analyze all the possible structures before you enter the first medical record.<br />
* Commented '''internet favorites''' or '''bookmarks''', with colors and fonts having the meaning you want.<br />
<br />
== Features ==<br />
<br />
Apart from other things, this release of FreeMind features:<br />
<br />
* Fully functional '''following of HTML links''' stored in the nodes, be it www links or links to local files.<br />
* From very early versions, Freemind supports '''folding''' which is its essential property.<br />
* '''Fast one-click navigation''', including folding / unfolding on one click and following links on one click at the same time (you don't have to make choice between fast following of links and fast fold/unfold). You can move the map by dragging the map's background as well as using mouse wheel.<br />
* '''Undo'''<br />
* '''Smart Drag'n Drop''', including the possibility to copy nodes or copy style of nodes; dragging and dropping of multiple selected nodes; dropping of texts or list of files from outside<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting into''', including pasting of links from HTML or structuring the pasted content on the basis of the number of leading spaces in a line; pasting of lists of selected files<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting from''', including plain text and RTF (MS Wordpad, MS Word, MS Outlook messages).<br />
* '''Export of map to HTML''', with folding (see [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html example])<br />
* '''Find''' facility, where found items are shown one by one as you do &quot;find next&quot;, and the map is unfolded only for the current item.<br />
* Possibility to use and '''edit long multiline nodes'''; even with '''newlines'''<br />
* Possibility to decorate nodes with '''built-in icons''', colors and different fonts.<br />
* '''Low costs of risk of switching away''' to another mind mapping tool, because FreeMind stores maps in '''XML''' format. If you have a lot of maps created by FreeMind and you want to switch to another program, writing a conversion program should be easy, especially if that program features Visual Basic scripting facility. Christoph Rissner describes in his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.pdf article] at [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/veranstaltungen/seminar/abgeschlossen.html IICM site] his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.tar.gz implementation] of data exchange between FreeMind and MindManager.<br />
* File mode enables you to '''browse the files on your computer''', '''seeing''' the folder structure '''as mind map'''.<br />
* See more details in [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/Freemind-development.html Freemind development tree]<br />
<br />
Weak spots include:<br />
<br />
* The support of '''pictures''' in nodes is in preliminary stage. When you want to carry a map around with you, you have to take care that you take the image files with you.<br />
* FreeMind is basically '''one user''' application. Although users can in principle work on the same map, there is only '''preliminary locking mechanism''' to prevent conflicts, at the time, switched off by default.<br />
* In '''rare cases''', '''following of HTML''' links in the web browser '''does not work''' on some computers; the same holds for opening local files.<br />
* '''Limited''' support for '''fancy graphics'''.<br />
<br />
== License ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software free software] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software open source software], licensed under GNU GPL V2+ ([http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]), where "V2+" means "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version". Basically, that means that you are free to use FreeMind to whatever purpose you want without paying for that, and that any code derived from current FreeMind's code must also be licensed under GPL V2+. See also [[Licensing]].<br />
<br />
== Get help from other users ==<br />
<br />
Ask a question on FreeMind's [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum. Also, consider looking at the collection of [[Asked Questions|asked questions]], using the search function of your browser. If you're unlike most of computer users, you may also consider reading the documentation, accessible from the menu Help > Documentation; press Ctrl + F to search through the documentation. For ''Linux'' users, [[FreeMind on Linux]] page may be helpful.<br />
<br />
== Documentation ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Documentation]].''<br />
<br />
Documentation available includes the following.<br />
<br />
* Mind map documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Documentation''.<br />
* Windows help-like documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Help''.<br />
* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind%20User%20Guide%20by%20Shailaja%20Kumar%20(manual).pdf Printable documentation in PDF]<br />
<br />
== Alternatives to using FreeMind ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Alternatives to FreeMind]]''.<br />
<br />
To achieve that which FreeMind offers, you can use variety of tools.<br />
<br />
* ''Free or freeware mind mapping program'', like [http://www.thinkgraph.com Thinkgraph], [http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ VYM - View Your Mind], [http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ Kdissert], [[XMind]] and [[Freeplane]] (FreeMind fork).<br />
* ''Commercial mind mapping program'', like [http://www.mindjet.com/ MindManager], [http://www.inspiration.com/ Inspiration], [http://www.mindgenius.com/ MindGenius], [http://www.visual-mind.com/ Visual Mind] or [http://mindmapper.com/ MindMapper].<br />
* ''Note editor'' / ''reference manager'' / ''PIM - personal information manager'', like [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html Key Note] for Windows, [http://basket.kde.org/index.php BasKet Note Pads] for Linux, and [http://www.tuxcards.de/ TuxCards] for Linux.<br />
* Text editor with ''Outline mode'', like. [http://www.microsoft.com/office/ MS Word], [http://www.lyx.org/ LyX] or [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs].<br />
* Text editor with ''Folding mode'', e.g. [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs], [http://www.vim.org/ Vim] or [http://www.jedit.org jEdit].<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner ''Outliner''], like cross-platform [http://outliner.sourceforge.net/ Java outline editor], MS Windows based [http://hardtware.de/index.cgi?site=products&action=outliner Outliner], and Python-based outliner [http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Leo] (Python License).<br />
* A ''concept map editor'', like multiplatform freeware [http://cmap.ihmc.us/ CmapTools], GNU GPL-licensed [http://www.conzilla.org/ Conzilla] in Java, or freeware [http://compendium.open.ac.uk/institute/ Compendium].<br />
* ''Presentation software'', like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Impress OpenOffice Impress], used for drawing ''concept maps''.<br />
<br />
== Authors and contributors ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Authors and contributors]].''<br />
<br />
Several people have substantially contributed to the development of FreeMind, including the following.<br />
<br />
* Jörg Müller<br />
* Daniel Polansky<br />
* Petr Novak<br />
* Christian Foltin<br />
* Dimitry Polivaev<br />
<br />
Many other people have contributed.<br />
<br />
===Tools===<br />
<br />
FreeMind team uses:<br />
* YourKit Java Profiler, donated by [http://www.yourkit.com YourKit], for analysis of memory consumption and performance issues<br />
* Enterprise Architect, donated by [http://www.sparxsystems.eu/ Sparx Systems], for design tasks.<br />
<br />
== Do you want to reward authors for their work? ==<br />
<br />
Drop us a line saying that you like FreeMind. You can do it on our [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=320015 Thank you for the music] forum - just start a new thread and click &quot;Post commment&quot;; it's really easy. We are always glad to read that someone finds FreeMind useful. This definitely increases our motivation. Also, we appreciate to read what attracts you on FreeMind, and what is your most important case of use of FreeMind.<br />
<br />
For questions with problems, there is [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum and there is a bug tracker; see [[Reporting bugs]].<br />
<br />
==Testimonials==<br />
<br />
What users say about FreeMind includes the following.<br />
<br />
'''Krishna Teja, 24.3.2011''':<br />
For about 6 years I have only been ''dreaming'' of organizing my life in<br />
some manner. There are far too many variables and unknowns, and I never knew<br />
''how or where to begin organizing''. After 6 years of procrastination and<br />
a catastrophic crash in life, I hit mind maps and FreeMind. It looks like the<br />
search is over, I can now organize my thoughts in one place and get a clear<br />
picture of my own life. The flexibility of the software is only limited by one's<br />
imagination. ''Hats off to the team'' for contributing this gem to the open<br />
source world. After only days of using this software I can say its the best<br />
thing since sliced bread. My joy is boundless. I hope to stick to FreeMind throughout<br />
my life to organize stuff.<br />
<br />
Krishna Teja,<br />
Hyderabad India<br />
<br />
'''Andrea, 25.7.2008:''' I rediscovered Freemind last week while my proposal for a multi million USD<br />
contract was being reviewed in a tender in a ministry.<br />
The reviewer was keeping all details under perfect control at lightspeed, giving<br />
hard times to us proposers noticing every single missing or glitch in our<br />
documents.<br />
<br />
How could he be doing this?<br />
<br />
I just asked: mind mapping software was the response. He made a big mind map<br />
of the whole proposal and checked all the nodes one by one. As easy as this.<br />
<br />
Well, I was fascinated, after passing the tender review (YESSSSSSS!!!) I just<br />
browsed my PC where freemind was sitting quiet since a couple of years. I just<br />
launched it and applied it to my current project: a BIG software system delivery<br />
to an important bank.<br />
<br />
Guys, in 3 days I made a perfect job in tracking activities, preparing project<br />
status meeting, todo lists, reports, software test result diagrams... I'm just<br />
amazed.<br />
<br />
>From now on I'll use it for everything.<br />
<br />
Thanks for this precious piece of software.<br />
<br />
'''Rich, 14.4.2004:''' First off, congratulations on a truly awesome application with a fantastically intuitive interface... I thought I'd spend 10 minutes evaluating it but I had so much fun I ended up playing for hours - I even missed lunch!<br />
<br />
'''Daniel, 1.2.2003:''' How do I know that FreeMind is a high productivity tool? The answer is I don't. I am using FreeMind on daily basis and am very satisfied with the benefits it brings me. What I really consider important is that when I use FreeMind, most of the time I don't have to<br />
ask myself &quot;how do I do this thing in FreeMind&quot;, but I rather just do what I need without thinking about it. FreeMind makes my task of collecting, organizing and analyzing information on a given topic much easier.<br />
<br />
'''James, 14.10.2002:''' Now, having tried out the new release, I can tell you: It's brilliant! Well done!<br />
<br />
'''Henning, 21.11.2002:''' I recently started using FreeMind and I'm rather delightet. After getting to known it, it immediately became one of my every-day-use-tools.<br />
<br />
'''Joe, 20.1.2003:''' I downloaded Freemind several months ago and it has become a vital part of my daily activites. I am enormously grateful for the program.<br />
<br />
'''Paul, 9.2.2003:''' What a splendid piece of work!<br />
<br />
'''Tom, 13.2.2003:''' I appreciate version 6.1 very much. Having the DnD capability into and out of my emails has now made Freemind the source document for my management work. 6.1 is stable, simple and elegant in text, lines, and manipulation. I prefer such elegance to commercial versions<br />
because I have work to do, not time to make things look better. This is a superb complexity organizer.<br />
<br />
I also use it at home to capture my martial arts learning as I head towards a<br />
black belt. I put in the basic movements and the katas or arranged groups of<br />
movements. I use that when I practice at home.<br />
<br />
'''Perry, 10.4.2003:''' I have been using FreeMind for two or three months now, and find it totally indispensable! I simply can't say enough good things about how it has helped me get on top of an overwhelming workload. I've tried task managers and project managers ad-nauseam, and they are<br />
either too simplistic or too cumbersome.<br />
<br />
Links:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320015 Thank you for the music] forum, sourceforge.net -- more positive reactions, from which the above was selected years ago<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/reviews/ freemind/reviews], sourceforge.net -- user reviews using SourceForge's dedicated tool<br />
* [[Marketing]] -- dedicated marketing page<br />
<br />
== Reviews ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind has been reviewed in the following articles and blogs:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/38918 Can open source software free your mind?], September 10th, 2004 (linux.com)<br />
* [http://sorou.sh/2006/02/26/mind-mapping-with-freemind-review Mind Mapping with FreeMind (Review)], February 26th, 2006 (hyperreality.wordpress.com)<br />
<br />
See more at [[marketing]] page.<br />
<br />
== More pages ==<br />
<br />
This website also features the following pages.<br />
<br />
[[Forums]] ~<br />
[[Requests for enhancements]] ~<br />
[[Import and export]] ~<br />
[[Flash browser]] ~<br />
[[FreeMindPDA]] ~<br />
[[Freemind Win Collab]] ~<br />
[[Sandbox]] ~ <br />
[[Documentation efforts]] ~<br />
[[Plugins]] ~<br />
[[Short patches]] ~<br />
[[Tutorial effort]] ~<br />
[[User.properties]] ~ [[Videos]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]<br />
<br />
</table></div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Tools_importing_FreeMind_mind_maps&diff=14602Tools importing FreeMind mind maps2023-06-12T12:14:45Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>The following tools can import FreeMind mind maps:<br />
* Probably [[Freeplane]], a fork of FreeMind.<br />
* MindManager[https://onlinehelp.mindjet.com/help/Mindmanager/19/EN/import_a_freemind_file.htm]<br />
* ConceptDraw MINDMAP, as per [https://www.conceptdraw.com/How-To-Guide/video-how-to-import-Mind-Maps-from-freemind How to Import Mind Maps from FreeMind], conceptdraw.com<br />
* MindMeister, as per [https://support.mindmeister.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017498199-Import-Text-Files-and-Mind-Maps-into-MindMeister Import Text Files and Mind Maps into MindMeister], support.mindmeister.com<br />
* EdrawMind[https://www.edrawmind.com/guide/open-import-mind-map.html]<br />
* XMind[https://support.xmind.net/hc/en-us/articles/4403290901529-Import-File]<br />
* Mindomo[https://help.mindomo.com/basics/import-mind-maps/]<br />
* TheBrain[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOG27PgcTf4]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[File format]]<br />
* [[Import and export]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Marketing&diff=14601Marketing2023-06-12T09:32:20Z<p>Dan Polansky: +Tools importing FreeMind mind maps</p>
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===How you can help - add a FreeMind button to your site===<br />
<br />
Visit our [[buttons and banners]] page in order to get banners and buttons you can put on your web site. <br />
<br />
===Who writes about FreeMind on the web===<br />
<br />
====English====<br />
<br />
* [http://www.ehartwell.com/BlogArchive/categories/infoscraper/infoscraper_old.html Freemind: an incredible thought organization tool.], 28 July 2003, originally at iunknown.com<br />
<br />
* [http://www.framasoft.net/article2894.html Freemind], 31 July 2004, framasoft.net, French blog entry<br />
<br />
* [http://kennethhunt.com/archives/000846.html FreeMind is free mind-mapping software in Java XML], 2 August 2003, kennethhunt.com, "Seriously cool software package."<br />
<br />
* [http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/001128.php FreeMind mind mapper], 22 August 2003, hebig.org, "Sometimes, I come across software I don't want to miss even after the shortest test drive."<br />
<br />
* [http://archive09.linux.com/feature/38918 Can open source software free your mind?], 13 September 2004, originally at newsforge.com<br />
<br />
* [http://crawford.blogs.com/fresh_mown_hay/2005/01/project_managem.html Terrific Product Management Tool], 2 January 2005, crawford.blogs.com<br />
<br />
* [http://resultsmatter.blogspot.com/2006/03/open-source-mind-map-tool-free-mind.html Open Source Mind Map Tool - Free Mind], 30 March 2006, resultsmatter.blogspot.com<br />
<br />
* [http://www.innovationmanagement.se/imtool-articles/freemind-open-source-mind-mapping-app-is-capable-flexible FreeMind open-source mind mapping app is capable, flexible], 18 October 2006, originally at InnovationTools.com<br />
<br />
* [http://opensourcezoo.blogspot.com/2007/06/freemind.html Freemind], 19 June 2007, opensourcezoo.blogspot.com<br />
<br />
* [http://www.macworld.com/article/1136808/freemind081.html Review: FreeMind 0.8.1], 18 November 2008, macworld.com<br />
<br />
* [https://lifehacker.com/hive-five-five-best-mind-mapping-applications-5188833 Hive Five: Five Best Mind Mapping Applications] by Jason Fitzpatrick, 29 March 2009, lifehacker.com<br />
<br />
* [http://www.marcomilani.it/2009/06/my-todo-map-evolved.html?lang=en My “ToDo” Map … evolved], 6 June 2009, marcomilani.it<br />
<br />
* [http://movingtofreedom.org/2009/08/27/freemind/ FreeMind Review], 27 August 2009, movingtofreedom.org<br />
<br />
* [http://auxilus.com/blog/2009/10/24/using-mindmaps-in-a-gtd-system/ Using Mind Maps in a GTD System], October 2009, auxilus.com/blog<br />
<br />
* [http://www.graphic.org/mind-mapping-software/freemind-review.html Review of FreeMind], 24 November 2009, graphic.org<br />
<br />
* [http://www.pcworld.com/article/232143/freemind.html FreeMind], 18 March 2010, pcworld.com<br />
<br />
* [http://shevdon.com/tools-for-writing-5-freemind Tools for Writing 5 – FreeMind], 5 July 2010, shevdon.com<br />
<br />
* [http://whowritesforyou.com/2011/02/09/freemind-a-product-review-guest-post-by-penny-mattern/ FreeMind: A Product Review & Guest Post By Penny Mattern], 9 February 2011, by Randy Murray,whowritesforyou.com<br />
<br />
* [http://lifehacker.com/five-best-mind-mapping-tools-476534555 Five Best Mind Mapping Tools] by Alan Henry, 21 April 2013, lifehacker.com<br />
<br />
* [https://lifehacker.com/the-best-mind-mapping-apps-of-2019-1838851298?rev=1570733700574 The Best Mind-Mapping Apps of 2019] by David Murphy, 10 October 2019, lifehacker.com<br />
<br />
* [https://www.techradar.com/reviews/freemind-mind-mapping-software FreeMind mind mapping software review] by Katie Horne, 2020, techradar.com<br />
<br />
* [https://perfectgeeks.com/freemind-review/ FreeMind Review], perfectgeeks.com -- has some nice screenshots; lacks author and date<br />
<br />
====German====<br />
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeMind Wikipedia], FreeMind Seite auf der deutschen Wikipedia<br />
* [http://retoeugster.ch/freemind.jpg Arbeiten mit Freemind], Einfuhrungs-Map (jpg), Seminar zu Freemind, 06.20.2009<br />
* [http://www.mindmeister.com/26849591/freemind Mindmeister:] Einfuhrungs-Map als [http://www.mindmeister.com/26849591/freemind Mindmeister-Version]<br />
* [http://medienpraxis.ch/2007/01/26/maps-gestalten-und-weitergeben/ Maps gestalten und weitergeben] 01.26.2007 (Weblog [http://medienpraxis.ch Medienpraxis])<br />
* [http://medienpraxis.ch/2007/01/17/freemind-neue-version-nimmt-konturen-an/ Freemind: neue Version nimmt Konturen an] 01.17.2007 (Weblog [http://medienpraxis.ch Medienpraxis])<br />
* [http://www.roell.net/weblog/archiv/2004/02/24/freie_mindmapping_software_freemind.shtml Freie Mindmapping Software: FreeMind], 24.02.2004<br />
* [http://www.sat1.de/handypc/computer_internet/download/feed/3/9/2/4/4/ FreeMind], 14.04.2004 (German TV station SAT1)<br />
<br />
==== French ====<br />
<br />
* [http://www.1001nuits.org/index.php?title=Liens_externes#Mind_mapping.2C_concepts_tools.2C_UML Caverne des 1001 nuits], 23.01.2008.<br />
<br />
==== Polish ====<br />
<br />
* [http://smart.biz.pl/techblog/43-wpisy/101-mapy-mysli-w-edytorze-freemind Mapy myśli w edytorze - FreeMind], 08.06.2010.<br />
* [http://dochodowo.pl/samodoskonalenie/freemind-mapy-mysli-na-komputerze FreeMind/ - mapy mysli na komputerze], 05.06.2007.<br />
<br />
==== Russian ====<br />
<br />
* [http://www.goldsoftware.ru/freemind FreeMind - упорядочиваем сознание], 02.08.2008.<br />
<br />
==== Japanese ====<br />
<br />
* [http://sourceforge.jp/projects/freemind-ja/ Japanese Translation for FreeMind 0.9.0], 26.12.2008.<br />
* [http://freemind.asia/ FreeMind Users Forum (Japanese)], 26.12.2008.<br />
<br />
==== Turkish ====<br />
<br />
* [http://www.tohumlar.org/?p=41/ Brief introduction to mindmaps and Freemind, makes use of the applet], 15.02.2010.<br />
<br />
=== Advertisement ===<br />
<br />
* According to Mark Twain, "Never pick a fight with a man who buys his ink by the barrel." Did you use FreeMind to make your thinking difficult to attack by writing your thoughts down, and reviewing them and criticizing later?<br />
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<br />
=== FreeMind competition and relatives ===<br />
<br />
The main alternatives to FreeMind are discussed at the [[Main Page#Alternatives to using FreeMind]]. Some of these and others are further discussed here. See also [[Alternatives to FreeMind]].<br />
<br />
* [http://www.topicscape.com/ '''3D Topicscape''']. A 3D mind mapping software.<br />
* [http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/onenote/default.asp '''Microsoft OneNote''']. Well, that does not compete. It is surely more powerful in many areas, but essentialy weaker in the core area of organizing and information hiding.<br />
* [http://www.matchware.com/EN/products/openmind/default.htm '''OpenMind 2'''] is a commercial closed source mindmapping application with strong focus on project management and its integration into Microsoft Office. It supports tasks, timings and combines them with dependencies. One of the main features is the use of '''multiple views''' including [http://www.matchware.com/EN/images/om/d_om2_mindmap.gif '''standard mind map'''] one sided hierarchical top-down and left-right, [http://www.matchware.com/EN/images/om/d_om2_timeline.gif '''time line'''], outline and [http://www.matchware.com/EN/images/om/d_om2be_gantt.gif '''Gantt-chart'''] modes. Maps can be integrated into each other (sub maps) and templates can be defined. No need to say that this software only supports Microsoft Windows.<br />
* [http://www.nelements.org/ '''Nelements KOS''']. 3D mind mapping software.<br />
* [http://www.codejedi.com/ '''ShadowPlan'''] a PalmOS based software with some desktop component. Not really a graphical mind mapper, but helps to sort thoughts in form of to-do lists.<br />
* [http://www.thinkgraph.com '''Thinkgraph''']. Free, however, not free as in freedom, with a licence which is not even open source, not to mention GNU. And using FreeMind or Thinkgraph feels very different. With FreeMind you work much faster, but in Thinkgraph you have some different display options and the positioning of elements is more free (free also means that you have to do it, which makes it slower).<br />
* [http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ '''VYM - View Your Mind''']. Vym is a GNU PGL licenced mind mapper running on Linux and Mac OS. VYM has not been reported to run on Microsoft Windows. VYM's main branches look more like in a mind manager than FreeMind. VYM stores data in XML. VYM claims to support images; it is not clear if better than FreeMind. VYM is implemented using C++ and QT toolkit. Main advantage of VYM is probably its speed. <br />
* [http://www.igrafx.com/products/flowcharter/ '''ABC FlowCharter'''] by MicroGrafx and [http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio/ '''Microsoft Visio'''] are considered to be good mind mapping tool by some people.<br />
* [http://www.freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ '''Kdissert'''] is a GPL mindmapper software with an emphasis on creating structured documents.<br />
* [http://mappio.com/ '''Mappio - FreeMind MindMap Library''']. Web library that lets you browse/share/download mind maps in FreeMind format.<br />
<br />
=== Websites using FreeMind Applet ===<br />
<br />
* [http://dochodowo.pl/samodoskonalenie/freemind-mapy-mysli-na-komputerze/ Dochodowo.pl]<br />
* http://mambo.mamboforge.net/RoadMap.html<br />
* [http://www.startsimple.com/mark/index.html Start Simple Mind Map / Java Version Used For A Directory]<br />
* [http://litemind.com/ Litemind] book summaries:<br />
** [http://litemind.com/the-now-habit/ ''The Now Habit'']<br />
** [http://litemind.com/one-small-step-can-change-your-life/ ''One Small Step Can Change Your Life'']<br />
** [http://litemind.com/never-eat-alone/ ''Never Eat Alone'']<br />
** [http://litemind.com/getting-to-yes/ ''Getting to Yes'']<br />
** [http://litemind.com/journal-to-the-self/ ''Journal to the Self'']<br />
** [http://litemind.com/medici-effect/ ''The Medici Effect'']<br />
** [http://litemind.com/how-to-think-like-leonardo-da-vinci/ ''How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci'']<br />
** [http://litemind.com/whole-new-mind/ ''A Whole New Mind'']<br />
** [http://litemind.com/brain-rules/ ''Brain Rules'']<br />
<br />
=== See also ===<br />
* [[Videos]]<br />
* [[Tools importing FreeMind mind maps]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Tools_importing_FreeMind_mind_maps&diff=14600Tools importing FreeMind mind maps2023-06-12T09:31:33Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>The following tools can import FreeMind mind maps:<br />
* Probably [[Freeplane]], a fork of FreeMind.<br />
* MindManager[https://onlinehelp.mindjet.com/help/Mindmanager/19/EN/import_a_freemind_file.htm]<br />
* ConceptDraw MINDMAP, as per [https://www.conceptdraw.com/How-To-Guide/video-how-to-import-Mind-Maps-from-freemind How to Import Mind Maps from FreeMind], conceptdraw.com<br />
* MindMeister, as per [https://support.mindmeister.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017498199-Import-Text-Files-and-Mind-Maps-into-MindMeister Import Text Files and Mind Maps into MindMeister], support.mindmeister.com<br />
* EdrawMind[https://www.edrawmind.com/guide/open-import-mind-map.html]<br />
* XMind[https://support.xmind.net/hc/en-us/articles/4403290901529-Import-File]<br />
* Mindomo[https://help.mindomo.com/basics/import-mind-maps/]<br />
* TheBrain[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOG27PgcTf4]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Import and export]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Tools_importing_FreeMind_mind_maps&diff=14599Tools importing FreeMind mind maps2023-06-12T09:08:17Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>The following tools can import FreeMind mind maps:<br />
* Probably [[Freeplane]], a fork of FreeMind.<br />
* MindManager[https://onlinehelp.mindjet.com/help/Mindmanager/19/EN/import_a_freemind_file.htm]<br />
* ConceptDraw MINDMAP, as per [https://www.conceptdraw.com/How-To-Guide/video-how-to-import-Mind-Maps-from-freemind How to Import Mind Maps from FreeMind], conceptdraw.com<br />
* MindMeister, as per [https://support.mindmeister.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017498199-Import-Text-Files-and-Mind-Maps-into-MindMeister Import Text Files and Mind Maps into MindMeister], support.mindmeister.com<br />
* EdrawMind[https://www.edrawmind.com/guide/open-import-mind-map.html]<br />
* XMind[https://support.xmind.net/hc/en-us/articles/4403290901529-Import-File]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Import and export]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Tools_importing_FreeMind_mind_maps&diff=14598Tools importing FreeMind mind maps2023-06-12T08:54:05Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>The following tools can import FreeMind mind maps:<br />
* Probably [[Freeplane]], a fork of FreeMind.<br />
* ConceptDraw MINDMAP, as per [https://www.conceptdraw.com/How-To-Guide/video-how-to-import-Mind-Maps-from-freemind How to Import Mind Maps from FreeMind], conceptdraw.com<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Import and export]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Tools_importing_FreeMind_mind_maps&diff=14597Tools importing FreeMind mind maps2023-06-12T08:53:53Z<p>Dan Polansky: Created page with "The following tools can import FreeMind mind maps: * Probably Freeplane, a fork of FreeMind. * ConceptDraw MINDMAP, as per [How to Import Mind Maps from FreeMind https://www...."</p>
<hr />
<div>The following tools can import FreeMind mind maps:<br />
* Probably [[Freeplane]], a fork of FreeMind.<br />
* ConceptDraw MINDMAP, as per [How to Import Mind Maps from FreeMind https://www.conceptdraw.com/How-To-Guide/video-how-to-import-Mind-Maps-from-freemind]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Automatic_backups&diff=14596Automatic backups2023-06-12T08:15:58Z<p>Dan Polansky: Redirected page to Automatic backup</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Automatic backup]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=File_format&diff=14595File format2023-06-12T04:46:18Z<p>Dan Polansky: +missing attrib from 0.7.1</p>
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<div>FreeMind stores his data in own XML flavor. Up to FreeMind 0.6.5, the xml format has been unchanged.<br />
<br />
==Elements and attributes in 0.7.1==<br />
<br />
The list of elements and their attributes as of FreeMind 0.7.1 follows.<br />
<br />
* '''map''' (root element)<br />
** version (0.7.1)<br />
* '''node''' (parent element: node, map)<br />
** id (0.7.1)<br />
** text<br />
** link<br />
** folded<br />
** color<br />
** position (left or right, only for children of the root) (0.7.1)<br />
* '''edge''' (parent element: node)<br />
** style<br />
** color<br />
** width<br />
* '''font''' (parent element: node)<br />
** name<br />
** size<br />
** bold<br />
** italic<br />
* '''icon''' (parent element: node) (0.6.7)<br />
** builtin<br />
* '''cloud''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
* '''arrowlink''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
** destination (id of the target node)<br />
** startarrow (arrow style)<br />
** endarrow (arrow style)<br />
** startinclination<br />
** endinclination<br />
<br />
==Schema==<br />
<br />
A W3C schema describing FreeMind XML file format can be found in the Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind.xsd freemind.xsd] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
The schema was also copied to revision histories in the wiki, starting with FreeMind 0.8.0:<br />
* [[Freemind.xsd]]<br />
<br />
==Extensions in version 0.9.0==<br />
<br />
Wiki documentation missing; however, the above linked freemind.xsd documents the file format as of FreeMind 1.0.1.<br />
<br />
==XML declaration==<br />
<br />
FreeMind writes no XML declaration.<br />
<br />
FreeMind ignores, upon reading a mind map, any XML declaration that can be present in a mind map file created by another program[verify].<br />
<br />
An example declaration: <code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></code><br />
<br />
External links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML#XML_declaration W:XHTML#XML_declaration].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Character encoding]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/XMLElementAdapter.java XMLElementAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- here is where most FreeMind-specific XML parsing upon reading and the corresponding creation of FreeMind Java objects is implemented, and changes in the mind map format should be usually(?) visible here<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/main/XMLElement.java XMLElement.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- the generic parsing tool from NanoXML 2 Lite, from which XMLElementAdapter.java inherits; this file should rarely see any changes<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/NodeAdapter.java NodeAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- saving is implemented here, but also in other classes that use XMLElement<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=File_format&diff=14594File format2023-06-12T04:14:52Z<p>Dan Polansky: /* Schema */</p>
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<div>FreeMind stores his data in own XML flavor. Up to FreeMind 0.6.5, the xml format has been unchanged.<br />
<br />
==Elements and attributes in 0.7.1==<br />
<br />
The list of elements and their attributes as of FreeMind 0.7.1 follows.<br />
<br />
* '''map''' (root element)<br />
** version (0.7.1)<br />
* '''node''' (parent element: node, map)<br />
** id (0.7.1)<br />
** text<br />
** link<br />
** folded<br />
** color<br />
** position (left or right, only for children of the root) (0.7.1)<br />
* '''edge''' (parent element: node)<br />
** style<br />
** color<br />
** width<br />
* '''font''' (parent element: node)<br />
** name<br />
** size<br />
** bold<br />
** italic<br />
* '''icon''' (parent element: node) (0.6.7)<br />
** builtin<br />
* '''cloud''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
* '''arrowlink''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
** destination (id of the target node)<br />
** startarrow (arrow style)<br />
** endarrow (arrow style)<br />
<br />
==Schema==<br />
<br />
A W3C schema describing FreeMind XML file format can be found in the Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind.xsd freemind.xsd] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
The schema was also copied to revision histories in the wiki, starting with FreeMind 0.8.0:<br />
* [[Freemind.xsd]]<br />
<br />
==Extensions in version 0.9.0==<br />
<br />
Wiki documentation missing; however, the above linked freemind.xsd documents the file format as of FreeMind 1.0.1.<br />
<br />
==XML declaration==<br />
<br />
FreeMind writes no XML declaration.<br />
<br />
FreeMind ignores, upon reading a mind map, any XML declaration that can be present in a mind map file created by another program[verify].<br />
<br />
An example declaration: <code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></code><br />
<br />
External links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML#XML_declaration W:XHTML#XML_declaration].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Character encoding]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/XMLElementAdapter.java XMLElementAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- here is where most FreeMind-specific XML parsing upon reading and the corresponding creation of FreeMind Java objects is implemented, and changes in the mind map format should be usually(?) visible here<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/main/XMLElement.java XMLElement.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- the generic parsing tool from NanoXML 2 Lite, from which XMLElementAdapter.java inherits; this file should rarely see any changes<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/NodeAdapter.java NodeAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- saving is implemented here, but also in other classes that use XMLElement<br />
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[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Fmt&diff=14593Fmt2023-06-12T04:14:15Z<p>Dan Polansky: Redirected page to File format</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[File format]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freemind.xsd&diff=14592Freemind.xsd2023-06-12T04:11:40Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
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<div>freemind.xsd as per FreeMind 1.0.0 (for older versions up to FreeMind 0.8.0, see revision history of this page):<br />
<pre><br />
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><br />
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified"><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='Parameters'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='REMINDUSERAT' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ORIGINAL_ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_MAP_LAT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_MAP_LON' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_MAP_TOOLTIP_LOCATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_POS_LAT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_POS_LON' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_TILE_SOURCE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_ZOOM' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CLONE_ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CLONE_IDS' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CLONE_ITSELF' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<!--Used for node notes.--><br />
<xs:element name='text'><br />
<xs:complexType/><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='arrowlink'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='DESTINATION' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='linktarget'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='SOURCE' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='DESTINATION' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='cloud'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='edge'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STYLE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='WIDTH' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='font'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='BOLD' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='ITALIC' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='false'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='SIZE' use='required' type='xs:integer'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='hook'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='Parameters' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
<xs:element ref='text' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='icon'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='BUILTIN' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='attribute'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VALUE' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='attribute_layout'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME_WIDTH' type='xs:integer' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VALUE_WIDTH' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='html'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<!--Anything that is valid XML, but should be http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml --><br />
<xs:any namespace="##any" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="skip"/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='richcontent'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<!-- And contains XHTML as unique child:--><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='html' minOccurs='1' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<!--Currently, only NODE or NOTE is allowed.--><br />
<xs:attribute name='TYPE' use='required'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='NODE'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='NOTE'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='map'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='node'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<xs:attribute name='version' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='node'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:choice minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded'><br />
<xs:element ref='arrowlink'/><br />
<xs:element ref='attribute'/><br />
<xs:element ref='attribute_layout'/><br />
<xs:element ref='linktarget'/><br />
<xs:element ref='cloud'/><br />
<xs:element ref='edge'/><br />
<xs:element ref='font'/><br />
<xs:element ref='hook'/><br />
<xs:element ref='icon'/><br />
<xs:element ref='node'/><br />
<!-- For nodes with extended formatting content or for notes to nodes. --><br />
<xs:element ref='richcontent'/><br />
</xs:choice><br />
<xs:attribute name='BACKGROUND_COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='FOLDED' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='false'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:ID' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='LINK' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='POSITION' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='left'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='right'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='STYLE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='TEXT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CREATED' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='MODIFIED' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='HGAP' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VGAP' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VSHIFT' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENCRYPTED_CONTENT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
</xs:schema><br />
</pre><br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freemind.xsd&diff=14591Freemind.xsd2023-06-12T04:11:28Z<p>Dan Polansky: version as per FreeMind 1.0.0</p>
<hr />
<div>freemind.xsd as per FreeMind 1.0.0 (for older versions up to FreeMind 0.8.0, see revision history of this page):<br />
<pre><br />
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><br />
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified"><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='Parameters'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='REMINDUSERAT' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ORIGINAL_ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_MAP_LAT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_MAP_LON' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_MAP_TOOLTIP_LOCATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_POS_LAT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_POS_LON' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_TILE_SOURCE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='XML_STORAGE_ZOOM' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CLONE_ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CLONE_IDS' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CLONE_ITSELF' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<!--Used for node notes.--><br />
<xs:element name='text'><br />
<xs:complexType/><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='arrowlink'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='DESTINATION' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='linktarget'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='SOURCE' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='DESTINATION' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='cloud'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='edge'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STYLE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='WIDTH' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='font'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='BOLD' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='ITALIC' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='false'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='SIZE' use='required' type='xs:integer'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='hook'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='Parameters' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
<xs:element ref='text' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='icon'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='BUILTIN' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='attribute'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VALUE' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='attribute_layout'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME_WIDTH' type='xs:integer' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VALUE_WIDTH' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='html'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<!--Anything that is valid XML, but should be http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml --><br />
<xs:any namespace="##any" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="skip"/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='richcontent'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<!-- And contains XHTML as unique child:--><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='html' minOccurs='1' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<!--Currently, only NODE or NOTE is allowed.--><br />
<xs:attribute name='TYPE' use='required'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='NODE'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='NOTE'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='map'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='node'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<xs:attribute name='version' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='node'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:choice minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded'><br />
<xs:element ref='arrowlink'/><br />
<xs:element ref='attribute'/><br />
<xs:element ref='attribute_layout'/><br />
<xs:element ref='linktarget'/><br />
<xs:element ref='cloud'/><br />
<xs:element ref='edge'/><br />
<xs:element ref='font'/><br />
<xs:element ref='hook'/><br />
<xs:element ref='icon'/><br />
<xs:element ref='node'/><br />
<!-- For nodes with extended formatting content or for notes to nodes. --><br />
<xs:element ref='richcontent'/><br />
</xs:choice><br />
<xs:attribute name='BACKGROUND_COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='FOLDED' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='false'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:ID' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='LINK' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='POSITION' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='left'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='right'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='STYLE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='TEXT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CREATED' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='MODIFIED' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='HGAP' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VGAP' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VSHIFT' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENCRYPTED_CONTENT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
</xs:schema><br />
</pre></div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freemind.xsd&diff=14590Freemind.xsd2023-06-12T04:10:33Z<p>Dan Polansky: version as per FreeMind 0.9.0</p>
<hr />
<div>freemind.xsd as per FreeMind 0.9.0:<br />
<pre><br />
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><br />
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified"><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='Parameters'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<!--Is the time management plugin.--><br />
<xs:attribute name='REMINDUSERAT' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<!--Used for node notes.--><br />
<xs:element name='text'><br />
<xs:complexType/><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='arrowlink'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='DESTINATION' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='cloud'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='edge'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STYLE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='WIDTH' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='font'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='BOLD' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='ITALIC' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='false'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='SIZE' use='required' type='xs:integer'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='hook'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='Parameters' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
<xs:element ref='text' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='icon'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='BUILTIN' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='html'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<!--Anything that is valid XML, but should be http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml --><br />
<xs:any namespace="##any" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" processContents="skip"/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='richcontent'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<!-- And contains XHTML as unique child:--><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='html' minOccurs='1' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<!--Currently, only NODE or NOTE is allowed.--><br />
<xs:attribute name='TYPE' use='required'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='NODE'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='NOTE'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='map'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='node'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<xs:attribute name='version' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='node'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:choice minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded'><br />
<xs:element ref='arrowlink'/><br />
<xs:element ref='cloud'/><br />
<xs:element ref='edge'/><br />
<xs:element ref='font'/><br />
<xs:element ref='hook'/><br />
<xs:element ref='icon'/><br />
<xs:element ref='node'/><br />
<!-- For nodes with extended formatting content or for notes to nodes. --><br />
<xs:element ref='richcontent'/><br />
</xs:choice><br />
<xs:attribute name='BACKGROUND_COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='FOLDED' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='false'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:ID' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='LINK' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='POSITION' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='left'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='right'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='STYLE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='TEXT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CREATED' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='MODIFIED' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='HGAP' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VGAP' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VSHIFT' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENCRYPTED_CONTENT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
</xs:schema><br />
</pre></div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freemind.xsd&diff=14589Freemind.xsd2023-06-12T04:09:23Z<p>Dan Polansky: Created page with "freemind.xsd as per FreeMind 0.8.0: <pre> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified"> <xs:elem..."</p>
<hr />
<div>freemind.xsd as per FreeMind 0.8.0:<br />
<pre><br />
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><br />
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified"><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='Parameters'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<!--Is the time management plugin.--><br />
<xs:attribute name='REMINDUSERAT' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<!--Used for node notes.--><br />
<xs:element name='text'><br />
<xs:complexType/><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='arrowlink'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='DESTINATION' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENDINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTARROW' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STARTINCLINATION' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='cloud'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='edge'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='STYLE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='WIDTH' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='font'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='BOLD' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='ITALIC' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='false'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='SIZE' use='required' type='xs:integer'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='hook'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='Parameters' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
<xs:element ref='text' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<xs:attribute name='NAME' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='icon'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:attribute name='BUILTIN' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='map'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:sequence><br />
<xs:element ref='node'/><br />
</xs:sequence><br />
<xs:attribute name='version' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
<br />
<xs:element name='node'><br />
<xs:complexType><br />
<xs:choice minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='unbounded'><br />
<xs:element ref='arrowlink'/><br />
<xs:element ref='cloud'/><br />
<xs:element ref='edge'/><br />
<xs:element ref='font'/><br />
<xs:element ref='hook'/><br />
<xs:element ref='icon'/><br />
<xs:element ref='node'/><br />
</xs:choice><br />
<xs:attribute name='BACKGROUND_COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='COLOR' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='FOLDED' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='true'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='false'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='ID' type='xs:ID' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='LINK' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='POSITION' use='optional'><br />
<xs:simpleType><br />
<xs:restriction base='xs:string'><br />
<xs:enumeration value='left'/><br />
<xs:enumeration value='right'/><br />
</xs:restriction><br />
</xs:simpleType><br />
</xs:attribute><br />
<xs:attribute name='STYLE' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='TEXT' type='xs:string' use='required'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='CREATED' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='MODIFIED' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='HGAP' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VGAP' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='VSHIFT' type='xs:integer' use='optional'/><br />
<xs:attribute name='ENCRYPTED_CONTENT' type='xs:string' use='optional'/><br />
</xs:complexType><br />
</xs:element><br />
</xs:schema><br />
</pre></div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14588Freeplane2023-06-10T17:07:37Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++.<br />
<br />
Download statistics:<br />
* As 9 June 2023, Freeplane is downloaded about 14,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly], whereas FreeMind is downloaded about 6,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly]; in April, Freeplane was downloaded about 8,000 times a week.<br />
* As 9 June 2023, FreeMind's last final release is from 12 April 2014, nearly a decade ago. Freeplane most recent release is from 28 May 2023.<br />
<br />
Release classification:<br />
* Freeplane does not use the ranks of alpha, beta and release candidate (RC). FreeMind did use alpha, beta and RC ranks, as late as of FreeMind 1.1.0 Beta2 from 2016, when FreeMind development activity ceased.<br />
* Freeplane has a freeplane preview file section:<br />
** [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/freeplane%20preview/ freeplane/files/freeplane preview]<br />
* Thus, there is the rank ''preview'', which must be something like beta and release candidate, but not differentiated.<br />
* As per the "freeplane preview" file section:<br />
** "This directory contains the latest preview versions of Freeplane created for testing purposes almost every week."<br />
** "The data format of the maps saved and read by preview versions can be changed without any notice."<br />
* There is [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Release_cycle.html Release cycle] page in Freeplane documentation, in "attic"; this does talk of alpha, beta and RC. This is probably no longer followed, as per the file section and as per this being in the attic.<br />
<br />
Spelling:<br />
* Freeplane is spelled with lowercase "p", whereas FreeMind is spelled with uppercasee "M".<br />
<br />
Discussion:<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/discussions freeplane/discussions], github.com -- since March 2022<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freeplane/discussion/758437/thread/20baf2dcb7/ Trial: Using Discussion Forums and Tickets at GitHub replacing SourceForge], 10 Mar 2022, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
File format:<br />
* Freeplane file format is extended beyond that of FreeMind to support additional features.<br />
* Documentation:<br />
** [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Current_Freeplane_File_Format.html Current Freeplane File Format], docs.freeplane.org -- in the attic<br />
** [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/New_Freeplane_File_Format_(Proposal).html New Freeplane File Format (Proposal)], docs.freeplane.org -- in the attic; this seems to be a proposal that was never implemented<br />
* File format stability: hard to assess; there is no *.xsd file in the source code tree to specify the file format. By contrast, FreeMind has a .xsd file describing the file format that seems to have been kept up to date, linked from [[File format]] page.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Statistics]]<br />
* [[Releases]]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=File_format&diff=14587File format2023-06-10T17:07:25Z<p>Dan Polansky: /* Schema */</p>
<hr />
<div>FreeMind stores his data in own XML flavor. Up to FreeMind 0.6.5, the xml format has been unchanged.<br />
<br />
==Elements and attributes in 0.7.1==<br />
<br />
The list of elements and their attributes as of FreeMind 0.7.1 follows.<br />
<br />
* '''map''' (root element)<br />
** version (0.7.1)<br />
* '''node''' (parent element: node, map)<br />
** id (0.7.1)<br />
** text<br />
** link<br />
** folded<br />
** color<br />
** position (left or right, only for children of the root) (0.7.1)<br />
* '''edge''' (parent element: node)<br />
** style<br />
** color<br />
** width<br />
* '''font''' (parent element: node)<br />
** name<br />
** size<br />
** bold<br />
** italic<br />
* '''icon''' (parent element: node) (0.6.7)<br />
** builtin<br />
* '''cloud''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
* '''arrowlink''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
** destination (id of the target node)<br />
** startarrow (arrow style)<br />
** endarrow (arrow style)<br />
<br />
==Schema==<br />
<br />
A W3C schema describing FreeMind XML file format can be found in the Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind.xsd freemind.xsd] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Extensions in version 0.9.0==<br />
<br />
Wiki documentation missing; however, the above linked freemind.xsd documents the file format as of FreeMind 1.0.1.<br />
<br />
==XML declaration==<br />
<br />
FreeMind writes no XML declaration.<br />
<br />
FreeMind ignores, upon reading a mind map, any XML declaration that can be present in a mind map file created by another program[verify].<br />
<br />
An example declaration: <code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></code><br />
<br />
External links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML#XML_declaration W:XHTML#XML_declaration].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Character encoding]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/XMLElementAdapter.java XMLElementAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- here is where most FreeMind-specific XML parsing upon reading and the corresponding creation of FreeMind Java objects is implemented, and changes in the mind map format should be usually(?) visible here<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/main/XMLElement.java XMLElement.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- the generic parsing tool from NanoXML 2 Lite, from which XMLElementAdapter.java inherits; this file should rarely see any changes<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/NodeAdapter.java NodeAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- saving is implemented here, but also in other classes that use XMLElement<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=File_format&diff=14586File format2023-06-10T16:54:03Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>FreeMind stores his data in own XML flavor. Up to FreeMind 0.6.5, the xml format has been unchanged.<br />
<br />
==Elements and attributes in 0.7.1==<br />
<br />
The list of elements and their attributes as of FreeMind 0.7.1 follows.<br />
<br />
* '''map''' (root element)<br />
** version (0.7.1)<br />
* '''node''' (parent element: node, map)<br />
** id (0.7.1)<br />
** text<br />
** link<br />
** folded<br />
** color<br />
** position (left or right, only for children of the root) (0.7.1)<br />
* '''edge''' (parent element: node)<br />
** style<br />
** color<br />
** width<br />
* '''font''' (parent element: node)<br />
** name<br />
** size<br />
** bold<br />
** italic<br />
* '''icon''' (parent element: node) (0.6.7)<br />
** builtin<br />
* '''cloud''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
* '''arrowlink''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
** destination (id of the target node)<br />
** startarrow (arrow style)<br />
** endarrow (arrow style)<br />
<br />
==Schema==<br />
<br />
A W3C schema can be found in the Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind.xsd freemind.xsd] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Extensions in version 0.9.0==<br />
<br />
Wiki documentation missing; however, the above linked freemind.xsd documents the file format as of FreeMind 1.0.1.<br />
<br />
==XML declaration==<br />
<br />
FreeMind writes no XML declaration.<br />
<br />
FreeMind ignores, upon reading a mind map, any XML declaration that can be present in a mind map file created by another program[verify].<br />
<br />
An example declaration: <code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></code><br />
<br />
External links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML#XML_declaration W:XHTML#XML_declaration].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Character encoding]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/XMLElementAdapter.java XMLElementAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- here is where most FreeMind-specific XML parsing upon reading and the corresponding creation of FreeMind Java objects is implemented, and changes in the mind map format should be usually(?) visible here<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/main/XMLElement.java XMLElement.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- the generic parsing tool from NanoXML 2 Lite, from which XMLElementAdapter.java inherits; this file should rarely see any changes<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/NodeAdapter.java NodeAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- saving is implemented here, but also in other classes that use XMLElement<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=File_format&diff=14585File format2023-06-10T16:40:11Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>FreeMind stores his data in own XML flavor. Up to FreeMind 0.6.5, the xml format has been unchanged.<br />
<br />
==Elements and attributes in 0.7.1==<br />
<br />
The list of elements and their attributes as of FreeMind 0.7.1 follows.<br />
<br />
* '''map''' (root element)<br />
** version (0.7.1)<br />
* '''node''' (parent element: node, map)<br />
** id (0.7.1)<br />
** text<br />
** link<br />
** folded<br />
** color<br />
** position (left or right, only for children of the root) (0.7.1)<br />
* '''edge''' (parent element: node)<br />
** style<br />
** color<br />
** width<br />
* '''font''' (parent element: node)<br />
** name<br />
** size<br />
** bold<br />
** italic<br />
* '''icon''' (parent element: node) (0.6.7)<br />
** builtin<br />
* '''cloud''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
* '''arrowlink''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
** destination (id of the target node)<br />
** startarrow (arrow style)<br />
** endarrow (arrow style)<br />
<br />
==Schema==<br />
<br />
A W3C schema can be found in the Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind.xsd freemind.xsd] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Extensions in version 0.9.0==<br />
<br />
Wiki documentation missing; however, the above linked freemind.xsd documents the file format as of FreeMind 1.0.1.<br />
<br />
==XML declaration==<br />
<br />
FreeMind writes no XML declaration.<br />
<br />
FreeMind ignores, upon reading a mind map, any XML declaration that can be present in a mind map file created by another program[verify].<br />
<br />
An example declaration: <code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></code><br />
<br />
External links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML#XML_declaration W:XHTML#XML_declaration].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Character encoding]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/XMLElementAdapter.java XMLElementAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- here is where most FreeMind-specific XML parsing upon reading and the corresponding creation of FreeMind Java objects is implemented, and changes in the mind map format should be usually(?) visible here<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/main/XMLElement.java XMLElement.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- the generic parsing tool from NanoXML 2 Lite, from which XMLElementAdapter.java inherits; this file should rarely see any changes<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=File_format&diff=14584File format2023-06-10T16:40:05Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>FreeMind stores his data in own XML flavor. Up to FreeMind 0.6.5, the xml format has been unchanged.<br />
<br />
==Elements and attributes in 0.7.1==<br />
<br />
The list of elements and their attributes as of FreeMind 0.7.1 follows.<br />
<br />
* '''map''' (root element)<br />
** version (0.7.1)<br />
* '''node''' (parent element: node, map)<br />
** id (0.7.1)<br />
** text<br />
** link<br />
** folded<br />
** color<br />
** position (left or right, only for children of the root) (0.7.1)<br />
* '''edge''' (parent element: node)<br />
** style<br />
** color<br />
** width<br />
* '''font''' (parent element: node)<br />
** name<br />
** size<br />
** bold<br />
** italic<br />
* '''icon''' (parent element: node) (0.6.7)<br />
** builtin<br />
* '''cloud''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
* '''arrowlink''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
** destination (id of the target node)<br />
** startarrow (arrow style)<br />
** endarrow (arrow style)<br />
<br />
==Schema==<br />
<br />
A W3C schema can be found in the Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind.xsd freemind.xsd] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Extensions in version 0.9.0==<br />
<br />
Wiki documentation missing; however, the above linked freemind.xsd documents the file format as of FreeMind 1.0.1.<br />
<br />
==XML declaration==<br />
<br />
FreeMind writes no XML declaration.<br />
<br />
FreeMind ignores, upon reading a mind map, any XML declaration that can be present in a mind map file created by another program[verify].<br />
<br />
An example declaration: <code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></code><br />
<br />
External links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML#XML_declaration W:XHTML#XML_declaration].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Character encoding]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/XMLElementAdapter.java XMLElementAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- here is where most FreeMind-specific XML parsing upon reading and the corresponding creation of FreeMind Java objects is implemented, and changes in the mind map format should be usually(?) visible here<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/main/XMLElement.java XMLElement.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- the generic parsing tool fromNanoXML 2 Lite, from which XMLElementAdapter.java inherits; this file should rarely see any changes<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=File_format&diff=14583File format2023-06-10T16:36:56Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>FreeMind stores his data in own XML flavor. Up to FreeMind 0.6.5, the xml format has been unchanged.<br />
<br />
==Elements and attributes in 0.7.1==<br />
<br />
The list of elements and their attributes as of FreeMind 0.7.1 follows.<br />
<br />
* '''map''' (root element)<br />
** version (0.7.1)<br />
* '''node''' (parent element: node, map)<br />
** id (0.7.1)<br />
** text<br />
** link<br />
** folded<br />
** color<br />
** position (left or right, only for children of the root) (0.7.1)<br />
* '''edge''' (parent element: node)<br />
** style<br />
** color<br />
** width<br />
* '''font''' (parent element: node)<br />
** name<br />
** size<br />
** bold<br />
** italic<br />
* '''icon''' (parent element: node) (0.6.7)<br />
** builtin<br />
* '''cloud''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
* '''arrowlink''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
** destination (id of the target node)<br />
** startarrow (arrow style)<br />
** endarrow (arrow style)<br />
<br />
==Schema==<br />
<br />
A W3C schema can be found in the Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind.xsd freemind.xsd] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Extensions in version 0.9.0==<br />
<br />
Wiki documentation missing; however, the above linked freemind.xsd documents the file format as of FreeMind 1.0.1.<br />
<br />
==XML declaration==<br />
<br />
FreeMind writes no XML declaration.<br />
<br />
FreeMind ignores, upon reading a mind map, any XML declaration that can be present in a mind map file created by another program[verify].<br />
<br />
An example declaration: <code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></code><br />
<br />
External links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML#XML_declaration W:XHTML#XML_declaration].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Character encoding]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/modes/XMLElementAdapter.java XMLElementAdapter.java] in Git, sourceforge.net -- here is where most FreeMind-specific XML parsing upon reading and the corresponding creation of FreeMind Java objects is implemented, and changes in the mind map format should be usually(?) visible here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=File_format&diff=14582File format2023-06-10T16:17:20Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>FreeMind stores his data in own XML flavor. Up to FreeMind 0.6.5, the xml format has been unchanged.<br />
<br />
==Elements and attributes in 0.7.1==<br />
<br />
The list of elements and their attributes as of FreeMind 0.7.1 follows.<br />
<br />
* '''map''' (root element)<br />
** version (0.7.1)<br />
* '''node''' (parent element: node, map)<br />
** id (0.7.1)<br />
** text<br />
** link<br />
** folded<br />
** color<br />
** position (left or right, only for children of the root) (0.7.1)<br />
* '''edge''' (parent element: node)<br />
** style<br />
** color<br />
** width<br />
* '''font''' (parent element: node)<br />
** name<br />
** size<br />
** bold<br />
** italic<br />
* '''icon''' (parent element: node) (0.6.7)<br />
** builtin<br />
* '''cloud''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
* '''arrowlink''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
** destination (id of the target node)<br />
** startarrow (arrow style)<br />
** endarrow (arrow style)<br />
<br />
==Schema==<br />
<br />
A W3C schema can be found in the Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind.xsd freemind.xsd] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Extensions in version 0.9.0==<br />
<br />
Wiki documentation missing; however, the above linked freemind.xsd documents the file format as of FreeMind 1.0.1.<br />
<br />
==XML declaration==<br />
<br />
FreeMind writes no XML declaration.<br />
<br />
FreeMind ignores, upon reading a mind map, any XML declaration that can be present in a mind map file created by another program[verify].<br />
<br />
An example declaration: <code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></code><br />
<br />
External links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML#XML_declaration W:XHTML#XML_declaration].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Character encoding]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=File_format&diff=14581File format2023-06-10T16:11:24Z<p>Dan Polansky: /* Schema */</p>
<hr />
<div>FreeMind stores his data in own XML flavor. Up to FreeMind 0.6.5, the xml format has been unchanged.<br />
<br />
==Elements and attributes in 0.7.1==<br />
<br />
The list of elements and their attributes as of FreeMind 0.7.1 follows.<br />
<br />
* '''map''' (root element)<br />
** version (0.7.1)<br />
* '''node''' (parent element: node, map)<br />
** id (0.7.1)<br />
** text<br />
** link<br />
** folded<br />
** color<br />
** position (left or right, only for children of the root) (0.7.1)<br />
* '''edge''' (parent element: node)<br />
** style<br />
** color<br />
** width<br />
* '''font''' (parent element: node)<br />
** name<br />
** size<br />
** bold<br />
** italic<br />
* '''icon''' (parent element: node) (0.6.7)<br />
** builtin<br />
* '''cloud''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
* '''arrowlink''' (parent element: node) (0.7.1)<br />
** color<br />
** destination (id of the target node)<br />
** startarrow (arrow style)<br />
** endarrow (arrow style)<br />
<br />
==Schema==<br />
<br />
A W3C schema can be found in the Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind.xsd freemind.xsd] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Extensions in version 0.9.0==<br />
<br />
TODO.<br />
<br />
==XML declaration==<br />
<br />
FreeMind writes no XML declaration.<br />
<br />
FreeMind ignores, upon reading a mind map, any XML declaration that can be present in a mind map file created by another program[verify].<br />
<br />
An example declaration: <code><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?></code><br />
<br />
External links: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHTML#XML_declaration W:XHTML#XML_declaration].<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Character encoding]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14580Freeplane2023-06-10T15:59:54Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++.<br />
<br />
Download statistics:<br />
* As 9 June 2023, Freeplane is downloaded about 14,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly], whereas FreeMind is downloaded about 6,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly]; in April, Freeplane was downloaded about 8,000 times a week.<br />
* As 9 June 2023, FreeMind's last final release is from 12 April 2014, nearly a decade ago. Freeplane most recent release is from 28 May 2023.<br />
<br />
Release classification:<br />
* Freeplane does not use the ranks of alpha, beta and release candidate (RC). FreeMind did use alpha, beta and RC ranks, as late as of FreeMind 1.1.0 Beta2 from 2016, when FreeMind development activity ceased.<br />
* Freeplane has a freeplane preview file section:<br />
** [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/freeplane%20preview/ freeplane/files/freeplane preview]<br />
* Thus, there is the rank ''preview'', which must be something like beta and release candidate, but not differentiated.<br />
* As per the "freeplane preview" file section:<br />
** "This directory contains the latest preview versions of Freeplane created for testing purposes almost every week."<br />
** "The data format of the maps saved and read by preview versions can be changed without any notice."<br />
* There is [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Release_cycle.html Release cycle] page in Freeplane documentation, in "attic"; this does talk of alpha, beta and RC. This is probably no longer followed, as per the file section and as per this being in the attic.<br />
<br />
Spelling:<br />
* Freeplane is spelled with lowercase "p", whereas FreeMind is spelled with uppercasee "M".<br />
<br />
Discussion:<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/discussions freeplane/discussions], github.com -- since March 2022<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freeplane/discussion/758437/thread/20baf2dcb7/ Trial: Using Discussion Forums and Tickets at GitHub replacing SourceForge], 10 Mar 2022, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
File format:<br />
* Freeplane file format is extended beyond that of FreeMind to support additional features.<br />
* Documentation:<br />
** [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Current_Freeplane_File_Format.html Current Freeplane File Format], docs.freeplane.org -- in the attic<br />
** [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/New_Freeplane_File_Format_(Proposal).html New Freeplane File Format (Proposal)], docs.freeplane.org -- in the attic; this seems to be a proposal that was never implemented<br />
* File format stability: hard to assess; there is no *.xsd file in the source code tree to specify the file format.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Statistics]]<br />
* [[Releases]]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14579Freeplane2023-06-10T15:59:38Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++.<br />
<br />
Download statistics:<br />
* As 9 June 2023, Freeplane is downloaded about 14,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly], whereas FreeMind is downloaded about 6,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly]; in April, Freeplane was downloaded about 8,000 times a week.<br />
* As 9 June 2023, FreeMind's last final release is from 12 April 2014, nearly a decade ago. Freeplane most recent release is from 28 May 2023.<br />
<br />
Release classification:<br />
* Freeplane does not use the ranks of alpha, beta and release candidate (RC). FreeMind did use alpha, beta and RC ranks, as late as of FreeMind 1.1.0 Beta2 from 2016, when FreeMind development activity ceased.<br />
* Freeplane has a freeplane preview file section:<br />
** [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/freeplane%20preview/ freeplane/files/freeplane preview]<br />
* Thus, there is the rank ''preview'', which must be something like beta and release candidate, but not differentiated.<br />
* As per the "freeplane preview" file section:<br />
** "This directory contains the latest preview versions of Freeplane created for testing purposes almost every week."<br />
** "The data format of the maps saved and read by preview versions can be changed without any notice."<br />
* There is [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Release_cycle.html Release cycle] page in Freeplane documentation, in "attic"; this does talk of alpha, beta and RC. This is probably no longer followed, as per the file section and as per this being in the attic.<br />
<br />
Spelling:<br />
* Freeplane is spelled with lowercase "p", whereas FreeMind is spelled with uppercasee "M".<br />
<br />
Discussion:<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/discussions freeplane/discussions], github.com -- since March 2022<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freeplane/discussion/758437/thread/20baf2dcb7/ Trial: Using Discussion Forums and Tickets at GitHub replacing SourceForge], 10 Mar 2022, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
File format:<br />
* Freeplace file format is extended beyond that of FreeMind.<br />
* Documentation:<br />
** [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Current_Freeplane_File_Format.html Current Freeplane File Format], docs.freeplane.org -- in the attic<br />
** [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/New_Freeplane_File_Format_(Proposal).html New Freeplane File Format (Proposal)], docs.freeplane.org -- in the attic; this seems to be a proposal that was never implemented<br />
* File format stability: hard to assess; there is no *.xsd file in the source code tree to specify the file format.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Statistics]]<br />
* [[Releases]]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Menu&diff=14578Menu2023-06-10T15:22:02Z<p>Dan Polansky: more on context menus</p>
<hr />
<div>This page should document all considerations on menu structure and naming of menu items. It should also list menu items to easy search and for a particular view on the functionality available.<br />
<br />
==Menu structure==<br />
Menu structure in FreeMind 1.0.1:<br />
* File<br />
** New<br />
** Open<br />
** Save<br />
** Save As...<br />
** Revert<br />
** Create Encrypted Map...<br />
** Save All<br />
** Close<br />
** ----<br />
** Export<br />
*** Branch as New Mind<br />
*** ----<br />
*** As HTML<br />
*** Branch as HTML<br />
*** As XHTML (JavaScript Version)...<br />
*** As XHTML (Clickable map image version)...<br />
*** As Java Applet...<br />
*** As Flash<br />
*** As Open Office Writer Document...<br />
*** ----<br />
*** As PNG...<br />
*** As JPEG...<br />
*** As PDF...<br />
*** Branch as PDF...<br />
*** As SVG<br />
*** ----<br />
*** Using XSLT...<br />
*** Tasks from TASKS node to TaskJuggler File...<br />
*** Resources from RESOURCES node to TaskJuggler File...<br />
*** As Twiki<br />
** ----<br />
** Import<br />
*** Branch...<br />
*** Linked Branch<br />
*** (Linked Branch) Without Root...<br />
*** ----<br />
*** Explorer Favorites<br />
*** Folder Structure<br />
*** MindManager X5 Map...<br />
*** ...<br />
** ----<br />
** Page Setup...<br />
** Print...<br />
** Print Preview...<br />
** ----<br />
** Most Recent Files<br />
** ----<br />
** Quit<br />
* Edit<br />
** Undo<br />
** Redo<br />
** ----<br />
** Select All Visible<br />
** Select Visible Branch<br />
** ----<br />
** Cut<br />
** Copy<br />
** Copy Single<br />
** Paste<br />
** Paste as Plain Text<br />
** Paste as Clone<br />
** Deactivate Clone<br />
** Copy Format<br />
** Paste Format<br />
** ----<br />
** Edit Node<br />
** Edit Long Node...<br />
** Edit Attributes<br />
** Remove Node<br />
** ----<br />
** Find<br />
** Find Next<br />
** Find and Replace...<br />
** Search for address node in map<br />
* View<br />
** Toolbar<br />
** Secondary Toolbar<br />
** ----<br />
** Rectangular Selection<br />
** Zoom In<br />
** Zoom Out<br />
** Zoom to Fit to Page<br />
** ----<br />
** Note Window<br />
** ----<br />
** Attributes<br />
*** Show All Attributes<br />
*** Show Selected Attributes<br />
*** Hide All Attributes<br />
* Insert<br />
** New Child Node<br />
** New Sibling Node<br />
** New Previous Sibling Node<br />
** New Parent Node<br />
** ----<br />
** Icons<br />
*** Select Icon<br />
*** Remove Last Icon<br />
*** Remove All Icons<br />
*** ----<br />
*** ...<br />
** Insert Encrypted Node<br />
** Toggle Crypted / Encrypted<br />
** Image (File Chooser or Link)...<br />
** Hyperlink (File Chooser)...<br />
** Hyperlink (Text Field)...<br />
** Add Graphical Link<br />
** Add Local Link<br />
** ----<br />
** Cloud<br />
* Format<br />
** Change Format...<br />
** ----<br />
** Use Rich Formatting<br />
** Use Plain Text<br />
** Physical Style<br />
*** Manage Patterns...<br />
*** ... physical style/pattern list ...<br />
** ----<br />
** Fork<br />
** Bubble<br />
** ----<br />
** Larger Font<br />
** Smaller Font<br />
** Italic<br />
** Bold<br />
** Node Color...<br />
** Blend Color...<br />
** Node Background Color...<br />
** Remove Node Background Color<br />
** Reset Position<br />
** Remove Notes<br />
** ----<br />
** Automatic Layout<br />
** Blinking Node<br />
** Show Icons Hierarchically<br />
** Cloud Color...<br />
** ----<br />
** Edge Color<br />
** Edge Styles<br />
*** Linear<br />
*** Bezier<br />
*** Sharp Linear<br />
*** Sharp Bezier<br />
** Edge Widths<br />
*** Parent<br />
*** Thin<br />
*** 1<br />
*** 2<br />
*** 4<br />
*** 8<br />
* Navigate<br />
** Move to Root<br />
** Node Up<br />
** Node Down<br />
** Node Left<br />
** Node Right<br />
** ----<br />
** Toggle Folded<br />
** (Un)fold Children<br />
** Last Edit Location<br />
** Back<br />
** Forward<br />
** Unfold All<br />
** Fold All<br />
** Unfold One Level<br />
** Fold One Level<br />
** ----<br />
** Open Hyperlink<br />
** Open Directory to Link<br />
** ----<br />
** Note Edit Switch<br />
** ----<br />
** Show Clone Nodes<br />
* Tools<br />
** Join Nodes<br />
** Split Node<br />
** Sort Children<br />
** Change Root Node<br />
** ----<br />
** Show Modification Times<br />
** Show Revisions in Yellow<br />
** ----<br />
** Attribute Manager<br />
** Assign Attributes<br />
** ----<br />
** Show Calendar...<br />
** Show Time Scheduler List...<br />
** ----<br />
** Evaluate<br />
** Script Editor<br />
** ----<br />
** Share Map...<br />
** Join Map...<br />
** ----<br />
** Show Map<br />
** ----<br />
** Preferences...<br />
* Maps<br />
** Previous Map<br />
** Next Map<br />
** Move Map Left<br />
** Move Map Right<br />
** ----<br />
** ... map list ...<br />
** ----<br />
** Browse Mode<br />
** Mind Map Mode<br />
** File Mode<br />
* Help<br />
** Documentation<br />
** FreeMind's Home Page<br />
** FAQ<br />
** Key Documentation PDF<br />
** Help...<br />
** ----<br />
** Log File Viewer<br />
** ----<br />
** FreeMind's License<br />
** About<br />
<br />
Links:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/mindmap_menus.xml mindmap_menus.xml] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Context menu structure==<br />
Node context menu is the menu that appears when the user clicks on the node using right mouse button, on Windows. There is also the mind map background context menu and arrow link/connector context menu.<br />
<br />
Node context menu:<br />
* Edit Node<br />
* Edit Long Node...<br />
* Edit Attributes<br />
* Remove Node<br />
* ----<br />
* Cut<br />
* Copy<br />
* Copy Single<br />
* Paste<br />
* ----<br />
* New Child Node<br />
* New Sibling Node<br />
* New Previous Sibling Node<br />
* ----<br />
* Toggle Folded<br />
* Icons<br />
** ...<br />
* Export<br />
** ...<br />
* Format<br />
** ...<br />
* Insert<br />
** ...<br />
* Physical Style<br />
** ...<br />
* ----<br />
* Show Nodes on geographical Map<br />
* Set link to geographical map in web<br />
* Remove node's positions<br />
* Add map picture to node<br />
<br />
Mind map background context menu:<br />
* ... opened mind map list ...<br />
* ----<br />
* Toolbar<br />
* Secondary Toolbar<br />
* Note Window<br />
<br />
Arrow link/connector context menu:<br />
* Remove Arrow Link<br />
* Arrow Link Color...<br />
* ----<br />
* Line with no arrows<br />
* Line ending with an arrow<br />
* Line starting with an arrow<br />
* Line both starting and ending with an arrow<br />
* ----<br />
* Go to: starting node<br />
* Go to: ending node<br />
<br />
==Implementation==<br />
<br />
Git:<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/code/ci/master/tree/freemind/freemind/controller/MenuBar.java MenuBar.java] in Git, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Tracker==<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/feature-requests/661/ #661 'Preferences' should be under 'Edit' and not under 'Tools'], feature requests, 2008-09-29, by Wayne Gregori<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14577Freeplane2023-06-10T14:39:51Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++.<br />
<br />
Download statistics:<br />
* As 9 June 2023, Freeplane is downloaded about 14,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly], whereas FreeMind is downloaded about 6,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly]; in April, Freeplane was downloaded about 8,000 times a week.<br />
* As 9 June 2023, FreeMind's last final release is from 12 April 2014, nearly a decade ago. Freeplane most recent release is from 28 May 2023.<br />
<br />
Release classification:<br />
* Freeplane does not use the ranks of alpha, beta and release candidate (RC). FreeMind did use alpha, beta and RC ranks, as late as of FreeMind 1.1.0 Beta2 from 2016, when FreeMind development activity ceased.<br />
* Freeplane has a freeplane preview file section:<br />
** [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/freeplane%20preview/ freeplane/files/freeplane preview]<br />
* Thus, there is the rank ''preview'', which must be something like beta and release candidate, but not differentiated.<br />
* As per the "freeplane preview" file section:<br />
** "This directory contains the latest preview versions of Freeplane created for testing purposes almost every week."<br />
** "The data format of the maps saved and read by preview versions can be changed without any notice."<br />
* There is [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Release_cycle.html Release cycle] page in Freeplane documentation, in "attic"; this does talk of alpha, beta and RC. This is probably no longer followed, as per the file section and as per this being in the attic.<br />
<br />
Spelling:<br />
* Freeplane is spelled with lowercase "p", whereas FreeMind is spelled with uppercasee "M".<br />
<br />
Discussion:<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/discussions freeplane/discussions], github.com -- since March 2022<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/p/freeplane/discussion/758437/thread/20baf2dcb7/ Trial: Using Discussion Forums and Tickets at GitHub replacing SourceForge], 10 Mar 2022, sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Statistics]]<br />
* [[Releases]]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14576Freeplane2023-06-10T14:34:32Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++.<br />
<br />
Download statistics:<br />
* As 9 June 2023, Freeplane is downloaded about 14,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly], whereas FreeMind is downloaded about 6,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly]; in April, Freeplane was downloaded about 8,000 times a week.<br />
* As 9 June 2023, FreeMind's last final release is from 12 April 2014, nearly a decade ago. Freeplane most recent release is from 28 May 2023.<br />
<br />
Release classification:<br />
* Freeplane does not use the ranks of alpha, beta and release candidate (RC). FreeMind did use alpha, beta and RC ranks, as late as of FreeMind 1.1.0 Beta2 from 2016, when FreeMind development activity ceased.<br />
* Freeplane has a freeplane preview file section:<br />
** [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/freeplane%20preview/ freeplane/files/freeplane preview]<br />
* Thus, there is the rank ''preview'', which must be something like beta and release candidate, but not differentiated.<br />
* As per the "freeplane preview" file section:<br />
** "This directory contains the latest preview versions of Freeplane created for testing purposes almost every week."<br />
** "The data format of the maps saved and read by preview versions can be changed without any notice."<br />
* There is [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Release_cycle.html Release cycle] page in Freeplane documentation, in "attic"; this does talk of alpha, beta and RC. This is probably no longer followed, as per the file section and as per this being in the attic.<br />
<br />
Spelling:<br />
* Freeplane is spelled with lowercase "p", whereas FreeMind is spelled with uppercasee "M".<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Statistics]]<br />
* [[Releases]]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14575Freeplane2023-06-10T14:31:16Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++.<br />
<br />
Download statistics:<br />
* As 9 June 2023, Freeplane is downloaded about 14,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly], whereas FreeMind is downloaded about 6,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly]; in April, Freeplane was downloaded about 8,000 times a week.<br />
* As 9 June 2023, FreeMind's last final release is from 12 April 2014, nearly a decade ago. Freeplane most recent release is from 28 May 2023.<br />
<br />
Release classification:<br />
* Freeplane does not use the ranks of alpha, beta and release candidate (RC). FreeMind did use alpha, beta and RC ranks, as late as of FreeMind 1.1.0 Beta2 from 2016, when FreeMind development activity ceased.<br />
* Freeplane has a freeplane preview file section:<br />
** [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/freeplane%20preview/ freeplane/files/freeplane preview]<br />
* Thus, there is the rank ''preview'', which must be something like beta and release candidate, but not differentiated.<br />
* As per the "freeplane preview" file section:<br />
** "This directory contains the latest preview versions of Freeplane created for testing purposes almost every week."<br />
** "The data format of the maps saved and read by preview versions can be changed without any notice."<br />
* There is [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Release_cycle.html Release cycle] page in Freeplane documentation, in "attic"; this does talk of alpha, beta and RC. This is probably no longer followed, as per the file section and as per this being in the attic.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Statistics]]<br />
* [[Releases]]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14574Freeplane2023-06-10T14:21:13Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++.<br />
<br />
Download statistics:<br />
* As 9 June 2023, Freeplane is downloaded about 14,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly], whereas FreeMind is downloaded about 6,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly]; in April, Freeplane was downloaded about 8,000 times a week.<br />
* As 9 June 2023, FreeMind's last final release is from 12 April 2014, nearly a decade ago. Freeplane most recent release is from 28 May 2023.<br />
<br />
Release classification:<br />
* Freeplane does not use the ranks of alpha, beta and release candidate (RC). FreeMind did use beta and RC ranks.<br />
* Freeplane has a freeplane preview file section:<br />
** [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/freeplane%20preview/ freeplane/files/freeplane preview]<br />
* Thus, there is the rank ''preview'', which must be something like beta and release candidate, but not differentiated.<br />
* As per the "freeplane preview" file section:<br />
** "This directory contains the latest preview versions of Freeplane created for testing purposes almost every week."<br />
** "The data format of the maps saved and read by preview versions can be changed without any notice."<br />
* There is [https://docs.freeplane.org/attic/old-mediawiki-content/Release_cycle.html Release cycle] page in Freeplane documentation, in "attic"; this does talk of alpha, beta and RC. This is probably no longer followed, as per the file section and as per this being in the attic.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Statistics]]<br />
* [[Releases]]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14573Freeplane2023-06-09T14:38:14Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++.<br />
<br />
Download statistics:<br />
* As 9 June 2023, Freeplane is downloaded about 14,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly], whereas FreeMind is downloaded about 6,000 times a week[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?dates=2021-01-01+to+2023-06-09&period=weekly]; in April, Freeplane was downloaded about 8,000 times a week.<br />
* As 9 June 2023, FreeMind's last final release is from 12 April 2014, nearly a decade ago. Freeplane most recent release is from 28 May 2023.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Statistics]]<br />
* [[Releases]]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14572Freeplane2023-06-09T14:10:05Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++.<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14571Freeplane2023-06-09T14:09:53Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice: the icons, the white background color in menus, everything says something's wrong. This is so not only in comparison to FreeMind, but also, say, Notepad++ .<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14570Freeplane2023-06-09T14:01:25Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
Visuals:<br />
* Subjectively, as per Dan Polansky, Freeplane 1.9.14 looks, let's say, not so nice.<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14569Freeplane2023-06-09T14:00:19Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
<hr />
<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements:<br />
* Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher and per freeplaneGui.lj4.xml source code file.<br />
* The last version supporting JRE 1.8.0 was Freeplane 1.9.x series: Freeplane 1.9.14.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/freeplane/blob/1.11.x/freeplane_framework/launch4j/freeplaneGui.lj4.xml freeplaneGui.lj4.xml], github.com -- indicates the required JRE version<br />
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[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14568Freeplane2023-06-09T13:34:08Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
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<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements: Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the Freeplane fork in FreeMind forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01], sourceforge.net<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16], sourceforge.net<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
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[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=14567Main Page2023-06-09T12:58:24Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
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[[#Download_and_install|Download and install]]<br><br />
[[#Running|Running]]<br><br />
[[#Getting_a_taste_of_FreeMind|Get a taste of FreeMind]]<br><br />
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[[#Get_help_from_other_users|Get help]]<br><br />
[[#Documentation|Documentation]]<br><br />
[[#Alternatives_to_using_FreeMind|Alternatives to FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Authors_and_contributors|Authors and contributors]]<br><br />
[[#Do_you_want_to_reward_authors_for_their_work?|Reward authors]]<br><br />
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= FreeMind - free mind mapping software =<br />
<br />
FreeMind is a premier free [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map mind-mapping] software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click &quot;fold / unfold&quot; and &quot;follow link&quot; operations.<br />
<br />
So you want to '''write''' a completely new '''metaphysics'''? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to '''refactor''' your '''essays''' in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal '''knowledge base''', which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to '''prioritize''', '''know''' where you are, where you've been and '''where you are heading''',<br />
as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?<br />
<br />
'''Did FreeMind make you angry?''' [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320014 Write a complaint].<br />
==Download==<br />
<br />
See [[Download]].<br />
<br />
Get yourself what about '''6000 users download each week'''[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?period=weekly]. FreeMind 1.0.1 was downloaded nearly 6 million times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-06-09]. More at [[Statistics]].<br />
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==Project news==<br />
<br />
: ''See more at [[News]].''<br />
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'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta2. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/801fce22/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac users see below!''') (7 Feb 2016).'''</p><br />
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'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta1. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/60e34aca/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (22 Jun 2015).'''</p><br />
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'''New <font color="green">release</font> FreeMind 1.0.1 [[Download|available for download]]. It is a bug fix release for 1.0.0. For details see the [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/83e004f6/?limit=25#1b9d Open-Discussion Page] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (12 Apr 2014).</p><br />
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<font color="green">'''New Release FreeMind 1.0.0 [[Download|available]] (19 Oct 2013).''' </font> The release has a lot of new functions (in comparison with the 0.9.0 release two years ago). Especially clones, collaboration and geographical maps are the major new functions. The most important usability addition is the spell checker (thanks to Eike). For an overview over new features, see [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]].</p><br />
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'''New <font color="blue">release candidate</font> FreeMind 1.0.0-RC5. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/7948fe4f/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (11 Sep 2013).'''</p><br />
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<font color="green">'''Information for Mac Maverick (10.9) and Mountain Lion (10.8) Users (20 Aug 2012).''' </font> After the download, the operating system reports that the application has not been signed and reminds you that the default security preferences prevent you from running such applications. There is an easy workaround, namely control-clicking on the icon and selecting Open.</p><br />
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<font color="green">'''FreeMind has made it as the finalist for the 2009 Community Choice Award in the category "Most likely to change the way you do everything"!! Thanks for your trust in our project.</font> '''</p><br />
<br />
==Running==<br />
<br />
To run FreeMind, do one of the following.<br />
<br />
* in Windows, double click '''Freemind.exe''', or<br />
* on any operating system, double click '''freemind.jar''' in the <tt>lib/</tt> folder of the folder in which FreeMind has been installed.<br />
<br />
FreeMind runs on various operating systems:<br />
* [[Windows]]<br />
* [[MacOS|macOS]]<br />
* [[FreeMind on Linux|Linux]]<br />
<br />
==Getting a taste of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
You can view mind maps created with FreeMind '''now''' in your web browser, if you have Java 1.4 installed.<br />
{| {{Table style}}<br />
! Map<br />
! Note<br />
|-<br />
| <mm>[[:Freemind.mm|applet|FreeMind documentation]]</mm><br />
| Shown as a mind map, using a Java applet with around 700 KB.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mind Map Gallery]]<br />
| Mind maps contributed by FreeMind users, embedded into this wiki.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps.html Daniel's public map]<br />
| Some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html Daniel's public map (HTML)]<br />
| Map exported into HTML; some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
<br />
: ''See more in [[Screenshots]].''<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| [[File:FreeMind-computer-knowledge-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-learning-german-080.png|290px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-freemind-development-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-my-health-080.png|290px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Uses of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
Current users of FreeMind use it for the following purposes:<br />
<br />
* '''Keeping track of projects''', including subtasks, state of subtasks and time recording<br />
* Project '''workplace''', including links to necessary files, executables, source of information and of course information<br />
* Workplace for '''internet research''' using Google and other sources<br />
* Keeping a collection of small or middle sized '''notes''' with links on some area which expands as needed. Such a collection of notes is sometimes called '''knowledge base'''.<br />
* '''Essay writing''' and '''brainstorming''', using colors to show which essays are open, completed, not yet started etc, using size of nodes to indicate size of essays. I don't have one map for one essay, I have one map for all essays. I move parts of some essays to other when it seems appropriate.<br />
* Keeping a '''small database''' of something with '''structure''' that is either '''very dynamic''' or '''not known in advance'''. The main disadvantage of such approach when compared to traditional database applications are poor query possibilities, but I use it that way anyway - contacts, recipes, medical records etc. You learn about the structure from the additional data items you enter. For example, different medical records use different structure and you do not have to analyze all the possible structures before you enter the first medical record.<br />
* Commented '''internet favorites''' or '''bookmarks''', with colors and fonts having the meaning you want.<br />
<br />
== Features ==<br />
<br />
Apart from other things, this release of FreeMind features:<br />
<br />
* Fully functional '''following of HTML links''' stored in the nodes, be it www links or links to local files.<br />
* From very early versions, Freemind supports '''folding''' which is its essential property.<br />
* '''Fast one-click navigation''', including folding / unfolding on one click and following links on one click at the same time (you don't have to make choice between fast following of links and fast fold/unfold). You can move the map by dragging the map's background as well as using mouse wheel.<br />
* '''Undo'''<br />
* '''Smart Drag'n Drop''', including the possibility to copy nodes or copy style of nodes; dragging and dropping of multiple selected nodes; dropping of texts or list of files from outside<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting into''', including pasting of links from HTML or structuring the pasted content on the basis of the number of leading spaces in a line; pasting of lists of selected files<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting from''', including plain text and RTF (MS Wordpad, MS Word, MS Outlook messages).<br />
* '''Export of map to HTML''', with folding (see [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html example])<br />
* '''Find''' facility, where found items are shown one by one as you do &quot;find next&quot;, and the map is unfolded only for the current item.<br />
* Possibility to use and '''edit long multiline nodes'''; even with '''newlines'''<br />
* Possibility to decorate nodes with '''built-in icons''', colors and different fonts.<br />
* '''Low costs of risk of switching away''' to another mind mapping tool, because FreeMind stores maps in '''XML''' format. If you have a lot of maps created by FreeMind and you want to switch to another program, writing a conversion program should be easy, especially if that program features Visual Basic scripting facility. Christoph Rissner describes in his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.pdf article] at [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/veranstaltungen/seminar/abgeschlossen.html IICM site] his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.tar.gz implementation] of data exchange between FreeMind and MindManager.<br />
* File mode enables you to '''browse the files on your computer''', '''seeing''' the folder structure '''as mind map'''.<br />
* See more details in [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/Freemind-development.html Freemind development tree]<br />
<br />
Weak spots include:<br />
<br />
* The support of '''pictures''' in nodes is in preliminary stage. When you want to carry a map around with you, you have to take care that you take the image files with you.<br />
* FreeMind is basically '''one user''' application. Although users can in principle work on the same map, there is only '''preliminary locking mechanism''' to prevent conflicts, at the time, switched off by default.<br />
* In '''rare cases''', '''following of HTML''' links in the web browser '''does not work''' on some computers; the same holds for opening local files.<br />
* '''Limited''' support for '''fancy graphics'''.<br />
<br />
== License ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software free software] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software open source software], licensed under GNU GPL V2+ ([http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]), where "V2+" means "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version". Basically, that means that you are free to use FreeMind to whatever purpose you want without paying for that, and that any code derived from current FreeMind's code must also be licensed under GPL V2+. See also [[Licensing]].<br />
<br />
== Get help from other users ==<br />
<br />
Ask a question on FreeMind's [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum. Also, consider looking at the collection of [[Asked Questions|asked questions]], using the search function of your browser. If you're unlike most of computer users, you may also consider reading the documentation, accessible from the menu Help > Documentation; press Ctrl + F to search through the documentation. For ''Linux'' users, [[FreeMind on Linux]] page may be helpful.<br />
<br />
== Documentation ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Documentation]].''<br />
<br />
Documentation available includes the following.<br />
<br />
* Mind map documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Documentation''.<br />
* Windows help-like documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Help''.<br />
* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind%20User%20Guide%20by%20Shailaja%20Kumar%20(manual).pdf Printable documentation in PDF]<br />
<br />
== Alternatives to using FreeMind ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Alternatives to FreeMind]]''.<br />
<br />
To achieve that which FreeMind offers, you can use variety of tools.<br />
<br />
* ''Free or freeware mind mapping program'', like [http://www.thinkgraph.com Thinkgraph], [http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ VYM - View Your Mind], [http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ Kdissert], [[XMind]] and [[Freeplane]] (FreeMind fork).<br />
* ''Commercial mind mapping program'', like [http://www.mindjet.com/ MindManager], [http://www.inspiration.com/ Inspiration], [http://www.mindgenius.com/ MindGenius], [http://www.visual-mind.com/ Visual Mind] or [http://mindmapper.com/ MindMapper].<br />
* ''Note editor'' / ''reference manager'' / ''PIM - personal information manager'', like [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html Key Note] for Windows, [http://basket.kde.org/index.php BasKet Note Pads] for Linux, and [http://www.tuxcards.de/ TuxCards] for Linux.<br />
* Text editor with ''Outline mode'', like. [http://www.microsoft.com/office/ MS Word], [http://www.lyx.org/ LyX] or [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs].<br />
* Text editor with ''Folding mode'', e.g. [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs], [http://www.vim.org/ Vim] or [http://www.jedit.org jEdit].<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner ''Outliner''], like cross-platform [http://outliner.sourceforge.net/ Java outline editor], MS Windows based [http://hardtware.de/index.cgi?site=products&action=outliner Outliner], and Python-based outliner [http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Leo] (Python License).<br />
* A ''concept map editor'', like multiplatform freeware [http://cmap.ihmc.us/ CmapTools], GNU GPL-licensed [http://www.conzilla.org/ Conzilla] in Java, or freeware [http://compendium.open.ac.uk/institute/ Compendium].<br />
* ''Presentation software'', like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Impress OpenOffice Impress], used for drawing ''concept maps''.<br />
<br />
== Authors and contributors ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Authors and contributors]].''<br />
<br />
Several people have substantially contributed to the development of FreeMind, including the following.<br />
<br />
* Jörg Müller<br />
* Daniel Polansky<br />
* Petr Novak<br />
* Christian Foltin<br />
* Dimitry Polivaev<br />
<br />
Many other people have contributed.<br />
<br />
===Tools===<br />
<br />
FreeMind team uses:<br />
* YourKit Java Profiler, donated by [http://www.yourkit.com YourKit], for analysis of memory consumption and performance issues<br />
* Enterprise Architect, donated by [http://www.sparxsystems.eu/ Sparx Systems], for design tasks.<br />
<br />
== Do you want to reward authors for their work? ==<br />
<br />
Drop us a line saying that you like FreeMind. You can do it on our [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=320015 Thank you for the music] forum - just start a new thread and click &quot;Post commment&quot;; it's really easy. We are always glad to read that someone finds FreeMind useful. This definitely increases our motivation. Also, we appreciate to read what attracts you on FreeMind, and what is your most important case of use of FreeMind.<br />
<br />
For questions with problems, there is [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum and there is a bug tracker; see [[Reporting bugs]].<br />
<br />
==Testimonials==<br />
<br />
What users say about FreeMind includes the following.<br />
<br />
'''Krishna Teja, 24.3.2011''':<br />
For about 6 years I have only been ''dreaming'' of organizing my life in<br />
some manner. There are far too many variables and unknowns, and I never knew<br />
''how or where to begin organizing''. After 6 years of procrastination and<br />
a catastrophic crash in life, I hit mind maps and FreeMind. It looks like the<br />
search is over, I can now organize my thoughts in one place and get a clear<br />
picture of my own life. The flexibility of the software is only limited by one's<br />
imagination. ''Hats off to the team'' for contributing this gem to the open<br />
source world. After only days of using this software I can say its the best<br />
thing since sliced bread. My joy is boundless. I hope to stick to FreeMind throughout<br />
my life to organize stuff.<br />
<br />
Krishna Teja,<br />
Hyderabad India<br />
<br />
'''Andrea, 25.7.2008:''' I rediscovered Freemind last week while my proposal for a multi million USD<br />
contract was being reviewed in a tender in a ministry.<br />
The reviewer was keeping all details under perfect control at lightspeed, giving<br />
hard times to us proposers noticing every single missing or glitch in our<br />
documents.<br />
<br />
How could he be doing this?<br />
<br />
I just asked: mind mapping software was the response. He made a big mind map<br />
of the whole proposal and checked all the nodes one by one. As easy as this.<br />
<br />
Well, I was fascinated, after passing the tender review (YESSSSSSS!!!) I just<br />
browsed my PC where freemind was sitting quiet since a couple of years. I just<br />
launched it and applied it to my current project: a BIG software system delivery<br />
to an important bank.<br />
<br />
Guys, in 3 days I made a perfect job in tracking activities, preparing project<br />
status meeting, todo lists, reports, software test result diagrams... I'm just<br />
amazed.<br />
<br />
>From now on I'll use it for everything.<br />
<br />
Thanks for this precious piece of software.<br />
<br />
'''Rich, 14.4.2004:''' First off, congratulations on a truly awesome application with a fantastically intuitive interface... I thought I'd spend 10 minutes evaluating it but I had so much fun I ended up playing for hours - I even missed lunch!<br />
<br />
'''Daniel, 1.2.2003:''' How do I know that FreeMind is a high productivity tool? The answer is I don't. I am using FreeMind on daily basis and am very satisfied with the benefits it brings me. What I really consider important is that when I use FreeMind, most of the time I don't have to<br />
ask myself &quot;how do I do this thing in FreeMind&quot;, but I rather just do what I need without thinking about it. FreeMind makes my task of collecting, organizing and analyzing information on a given topic much easier.<br />
<br />
'''James, 14.10.2002:''' Now, having tried out the new release, I can tell you: It's brilliant! Well done!<br />
<br />
'''Henning, 21.11.2002:''' I recently started using FreeMind and I'm rather delightet. After getting to known it, it immediately became one of my every-day-use-tools.<br />
<br />
'''Joe, 20.1.2003:''' I downloaded Freemind several months ago and it has become a vital part of my daily activites. I am enormously grateful for the program.<br />
<br />
'''Paul, 9.2.2003:''' What a splendid piece of work!<br />
<br />
'''Tom, 13.2.2003:''' I appreciate version 6.1 very much. Having the DnD capability into and out of my emails has now made Freemind the source document for my management work. 6.1 is stable, simple and elegant in text, lines, and manipulation. I prefer such elegance to commercial versions<br />
because I have work to do, not time to make things look better. This is a superb complexity organizer.<br />
<br />
I also use it at home to capture my martial arts learning as I head towards a<br />
black belt. I put in the basic movements and the katas or arranged groups of<br />
movements. I use that when I practice at home.<br />
<br />
'''Perry, 10.4.2003:''' I have been using FreeMind for two or three months now, and find it totally indispensable! I simply can't say enough good things about how it has helped me get on top of an overwhelming workload. I've tried task managers and project managers ad-nauseam, and they are<br />
either too simplistic or too cumbersome.<br />
<br />
Links:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320015 Thank you for the music] forum, sourceforge.net -- more positive reactions, from which the above was selected years ago<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/reviews/ freemind/reviews], sourceforge.net -- user reviews using SourceForge's dedicated tool<br />
* [[Marketing]] -- dedicated marketing page<br />
<br />
== Reviews ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind has been reviewed in the following articles and blogs:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/38918 Can open source software free your mind?], September 10th, 2004 (linux.com)<br />
* [http://sorou.sh/2006/02/26/mind-mapping-with-freemind-review Mind Mapping with FreeMind (Review)], February 26th, 2006 (hyperreality.wordpress.com)<br />
<br />
See more at [[marketing]] page.<br />
<br />
== More pages ==<br />
<br />
This website also features the following pages.<br />
<br />
[[Forums]] ~<br />
[[Requests for enhancements]] ~<br />
[[Import and export]] ~<br />
[[Flash browser]] ~<br />
[[FreeMindPDA]] ~<br />
[[Freemind Win Collab]] ~<br />
[[Sandbox]] ~ <br />
[[Documentation efforts]] ~<br />
[[Plugins]] ~<br />
[[Short patches]] ~<br />
[[Tutorial effort]] ~<br />
[[User.properties]] ~ [[Videos]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]<br />
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[[#Download_and_install|Download and install]]<br><br />
[[#Running|Running]]<br><br />
[[#Getting_a_taste_of_FreeMind|Get a taste of FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Screenshots|Screenshots]]<br><br />
[[#Uses_of_FreeMind|Uses of FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Features|Features]]<br><br />
[[#License|License]]<br><br />
[[#Get_help_from_other_users|Get help]]<br><br />
[[#Documentation|Documentation]]<br><br />
[[#Alternatives_to_using_FreeMind|Alternatives to FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Authors_and_contributors|Authors and contributors]]<br><br />
[[#Do_you_want_to_reward_authors_for_their_work?|Reward authors]]<br><br />
[[#Testimonials|Testimonials]]<br><br />
[[#Reviews|Reviews]]<br><br />
[[#More_pages|More pages]]<br><br />
</div><br />
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= FreeMind - free mind mapping software =<br />
<br />
FreeMind is a premier free [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map mind-mapping] software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click &quot;fold / unfold&quot; and &quot;follow link&quot; operations.<br />
<br />
So you want to '''write''' a completely new '''metaphysics'''? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to '''refactor''' your '''essays''' in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal '''knowledge base''', which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to '''prioritize''', '''know''' where you are, where you've been and '''where you are heading''',<br />
as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?<br />
<br />
'''Did FreeMind make you angry?''' [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320014 Write a complaint].<br />
==Download==<br />
<br />
See [[Download]].<br />
<br />
Get yourself what about '''6000 users download each week'''[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?period=weekly]. FreeMind 1.0.1 was downloaded over 5,800,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-03-24]. More at [[Statistics]].<br />
<br />
==Project news==<br />
<br />
: ''See more at [[News]].''<br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta2. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/801fce22/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac users see below!''') (7 Feb 2016).'''</p><br />
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<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta1. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/60e34aca/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (22 Jun 2015).'''</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="green">release</font> FreeMind 1.0.1 [[Download|available for download]]. It is a bug fix release for 1.0.0. For details see the [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/83e004f6/?limit=25#1b9d Open-Discussion Page] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (12 Apr 2014).</p><br />
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<font color="green">'''New Release FreeMind 1.0.0 [[Download|available]] (19 Oct 2013).''' </font> The release has a lot of new functions (in comparison with the 0.9.0 release two years ago). Especially clones, collaboration and geographical maps are the major new functions. The most important usability addition is the spell checker (thanks to Eike). For an overview over new features, see [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]].</p><br />
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'''New <font color="blue">release candidate</font> FreeMind 1.0.0-RC5. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/7948fe4f/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (11 Sep 2013).'''</p><br />
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<font color="green">'''Information for Mac Maverick (10.9) and Mountain Lion (10.8) Users (20 Aug 2012).''' </font> After the download, the operating system reports that the application has not been signed and reminds you that the default security preferences prevent you from running such applications. There is an easy workaround, namely control-clicking on the icon and selecting Open.</p><br />
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<font color="green">'''FreeMind has made it as the finalist for the 2009 Community Choice Award in the category "Most likely to change the way you do everything"!! Thanks for your trust in our project.</font> '''</p><br />
<br />
==Running==<br />
<br />
To run FreeMind, do one of the following.<br />
<br />
* in Windows, double click '''Freemind.exe''', or<br />
* on any operating system, double click '''freemind.jar''' in the <tt>lib/</tt> folder of the folder in which FreeMind has been installed.<br />
<br />
FreeMind runs on various operating systems:<br />
* [[Windows]]<br />
* [[MacOS|macOS]]<br />
* [[FreeMind on Linux|Linux]]<br />
<br />
==Getting a taste of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
You can view mind maps created with FreeMind '''now''' in your web browser, if you have Java 1.4 installed.<br />
{| {{Table style}}<br />
! Map<br />
! Note<br />
|-<br />
| <mm>[[:Freemind.mm|applet|FreeMind documentation]]</mm><br />
| Shown as a mind map, using a Java applet with around 700 KB.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mind Map Gallery]]<br />
| Mind maps contributed by FreeMind users, embedded into this wiki.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps.html Daniel's public map]<br />
| Some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html Daniel's public map (HTML)]<br />
| Map exported into HTML; some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
<br />
: ''See more in [[Screenshots]].''<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| [[File:FreeMind-computer-knowledge-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-learning-german-080.png|290px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-freemind-development-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-my-health-080.png|290px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Uses of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
Current users of FreeMind use it for the following purposes:<br />
<br />
* '''Keeping track of projects''', including subtasks, state of subtasks and time recording<br />
* Project '''workplace''', including links to necessary files, executables, source of information and of course information<br />
* Workplace for '''internet research''' using Google and other sources<br />
* Keeping a collection of small or middle sized '''notes''' with links on some area which expands as needed. Such a collection of notes is sometimes called '''knowledge base'''.<br />
* '''Essay writing''' and '''brainstorming''', using colors to show which essays are open, completed, not yet started etc, using size of nodes to indicate size of essays. I don't have one map for one essay, I have one map for all essays. I move parts of some essays to other when it seems appropriate.<br />
* Keeping a '''small database''' of something with '''structure''' that is either '''very dynamic''' or '''not known in advance'''. The main disadvantage of such approach when compared to traditional database applications are poor query possibilities, but I use it that way anyway - contacts, recipes, medical records etc. You learn about the structure from the additional data items you enter. For example, different medical records use different structure and you do not have to analyze all the possible structures before you enter the first medical record.<br />
* Commented '''internet favorites''' or '''bookmarks''', with colors and fonts having the meaning you want.<br />
<br />
== Features ==<br />
<br />
Apart from other things, this release of FreeMind features:<br />
<br />
* Fully functional '''following of HTML links''' stored in the nodes, be it www links or links to local files.<br />
* From very early versions, Freemind supports '''folding''' which is its essential property.<br />
* '''Fast one-click navigation''', including folding / unfolding on one click and following links on one click at the same time (you don't have to make choice between fast following of links and fast fold/unfold). You can move the map by dragging the map's background as well as using mouse wheel.<br />
* '''Undo'''<br />
* '''Smart Drag'n Drop''', including the possibility to copy nodes or copy style of nodes; dragging and dropping of multiple selected nodes; dropping of texts or list of files from outside<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting into''', including pasting of links from HTML or structuring the pasted content on the basis of the number of leading spaces in a line; pasting of lists of selected files<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting from''', including plain text and RTF (MS Wordpad, MS Word, MS Outlook messages).<br />
* '''Export of map to HTML''', with folding (see [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html example])<br />
* '''Find''' facility, where found items are shown one by one as you do &quot;find next&quot;, and the map is unfolded only for the current item.<br />
* Possibility to use and '''edit long multiline nodes'''; even with '''newlines'''<br />
* Possibility to decorate nodes with '''built-in icons''', colors and different fonts.<br />
* '''Low costs of risk of switching away''' to another mind mapping tool, because FreeMind stores maps in '''XML''' format. If you have a lot of maps created by FreeMind and you want to switch to another program, writing a conversion program should be easy, especially if that program features Visual Basic scripting facility. Christoph Rissner describes in his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.pdf article] at [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/veranstaltungen/seminar/abgeschlossen.html IICM site] his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.tar.gz implementation] of data exchange between FreeMind and MindManager.<br />
* File mode enables you to '''browse the files on your computer''', '''seeing''' the folder structure '''as mind map'''.<br />
* See more details in [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/Freemind-development.html Freemind development tree]<br />
<br />
Weak spots include:<br />
<br />
* The support of '''pictures''' in nodes is in preliminary stage. When you want to carry a map around with you, you have to take care that you take the image files with you.<br />
* FreeMind is basically '''one user''' application. Although users can in principle work on the same map, there is only '''preliminary locking mechanism''' to prevent conflicts, at the time, switched off by default.<br />
* In '''rare cases''', '''following of HTML''' links in the web browser '''does not work''' on some computers; the same holds for opening local files.<br />
* '''Limited''' support for '''fancy graphics'''.<br />
<br />
== License ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software free software] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software open source software], licensed under GNU GPL V2+ ([http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]), where "V2+" means "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version". Basically, that means that you are free to use FreeMind to whatever purpose you want without paying for that, and that any code derived from current FreeMind's code must also be licensed under GPL V2+. See also [[Licensing]].<br />
<br />
== Get help from other users ==<br />
<br />
Ask a question on FreeMind's [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum. Also, consider looking at the collection of [[Asked Questions|asked questions]], using the search function of your browser. If you're unlike most of computer users, you may also consider reading the documentation, accessible from the menu Help > Documentation; press Ctrl + F to search through the documentation. For ''Linux'' users, [[FreeMind on Linux]] page may be helpful.<br />
<br />
== Documentation ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Documentation]].''<br />
<br />
Documentation available includes the following.<br />
<br />
* Mind map documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Documentation''.<br />
* Windows help-like documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Help''.<br />
* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind%20User%20Guide%20by%20Shailaja%20Kumar%20(manual).pdf Printable documentation in PDF]<br />
<br />
== Alternatives to using FreeMind ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Alternatives to FreeMind]]''.<br />
<br />
To achieve that which FreeMind offers, you can use variety of tools.<br />
<br />
* ''Free or freeware mind mapping program'', like [http://www.thinkgraph.com Thinkgraph], [http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ VYM - View Your Mind], [http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ Kdissert], [[XMind]] and [[Freeplane]] (FreeMind fork).<br />
* ''Commercial mind mapping program'', like [http://www.mindjet.com/ MindManager], [http://www.inspiration.com/ Inspiration], [http://www.mindgenius.com/ MindGenius], [http://www.visual-mind.com/ Visual Mind] or [http://mindmapper.com/ MindMapper].<br />
* ''Note editor'' / ''reference manager'' / ''PIM - personal information manager'', like [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html Key Note] for Windows, [http://basket.kde.org/index.php BasKet Note Pads] for Linux, and [http://www.tuxcards.de/ TuxCards] for Linux.<br />
* Text editor with ''Outline mode'', like. [http://www.microsoft.com/office/ MS Word], [http://www.lyx.org/ LyX] or [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs].<br />
* Text editor with ''Folding mode'', e.g. [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs], [http://www.vim.org/ Vim] or [http://www.jedit.org jEdit].<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner ''Outliner''], like cross-platform [http://outliner.sourceforge.net/ Java outline editor], MS Windows based [http://hardtware.de/index.cgi?site=products&action=outliner Outliner], and Python-based outliner [http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Leo] (Python License).<br />
* A ''concept map editor'', like multiplatform freeware [http://cmap.ihmc.us/ CmapTools], GNU GPL-licensed [http://www.conzilla.org/ Conzilla] in Java, or freeware [http://compendium.open.ac.uk/institute/ Compendium].<br />
* ''Presentation software'', like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Impress OpenOffice Impress], used for drawing ''concept maps''.<br />
<br />
== Authors and contributors ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Authors and contributors]].''<br />
<br />
Several people have substantially contributed to the development of FreeMind, including the following.<br />
<br />
* Jörg Müller<br />
* Daniel Polansky<br />
* Petr Novak<br />
* Christian Foltin<br />
* Dimitry Polivaev<br />
<br />
Many other people have contributed.<br />
<br />
===Tools===<br />
<br />
FreeMind team uses:<br />
* YourKit Java Profiler, donated by [http://www.yourkit.com YourKit], for analysis of memory consumption and performance issues<br />
* Enterprise Architect, donated by [http://www.sparxsystems.eu/ Sparx Systems], for design tasks.<br />
<br />
== Do you want to reward authors for their work? ==<br />
<br />
Drop us a line saying that you like FreeMind. You can do it on our [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=320015 Thank you for the music] forum - just start a new thread and click &quot;Post commment&quot;; it's really easy. We are always glad to read that someone finds FreeMind useful. This definitely increases our motivation. Also, we appreciate to read what attracts you on FreeMind, and what is your most important case of use of FreeMind.<br />
<br />
For questions with problems, there is [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum and there is a bug tracker; see [[Reporting bugs]].<br />
<br />
==Testimonials==<br />
<br />
What users say about FreeMind includes the following.<br />
<br />
'''Krishna Teja, 24.3.2011''':<br />
For about 6 years I have only been ''dreaming'' of organizing my life in<br />
some manner. There are far too many variables and unknowns, and I never knew<br />
''how or where to begin organizing''. After 6 years of procrastination and<br />
a catastrophic crash in life, I hit mind maps and FreeMind. It looks like the<br />
search is over, I can now organize my thoughts in one place and get a clear<br />
picture of my own life. The flexibility of the software is only limited by one's<br />
imagination. ''Hats off to the team'' for contributing this gem to the open<br />
source world. After only days of using this software I can say its the best<br />
thing since sliced bread. My joy is boundless. I hope to stick to FreeMind throughout<br />
my life to organize stuff.<br />
<br />
Krishna Teja,<br />
Hyderabad India<br />
<br />
'''Andrea, 25.7.2008:''' I rediscovered Freemind last week while my proposal for a multi million USD<br />
contract was being reviewed in a tender in a ministry.<br />
The reviewer was keeping all details under perfect control at lightspeed, giving<br />
hard times to us proposers noticing every single missing or glitch in our<br />
documents.<br />
<br />
How could he be doing this?<br />
<br />
I just asked: mind mapping software was the response. He made a big mind map<br />
of the whole proposal and checked all the nodes one by one. As easy as this.<br />
<br />
Well, I was fascinated, after passing the tender review (YESSSSSSS!!!) I just<br />
browsed my PC where freemind was sitting quiet since a couple of years. I just<br />
launched it and applied it to my current project: a BIG software system delivery<br />
to an important bank.<br />
<br />
Guys, in 3 days I made a perfect job in tracking activities, preparing project<br />
status meeting, todo lists, reports, software test result diagrams... I'm just<br />
amazed.<br />
<br />
>From now on I'll use it for everything.<br />
<br />
Thanks for this precious piece of software.<br />
<br />
'''Rich, 14.4.2004:''' First off, congratulations on a truly awesome application with a fantastically intuitive interface... I thought I'd spend 10 minutes evaluating it but I had so much fun I ended up playing for hours - I even missed lunch!<br />
<br />
'''Daniel, 1.2.2003:''' How do I know that FreeMind is a high productivity tool? The answer is I don't. I am using FreeMind on daily basis and am very satisfied with the benefits it brings me. What I really consider important is that when I use FreeMind, most of the time I don't have to<br />
ask myself &quot;how do I do this thing in FreeMind&quot;, but I rather just do what I need without thinking about it. FreeMind makes my task of collecting, organizing and analyzing information on a given topic much easier.<br />
<br />
'''James, 14.10.2002:''' Now, having tried out the new release, I can tell you: It's brilliant! Well done!<br />
<br />
'''Henning, 21.11.2002:''' I recently started using FreeMind and I'm rather delightet. After getting to known it, it immediately became one of my every-day-use-tools.<br />
<br />
'''Joe, 20.1.2003:''' I downloaded Freemind several months ago and it has become a vital part of my daily activites. I am enormously grateful for the program.<br />
<br />
'''Paul, 9.2.2003:''' What a splendid piece of work!<br />
<br />
'''Tom, 13.2.2003:''' I appreciate version 6.1 very much. Having the DnD capability into and out of my emails has now made Freemind the source document for my management work. 6.1 is stable, simple and elegant in text, lines, and manipulation. I prefer such elegance to commercial versions<br />
because I have work to do, not time to make things look better. This is a superb complexity organizer.<br />
<br />
I also use it at home to capture my martial arts learning as I head towards a<br />
black belt. I put in the basic movements and the katas or arranged groups of<br />
movements. I use that when I practice at home.<br />
<br />
'''Perry, 10.4.2003:''' I have been using FreeMind for two or three months now, and find it totally indispensable! I simply can't say enough good things about how it has helped me get on top of an overwhelming workload. I've tried task managers and project managers ad-nauseam, and they are<br />
either too simplistic or too cumbersome.<br />
<br />
Links:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320015 Thank you for the music] forum, sourceforge.net -- more positive reactions, from which the above was selected years ago<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/reviews/ freemind/reviews], sourceforge.net -- user reviews using SourceForge's dedicated tool<br />
* [[Marketing]] -- dedicated marketing page<br />
<br />
== Reviews ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind has been reviewed in the following articles and blogs:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/38918 Can open source software free your mind?], September 10th, 2004 (linux.com)<br />
* [http://sorou.sh/2006/02/26/mind-mapping-with-freemind-review Mind Mapping with FreeMind (Review)], February 26th, 2006 (hyperreality.wordpress.com)<br />
<br />
See more at [[marketing]] page.<br />
<br />
== More pages ==<br />
<br />
This website also features the following pages.<br />
<br />
[[Forums]] ~<br />
[[Requests for enhancements]] ~<br />
[[Import and export]] ~<br />
[[Flash browser]] ~<br />
[[FreeMindPDA]] ~<br />
[[Freemind Win Collab]] ~<br />
[[Sandbox]] ~ <br />
[[Documentation efforts]] ~<br />
[[Plugins]] ~<br />
[[Short patches]] ~<br />
[[Tutorial effort]] ~<br />
[[User.properties]] ~ [[Videos]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]<br />
<br />
</table></div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Reporting_bugs&diff=14565Reporting bugs2023-06-09T12:48:45Z<p>Dan Polansky: fewer commas; etc.</p>
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<div>===Reporting bugs===<br />
The most important thing you can do to help us find and fix the bugs you report is to make sure that you give us enough information for us to be able to reproduce the bug. Otherwise, we have no way of knowing for sure that we've fixed the bug you report.<br />
<br />
The first thing you should do when reporting a bug is double-check your setup, especially if you are just getting started. Make sure you are using the correct version of the Java Runtime Environment. (FreeMind 1.0.1 is compiled and run under Java 1.6.) Make sure you have your Path and ClassPath variables set correctly.<br />
<br />
====Place====<br />
Please report the bugs to [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/bugs/ SourceForge's Bug Tracker]. Still, getting your bug report at least in [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22101 forum] is better than not getting it at all.<br />
<br />
====Information to be provided====<br />
When posting a bug, please provide the following information:<br />
* ''Versions and environment''<br />
** FreeMind version: An example: "FreeMind 0.9.0 RC4"<br />
** Operating system - name and version. An example: "Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2".<br />
** Java version: The version of the Java Runtime environment. An example: "Java 1.6.0".<br />
* ''Bug description''<br />
** What you were trying to do when you got the failure<br />
** A description of the failure<br />
** Clear instructions on how to reproduce the failure<br />
** Sometimes it helps if you send us the actual mindmap where the problem occurred.<br />
<br />
====Model bug reports====<br />
* TODO<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Handling trackers]]<br />
* [[Bug tracker software]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=14564Main Page2023-06-09T12:45:34Z<p>Dan Polansky: /* Do you want to reward authors for their work? */</p>
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On this page:<br><br />
[[#Download_and_install|Download and install]]<br><br />
[[#Running|Running]]<br><br />
[[#Getting_a_taste_of_FreeMind|Get a taste of FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Screenshots|Screenshots]]<br><br />
[[#Uses_of_FreeMind|Uses of FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Features|Features]]<br><br />
[[#License|License]]<br><br />
[[#Get_help_from_other_users|Get help]]<br><br />
[[#Documentation|Documentation]]<br><br />
[[#Alternatives_to_using_FreeMind|Alternatives to FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Authors_and_contributors|Authors and contributors]]<br><br />
[[#Do_you_want_to_reward_authors_for_their_work?|Reward authors]]<br><br />
[[#Testimonials|Testimonials]]<br><br />
[[#Reviews|Reviews]]<br><br />
[[#More_pages|More pages]]<br><br />
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<br />
= FreeMind - free mind mapping software =<br />
<br />
FreeMind is a premier free [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map mind-mapping] software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click &quot;fold / unfold&quot; and &quot;follow link&quot; operations.<br />
<br />
So you want to '''write''' a completely new '''metaphysics'''? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to '''refactor''' your '''essays''' in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal '''knowledge base''', which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to '''prioritize''', '''know''' where you are, where you've been and '''where you are heading''',<br />
as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?<br />
<br />
'''Did FreeMind make you angry?''' [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320014 Write a complaint].<br />
==Download==<br />
<br />
See [[Download]].<br />
<br />
Get yourself what about '''6000 users download each week'''[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?period=weekly]. FreeMind 1.0.1 was downloaded over 5,800,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-03-24]. More at [[Statistics]].<br />
<br />
==Project news==<br />
<br />
: ''See more at [[News]].''<br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta2. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/801fce22/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac users see below!''') (7 Feb 2016).'''</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta1. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/60e34aca/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (22 Jun 2015).'''</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="green">release</font> FreeMind 1.0.1 [[Download|available for download]]. It is a bug fix release for 1.0.0. For details see the [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/83e004f6/?limit=25#1b9d Open-Discussion Page] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (12 Apr 2014).</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''New Release FreeMind 1.0.0 [[Download|available]] (19 OCt 2013).''' </font> The release has a lot of new functions (in comparison with the 0.9.0 release two years ago). Especially clones, collaboration and geographical maps are the major new functions. The most important usability addition is the spell checker (thanks to Eike). For an overview over new features, see [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]].</p><br />
<br />
<!--<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="blue">release candidate</font> FreeMind 1.0.0-RC5. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/7948fe4f/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (11 Sep 2013).'''</p><br />
--><br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''Information for Mac Maverick (10.9) and Mountain Lion (10.8) Users (20 Aug 2012).''' </font> After the download, the operating system reports that the application has not been signed and reminds you that the default security preferences prevent you from running such applications. There is an easy workaround, namely control-clicking on the icon and selecting Open.</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''FreeMind has made it as the finalist for the 2009 Community Choice Award in the category "Most likely to change the way you do everything"!! Thanks for your trust in our project.</font> '''</p><br />
<br />
==Running==<br />
<br />
To run FreeMind, do one of the following.<br />
<br />
* in Windows, double click '''Freemind.exe''', or<br />
* on any operating system, double click '''freemind.jar''' in the <tt>lib/</tt> folder of the folder in which FreeMind has been installed.<br />
<br />
FreeMind runs on various operating systems:<br />
* [[Windows]]<br />
* [[MacOS|macOS]]<br />
* [[FreeMind on Linux|Linux]]<br />
<br />
==Getting a taste of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
You can view mind maps created with FreeMind '''now''' in your web browser, if you have Java 1.4 installed.<br />
{| {{Table style}}<br />
! Map<br />
! Note<br />
|-<br />
| <mm>[[:Freemind.mm|applet|FreeMind documentation]]</mm><br />
| Shown as a mind map, using a Java applet with around 700 KB.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mind Map Gallery]]<br />
| Mind maps contributed by FreeMind users, embedded into this wiki.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps.html Daniel's public map]<br />
| Some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html Daniel's public map (HTML)]<br />
| Map exported into HTML; some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
<br />
: ''See more in [[Screenshots]].''<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| [[File:FreeMind-computer-knowledge-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-learning-german-080.png|290px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-freemind-development-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-my-health-080.png|290px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Uses of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
Current users of FreeMind use it for the following purposes:<br />
<br />
* '''Keeping track of projects''', including subtasks, state of subtasks and time recording<br />
* Project '''workplace''', including links to necessary files, executables, source of information and of course information<br />
* Workplace for '''internet research''' using Google and other sources<br />
* Keeping a collection of small or middle sized '''notes''' with links on some area which expands as needed. Such a collection of notes is sometimes called '''knowledge base'''.<br />
* '''Essay writing''' and '''brainstorming''', using colors to show which essays are open, completed, not yet started etc, using size of nodes to indicate size of essays. I don't have one map for one essay, I have one map for all essays. I move parts of some essays to other when it seems appropriate.<br />
* Keeping a '''small database''' of something with '''structure''' that is either '''very dynamic''' or '''not known in advance'''. The main disadvantage of such approach when compared to traditional database applications are poor query possibilities, but I use it that way anyway - contacts, recipes, medical records etc. You learn about the structure from the additional data items you enter. For example, different medical records use different structure and you do not have to analyze all the possible structures before you enter the first medical record.<br />
* Commented '''internet favorites''' or '''bookmarks''', with colors and fonts having the meaning you want.<br />
<br />
== Features ==<br />
<br />
Apart from other things, this release of FreeMind features:<br />
<br />
* Fully functional '''following of HTML links''' stored in the nodes, be it www links or links to local files.<br />
* From very early versions, Freemind supports '''folding''' which is its essential property.<br />
* '''Fast one-click navigation''', including folding / unfolding on one click and following links on one click at the same time (you don't have to make choice between fast following of links and fast fold/unfold). You can move the map by dragging the map's background as well as using mouse wheel.<br />
* '''Undo'''<br />
* '''Smart Drag'n Drop''', including the possibility to copy nodes or copy style of nodes; dragging and dropping of multiple selected nodes; dropping of texts or list of files from outside<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting into''', including pasting of links from HTML or structuring the pasted content on the basis of the number of leading spaces in a line; pasting of lists of selected files<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting from''', including plain text and RTF (MS Wordpad, MS Word, MS Outlook messages).<br />
* '''Export of map to HTML''', with folding (see [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html example])<br />
* '''Find''' facility, where found items are shown one by one as you do &quot;find next&quot;, and the map is unfolded only for the current item.<br />
* Possibility to use and '''edit long multiline nodes'''; even with '''newlines'''<br />
* Possibility to decorate nodes with '''built-in icons''', colors and different fonts.<br />
* '''Low costs of risk of switching away''' to another mind mapping tool, because FreeMind stores maps in '''XML''' format. If you have a lot of maps created by FreeMind and you want to switch to another program, writing a conversion program should be easy, especially if that program features Visual Basic scripting facility. Christoph Rissner describes in his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.pdf article] at [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/veranstaltungen/seminar/abgeschlossen.html IICM site] his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.tar.gz implementation] of data exchange between FreeMind and MindManager.<br />
* File mode enables you to '''browse the files on your computer''', '''seeing''' the folder structure '''as mind map'''.<br />
* See more details in [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/Freemind-development.html Freemind development tree]<br />
<br />
Weak spots include:<br />
<br />
* The support of '''pictures''' in nodes is in preliminary stage. When you want to carry a map around with you, you have to take care that you take the image files with you.<br />
* FreeMind is basically '''one user''' application. Although users can in principle work on the same map, there is only '''preliminary locking mechanism''' to prevent conflicts, at the time, switched off by default.<br />
* In '''rare cases''', '''following of HTML''' links in the web browser '''does not work''' on some computers; the same holds for opening local files.<br />
* '''Limited''' support for '''fancy graphics'''.<br />
<br />
== License ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software free software] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software open source software], licensed under GNU GPL V2+ ([http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]), where "V2+" means "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version". Basically, that means that you are free to use FreeMind to whatever purpose you want without paying for that, and that any code derived from current FreeMind's code must also be licensed under GPL V2+. See also [[Licensing]].<br />
<br />
== Get help from other users ==<br />
<br />
Ask a question on FreeMind's [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum. Also, consider looking at the collection of [[Asked Questions|asked questions]], using the search function of your browser. If you're unlike most of computer users, you may also consider reading the documentation, accessible from the menu Help > Documentation; press Ctrl + F to search through the documentation. For ''Linux'' users, [[FreeMind on Linux]] page may be helpful.<br />
<br />
== Documentation ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Documentation]].''<br />
<br />
Documentation available includes the following.<br />
<br />
* Mind map documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Documentation''.<br />
* Windows help-like documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Help''.<br />
* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind%20User%20Guide%20by%20Shailaja%20Kumar%20(manual).pdf Printable documentation in PDF]<br />
<br />
== Alternatives to using FreeMind ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Alternatives to FreeMind]]''.<br />
<br />
To achieve that which FreeMind offers, you can use variety of tools.<br />
<br />
* ''Free or freeware mind mapping program'', like [http://www.thinkgraph.com Thinkgraph], [http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ VYM - View Your Mind], [http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ Kdissert], [[XMind]] and [[Freeplane]] (FreeMind fork).<br />
* ''Commercial mind mapping program'', like [http://www.mindjet.com/ MindManager], [http://www.inspiration.com/ Inspiration], [http://www.mindgenius.com/ MindGenius], [http://www.visual-mind.com/ Visual Mind] or [http://mindmapper.com/ MindMapper].<br />
* ''Note editor'' / ''reference manager'' / ''PIM - personal information manager'', like [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html Key Note] for Windows, [http://basket.kde.org/index.php BasKet Note Pads] for Linux, and [http://www.tuxcards.de/ TuxCards] for Linux.<br />
* Text editor with ''Outline mode'', like. [http://www.microsoft.com/office/ MS Word], [http://www.lyx.org/ LyX] or [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs].<br />
* Text editor with ''Folding mode'', e.g. [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs], [http://www.vim.org/ Vim] or [http://www.jedit.org jEdit].<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner ''Outliner''], like cross-platform [http://outliner.sourceforge.net/ Java outline editor], MS Windows based [http://hardtware.de/index.cgi?site=products&action=outliner Outliner], and Python-based outliner [http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Leo] (Python License).<br />
* A ''concept map editor'', like multiplatform freeware [http://cmap.ihmc.us/ CmapTools], GNU GPL-licensed [http://www.conzilla.org/ Conzilla] in Java, or freeware [http://compendium.open.ac.uk/institute/ Compendium].<br />
* ''Presentation software'', like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Impress OpenOffice Impress], used for drawing ''concept maps''.<br />
<br />
== Authors and contributors ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Authors and contributors]].''<br />
<br />
Several people have substantially contributed to the development of FreeMind, including the following.<br />
<br />
* Jörg Müller<br />
* Daniel Polansky<br />
* Petr Novak<br />
* Christian Foltin<br />
* Dimitry Polivaev<br />
<br />
Many other people have contributed.<br />
<br />
===Tools===<br />
<br />
FreeMind team uses:<br />
* YourKit Java Profiler, donated by [http://www.yourkit.com YourKit], for analysis of memory consumption and performance issues<br />
* Enterprise Architect, donated by [http://www.sparxsystems.eu/ Sparx Systems], for design tasks.<br />
<br />
== Do you want to reward authors for their work? ==<br />
<br />
Drop us a line saying that you like FreeMind. You can do it on our [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=320015 Thank you for the music] forum - just start a new thread and click &quot;Post commment&quot;; it's really easy. We are always glad to read that someone finds FreeMind useful. This definitely increases our motivation. Also, we appreciate to read what attracts you on FreeMind, and what is your most important case of use of FreeMind.<br />
<br />
For questions with problems, there is [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum and there is a bug tracker; see [[Reporting bugs]].<br />
<br />
==Testimonials==<br />
<br />
What users say about FreeMind includes the following.<br />
<br />
'''Krishna Teja, 24.3.2011''':<br />
For about 6 years I have only been ''dreaming'' of organizing my life in<br />
some manner. There are far too many variables and unknowns, and I never knew<br />
''how or where to begin organizing''. After 6 years of procrastination and<br />
a catastrophic crash in life, I hit mind maps and FreeMind. It looks like the<br />
search is over, I can now organize my thoughts in one place and get a clear<br />
picture of my own life. The flexibility of the software is only limited by one's<br />
imagination. ''Hats off to the team'' for contributing this gem to the open<br />
source world. After only days of using this software I can say its the best<br />
thing since sliced bread. My joy is boundless. I hope to stick to FreeMind throughout<br />
my life to organize stuff.<br />
<br />
Krishna Teja,<br />
Hyderabad India<br />
<br />
'''Andrea, 25.7.2008:''' I rediscovered Freemind last week while my proposal for a multi million USD<br />
contract was being reviewed in a tender in a ministry.<br />
The reviewer was keeping all details under perfect control at lightspeed, giving<br />
hard times to us proposers noticing every single missing or glitch in our<br />
documents.<br />
<br />
How could he be doing this?<br />
<br />
I just asked: mind mapping software was the response. He made a big mind map<br />
of the whole proposal and checked all the nodes one by one. As easy as this.<br />
<br />
Well, I was fascinated, after passing the tender review (YESSSSSSS!!!) I just<br />
browsed my PC where freemind was sitting quiet since a couple of years. I just<br />
launched it and applied it to my current project: a BIG software system delivery<br />
to an important bank.<br />
<br />
Guys, in 3 days I made a perfect job in tracking activities, preparing project<br />
status meeting, todo lists, reports, software test result diagrams... I'm just<br />
amazed.<br />
<br />
>From now on I'll use it for everything.<br />
<br />
Thanks for this precious piece of software.<br />
<br />
'''Rich, 14.4.2004:''' First off, congratulations on a truly awesome application with a fantastically intuitive interface... I thought I'd spend 10 minutes evaluating it but I had so much fun I ended up playing for hours - I even missed lunch!<br />
<br />
'''Daniel, 1.2.2003:''' How do I know that FreeMind is a high productivity tool? The answer is I don't. I am using FreeMind on daily basis and am very satisfied with the benefits it brings me. What I really consider important is that when I use FreeMind, most of the time I don't have to<br />
ask myself &quot;how do I do this thing in FreeMind&quot;, but I rather just do what I need without thinking about it. FreeMind makes my task of collecting, organizing and analyzing information on a given topic much easier.<br />
<br />
'''James, 14.10.2002:''' Now, having tried out the new release, I can tell you: It's brilliant! Well done!<br />
<br />
'''Henning, 21.11.2002:''' I recently started using FreeMind and I'm rather delightet. After getting to known it, it immediately became one of my every-day-use-tools.<br />
<br />
'''Joe, 20.1.2003:''' I downloaded Freemind several months ago and it has become a vital part of my daily activites. I am enormously grateful for the program.<br />
<br />
'''Paul, 9.2.2003:''' What a splendid piece of work!<br />
<br />
'''Tom, 13.2.2003:''' I appreciate version 6.1 very much. Having the DnD capability into and out of my emails has now made Freemind the source document for my management work. 6.1 is stable, simple and elegant in text, lines, and manipulation. I prefer such elegance to commercial versions<br />
because I have work to do, not time to make things look better. This is a superb complexity organizer.<br />
<br />
I also use it at home to capture my martial arts learning as I head towards a<br />
black belt. I put in the basic movements and the katas or arranged groups of<br />
movements. I use that when I practice at home.<br />
<br />
'''Perry, 10.4.2003:''' I have been using FreeMind for two or three months now, and find it totally indispensable! I simply can't say enough good things about how it has helped me get on top of an overwhelming workload. I've tried task managers and project managers ad-nauseam, and they are<br />
either too simplistic or too cumbersome.<br />
<br />
Links:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320015 Thank you for the music] forum, sourceforge.net -- more positive reactions, from which the above was selected years ago<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/reviews/ freemind/reviews], sourceforge.net -- user reviews using SourceForge's dedicated tool<br />
* [[Marketing]] -- dedicated marketing page<br />
<br />
== Reviews ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind has been reviewed in the following articles and blogs:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/38918 Can open source software free your mind?], September 10th, 2004 (linux.com)<br />
* [http://sorou.sh/2006/02/26/mind-mapping-with-freemind-review Mind Mapping with FreeMind (Review)], February 26th, 2006 (hyperreality.wordpress.com)<br />
<br />
See more at [[marketing]] page.<br />
<br />
== More pages ==<br />
<br />
This website also features the following pages.<br />
<br />
[[Forums]] ~<br />
[[Requests for enhancements]] ~<br />
[[Import and export]] ~<br />
[[Flash browser]] ~<br />
[[FreeMindPDA]] ~<br />
[[Freemind Win Collab]] ~<br />
[[Sandbox]] ~ <br />
[[Documentation efforts]] ~<br />
[[Plugins]] ~<br />
[[Short patches]] ~<br />
[[Tutorial effort]] ~<br />
[[User.properties]] ~ [[Videos]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]<br />
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[[#Download_and_install|Download and install]]<br><br />
[[#Running|Running]]<br><br />
[[#Getting_a_taste_of_FreeMind|Get a taste of FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Screenshots|Screenshots]]<br><br />
[[#Uses_of_FreeMind|Uses of FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Features|Features]]<br><br />
[[#License|License]]<br><br />
[[#Get_help_from_other_users|Get help]]<br><br />
[[#Documentation|Documentation]]<br><br />
[[#Alternatives_to_using_FreeMind|Alternatives to FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Authors_and_contributors|Authors and contributors]]<br><br />
[[#Do_you_want_to_reward_authors_for_their_work?|Reward authors]]<br><br />
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= FreeMind - free mind mapping software =<br />
<br />
FreeMind is a premier free [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map mind-mapping] software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click &quot;fold / unfold&quot; and &quot;follow link&quot; operations.<br />
<br />
So you want to '''write''' a completely new '''metaphysics'''? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to '''refactor''' your '''essays''' in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal '''knowledge base''', which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to '''prioritize''', '''know''' where you are, where you've been and '''where you are heading''',<br />
as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?<br />
<br />
'''Did FreeMind make you angry?''' [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320014 Write a complaint].<br />
==Download==<br />
<br />
See [[Download]].<br />
<br />
Get yourself what about '''6000 users download each week'''[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?period=weekly]. FreeMind 1.0.1 was downloaded over 5,800,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-03-24]. More at [[Statistics]].<br />
<br />
==Project news==<br />
<br />
: ''See more at [[News]].''<br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta2. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/801fce22/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac users see below!''') (7 Feb 2016).'''</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta1. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/60e34aca/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (22 Jun 2015).'''</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="green">release</font> FreeMind 1.0.1 [[Download|available for download]]. It is a bug fix release for 1.0.0. For details see the [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/83e004f6/?limit=25#1b9d Open-Discussion Page] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (12 Apr 2014).</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''New Release FreeMind 1.0.0 [[Download|available]] (19 OCt 2013).''' </font> The release has a lot of new functions (in comparison with the 0.9.0 release two years ago). Especially clones, collaboration and geographical maps are the major new functions. The most important usability addition is the spell checker (thanks to Eike). For an overview over new features, see [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]].</p><br />
<br />
<!--<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="blue">release candidate</font> FreeMind 1.0.0-RC5. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/7948fe4f/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (11 Sep 2013).'''</p><br />
--><br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''Information for Mac Maverick (10.9) and Mountain Lion (10.8) Users (20 Aug 2012).''' </font> After the download, the operating system reports that the application has not been signed and reminds you that the default security preferences prevent you from running such applications. There is an easy workaround, namely control-clicking on the icon and selecting Open.</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''FreeMind has made it as the finalist for the 2009 Community Choice Award in the category "Most likely to change the way you do everything"!! Thanks for your trust in our project.</font> '''</p><br />
<br />
==Running==<br />
<br />
To run FreeMind, do one of the following.<br />
<br />
* in Windows, double click '''Freemind.exe''', or<br />
* on any operating system, double click '''freemind.jar''' in the <tt>lib/</tt> folder of the folder in which FreeMind has been installed.<br />
<br />
FreeMind runs on various operating systems:<br />
* [[Windows]]<br />
* [[MacOS|macOS]]<br />
* [[FreeMind on Linux|Linux]]<br />
<br />
==Getting a taste of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
You can view mind maps created with FreeMind '''now''' in your web browser, if you have Java 1.4 installed.<br />
{| {{Table style}}<br />
! Map<br />
! Note<br />
|-<br />
| <mm>[[:Freemind.mm|applet|FreeMind documentation]]</mm><br />
| Shown as a mind map, using a Java applet with around 700 KB.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mind Map Gallery]]<br />
| Mind maps contributed by FreeMind users, embedded into this wiki.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps.html Daniel's public map]<br />
| Some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html Daniel's public map (HTML)]<br />
| Map exported into HTML; some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
<br />
: ''See more in [[Screenshots]].''<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| [[File:FreeMind-computer-knowledge-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-learning-german-080.png|290px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-freemind-development-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-my-health-080.png|290px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Uses of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
Current users of FreeMind use it for the following purposes:<br />
<br />
* '''Keeping track of projects''', including subtasks, state of subtasks and time recording<br />
* Project '''workplace''', including links to necessary files, executables, source of information and of course information<br />
* Workplace for '''internet research''' using Google and other sources<br />
* Keeping a collection of small or middle sized '''notes''' with links on some area which expands as needed. Such a collection of notes is sometimes called '''knowledge base'''.<br />
* '''Essay writing''' and '''brainstorming''', using colors to show which essays are open, completed, not yet started etc, using size of nodes to indicate size of essays. I don't have one map for one essay, I have one map for all essays. I move parts of some essays to other when it seems appropriate.<br />
* Keeping a '''small database''' of something with '''structure''' that is either '''very dynamic''' or '''not known in advance'''. The main disadvantage of such approach when compared to traditional database applications are poor query possibilities, but I use it that way anyway - contacts, recipes, medical records etc. You learn about the structure from the additional data items you enter. For example, different medical records use different structure and you do not have to analyze all the possible structures before you enter the first medical record.<br />
* Commented '''internet favorites''' or '''bookmarks''', with colors and fonts having the meaning you want.<br />
<br />
== Features ==<br />
<br />
Apart from other things, this release of FreeMind features:<br />
<br />
* Fully functional '''following of HTML links''' stored in the nodes, be it www links or links to local files.<br />
* From very early versions, Freemind supports '''folding''' which is its essential property.<br />
* '''Fast one-click navigation''', including folding / unfolding on one click and following links on one click at the same time (you don't have to make choice between fast following of links and fast fold/unfold). You can move the map by dragging the map's background as well as using mouse wheel.<br />
* '''Undo'''<br />
* '''Smart Drag'n Drop''', including the possibility to copy nodes or copy style of nodes; dragging and dropping of multiple selected nodes; dropping of texts or list of files from outside<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting into''', including pasting of links from HTML or structuring the pasted content on the basis of the number of leading spaces in a line; pasting of lists of selected files<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting from''', including plain text and RTF (MS Wordpad, MS Word, MS Outlook messages).<br />
* '''Export of map to HTML''', with folding (see [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html example])<br />
* '''Find''' facility, where found items are shown one by one as you do &quot;find next&quot;, and the map is unfolded only for the current item.<br />
* Possibility to use and '''edit long multiline nodes'''; even with '''newlines'''<br />
* Possibility to decorate nodes with '''built-in icons''', colors and different fonts.<br />
* '''Low costs of risk of switching away''' to another mind mapping tool, because FreeMind stores maps in '''XML''' format. If you have a lot of maps created by FreeMind and you want to switch to another program, writing a conversion program should be easy, especially if that program features Visual Basic scripting facility. Christoph Rissner describes in his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.pdf article] at [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/veranstaltungen/seminar/abgeschlossen.html IICM site] his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.tar.gz implementation] of data exchange between FreeMind and MindManager.<br />
* File mode enables you to '''browse the files on your computer''', '''seeing''' the folder structure '''as mind map'''.<br />
* See more details in [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/Freemind-development.html Freemind development tree]<br />
<br />
Weak spots include:<br />
<br />
* The support of '''pictures''' in nodes is in preliminary stage. When you want to carry a map around with you, you have to take care that you take the image files with you.<br />
* FreeMind is basically '''one user''' application. Although users can in principle work on the same map, there is only '''preliminary locking mechanism''' to prevent conflicts, at the time, switched off by default.<br />
* In '''rare cases''', '''following of HTML''' links in the web browser '''does not work''' on some computers; the same holds for opening local files.<br />
* '''Limited''' support for '''fancy graphics'''.<br />
<br />
== License ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software free software] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software open source software], licensed under GNU GPL V2+ ([http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]), where "V2+" means "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version". Basically, that means that you are free to use FreeMind to whatever purpose you want without paying for that, and that any code derived from current FreeMind's code must also be licensed under GPL V2+. See also [[Licensing]].<br />
<br />
== Get help from other users ==<br />
<br />
Ask a question on FreeMind's [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum. Also, consider looking at the collection of [[Asked Questions|asked questions]], using the search function of your browser. If you're unlike most of computer users, you may also consider reading the documentation, accessible from the menu Help > Documentation; press Ctrl + F to search through the documentation. For ''Linux'' users, [[FreeMind on Linux]] page may be helpful.<br />
<br />
== Documentation ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Documentation]].''<br />
<br />
Documentation available includes the following.<br />
<br />
* Mind map documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Documentation''.<br />
* Windows help-like documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Help''.<br />
* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind%20User%20Guide%20by%20Shailaja%20Kumar%20(manual).pdf Printable documentation in PDF]<br />
<br />
== Alternatives to using FreeMind ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Alternatives to FreeMind]]''.<br />
<br />
To achieve that which FreeMind offers, you can use variety of tools.<br />
<br />
* ''Free or freeware mind mapping program'', like [http://www.thinkgraph.com Thinkgraph], [http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ VYM - View Your Mind], [http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ Kdissert], [[XMind]] and [[Freeplane]] (FreeMind fork).<br />
* ''Commercial mind mapping program'', like [http://www.mindjet.com/ MindManager], [http://www.inspiration.com/ Inspiration], [http://www.mindgenius.com/ MindGenius], [http://www.visual-mind.com/ Visual Mind] or [http://mindmapper.com/ MindMapper].<br />
* ''Note editor'' / ''reference manager'' / ''PIM - personal information manager'', like [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html Key Note] for Windows, [http://basket.kde.org/index.php BasKet Note Pads] for Linux, and [http://www.tuxcards.de/ TuxCards] for Linux.<br />
* Text editor with ''Outline mode'', like. [http://www.microsoft.com/office/ MS Word], [http://www.lyx.org/ LyX] or [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs].<br />
* Text editor with ''Folding mode'', e.g. [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs], [http://www.vim.org/ Vim] or [http://www.jedit.org jEdit].<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner ''Outliner''], like cross-platform [http://outliner.sourceforge.net/ Java outline editor], MS Windows based [http://hardtware.de/index.cgi?site=products&action=outliner Outliner], and Python-based outliner [http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Leo] (Python License).<br />
* A ''concept map editor'', like multiplatform freeware [http://cmap.ihmc.us/ CmapTools], GNU GPL-licensed [http://www.conzilla.org/ Conzilla] in Java, or freeware [http://compendium.open.ac.uk/institute/ Compendium].<br />
* ''Presentation software'', like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Impress OpenOffice Impress], used for drawing ''concept maps''.<br />
<br />
== Authors and contributors ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Authors and contributors]].''<br />
<br />
Several people have substantially contributed to the development of FreeMind, including the following.<br />
<br />
* Jörg Müller<br />
* Daniel Polansky<br />
* Petr Novak<br />
* Christian Foltin<br />
* Dimitry Polivaev<br />
<br />
Many other people have contributed.<br />
<br />
===Tools===<br />
<br />
FreeMind team uses:<br />
* YourKit Java Profiler, donated by [http://www.yourkit.com YourKit], for analysis of memory consumption and performance issues<br />
* Enterprise Architect, donated by [http://www.sparxsystems.eu/ Sparx Systems], for design tasks.<br />
<br />
== Do you want to reward authors for their work? ==<br />
<br />
Drop us a line saying that you like FreeMind. You can do it on our [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=320015 Thank you for the music] forum - just start a new thread and click &quot;Post commment&quot;; it's really easy. We are always glad to read that someone finds FreeMind useful. This definitely increases our motivation. Also, we appreciate to read what attracts you on FreeMind, and what is your most important case of use of FreeMind.<br />
<br />
For questions with problems, there is [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum and there is a bug tracker.<br />
<br />
==Testimonials==<br />
<br />
What users say about FreeMind includes the following.<br />
<br />
'''Krishna Teja, 24.3.2011''':<br />
For about 6 years I have only been ''dreaming'' of organizing my life in<br />
some manner. There are far too many variables and unknowns, and I never knew<br />
''how or where to begin organizing''. After 6 years of procrastination and<br />
a catastrophic crash in life, I hit mind maps and FreeMind. It looks like the<br />
search is over, I can now organize my thoughts in one place and get a clear<br />
picture of my own life. The flexibility of the software is only limited by one's<br />
imagination. ''Hats off to the team'' for contributing this gem to the open<br />
source world. After only days of using this software I can say its the best<br />
thing since sliced bread. My joy is boundless. I hope to stick to FreeMind throughout<br />
my life to organize stuff.<br />
<br />
Krishna Teja,<br />
Hyderabad India<br />
<br />
'''Andrea, 25.7.2008:''' I rediscovered Freemind last week while my proposal for a multi million USD<br />
contract was being reviewed in a tender in a ministry.<br />
The reviewer was keeping all details under perfect control at lightspeed, giving<br />
hard times to us proposers noticing every single missing or glitch in our<br />
documents.<br />
<br />
How could he be doing this?<br />
<br />
I just asked: mind mapping software was the response. He made a big mind map<br />
of the whole proposal and checked all the nodes one by one. As easy as this.<br />
<br />
Well, I was fascinated, after passing the tender review (YESSSSSSS!!!) I just<br />
browsed my PC where freemind was sitting quiet since a couple of years. I just<br />
launched it and applied it to my current project: a BIG software system delivery<br />
to an important bank.<br />
<br />
Guys, in 3 days I made a perfect job in tracking activities, preparing project<br />
status meeting, todo lists, reports, software test result diagrams... I'm just<br />
amazed.<br />
<br />
>From now on I'll use it for everything.<br />
<br />
Thanks for this precious piece of software.<br />
<br />
'''Rich, 14.4.2004:''' First off, congratulations on a truly awesome application with a fantastically intuitive interface... I thought I'd spend 10 minutes evaluating it but I had so much fun I ended up playing for hours - I even missed lunch!<br />
<br />
'''Daniel, 1.2.2003:''' How do I know that FreeMind is a high productivity tool? The answer is I don't. I am using FreeMind on daily basis and am very satisfied with the benefits it brings me. What I really consider important is that when I use FreeMind, most of the time I don't have to<br />
ask myself &quot;how do I do this thing in FreeMind&quot;, but I rather just do what I need without thinking about it. FreeMind makes my task of collecting, organizing and analyzing information on a given topic much easier.<br />
<br />
'''James, 14.10.2002:''' Now, having tried out the new release, I can tell you: It's brilliant! Well done!<br />
<br />
'''Henning, 21.11.2002:''' I recently started using FreeMind and I'm rather delightet. After getting to known it, it immediately became one of my every-day-use-tools.<br />
<br />
'''Joe, 20.1.2003:''' I downloaded Freemind several months ago and it has become a vital part of my daily activites. I am enormously grateful for the program.<br />
<br />
'''Paul, 9.2.2003:''' What a splendid piece of work!<br />
<br />
'''Tom, 13.2.2003:''' I appreciate version 6.1 very much. Having the DnD capability into and out of my emails has now made Freemind the source document for my management work. 6.1 is stable, simple and elegant in text, lines, and manipulation. I prefer such elegance to commercial versions<br />
because I have work to do, not time to make things look better. This is a superb complexity organizer.<br />
<br />
I also use it at home to capture my martial arts learning as I head towards a<br />
black belt. I put in the basic movements and the katas or arranged groups of<br />
movements. I use that when I practice at home.<br />
<br />
'''Perry, 10.4.2003:''' I have been using FreeMind for two or three months now, and find it totally indispensable! I simply can't say enough good things about how it has helped me get on top of an overwhelming workload. I've tried task managers and project managers ad-nauseam, and they are<br />
either too simplistic or too cumbersome.<br />
<br />
Links:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320015 Thank you for the music] forum, sourceforge.net -- more positive reactions, from which the above was selected years ago<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/reviews/ freemind/reviews], sourceforge.net -- user reviews using SourceForge's dedicated tool<br />
* [[Marketing]] -- dedicated marketing page<br />
<br />
== Reviews ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind has been reviewed in the following articles and blogs:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/38918 Can open source software free your mind?], September 10th, 2004 (linux.com)<br />
* [http://sorou.sh/2006/02/26/mind-mapping-with-freemind-review Mind Mapping with FreeMind (Review)], February 26th, 2006 (hyperreality.wordpress.com)<br />
<br />
See more at [[marketing]] page.<br />
<br />
== More pages ==<br />
<br />
This website also features the following pages.<br />
<br />
[[Forums]] ~<br />
[[Requests for enhancements]] ~<br />
[[Import and export]] ~<br />
[[Flash browser]] ~<br />
[[FreeMindPDA]] ~<br />
[[Freemind Win Collab]] ~<br />
[[Sandbox]] ~ <br />
[[Documentation efforts]] ~<br />
[[Plugins]] ~<br />
[[Short patches]] ~<br />
[[Tutorial effort]] ~<br />
[[User.properties]] ~ [[Videos]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]<br />
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</table></div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=14562Main Page2023-06-09T12:42:07Z<p>Dan Polansky: drop curious url</p>
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On this page:<br><br />
[[#Download_and_install|Download and install]]<br><br />
[[#Running|Running]]<br><br />
[[#Getting_a_taste_of_FreeMind|Get a taste of FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Screenshots|Screenshots]]<br><br />
[[#Uses_of_FreeMind|Uses of FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Features|Features]]<br><br />
[[#License|License]]<br><br />
[[#Get_help_from_other_users|Get help]]<br><br />
[[#Documentation|Documentation]]<br><br />
[[#Alternatives_to_using_FreeMind|Alternatives to FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Authors_and_contributors|Authors and contributors]]<br><br />
[[#Do_you_want_to_reward_authors_for_their_work?|Reward authors]]<br><br />
[[#Testimonials|Testimonials]]<br><br />
[[#Reviews|Reviews]]<br><br />
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= FreeMind - free mind mapping software =<br />
<br />
FreeMind is a premier free [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map mind-mapping] software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click &quot;fold / unfold&quot; and &quot;follow link&quot; operations.<br />
<br />
So you want to '''write''' a completely new '''metaphysics'''? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to '''refactor''' your '''essays''' in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal '''knowledge base''', which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to '''prioritize''', '''know''' where you are, where you've been and '''where you are heading''',<br />
as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?<br />
<br />
'''Did FreeMind make you angry?''' [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320014 Write a complaint].<br />
==Download==<br />
<br />
See [[Download]].<br />
<br />
Get yourself what about '''6000 users download each week'''[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?period=weekly]. FreeMind 1.0.1 was downloaded over 5,800,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-03-24]. More at [[Statistics]].<br />
<br />
==Project news==<br />
<br />
: ''See more at [[News]].''<br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta2. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/801fce22/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac users see below!''') (7 Feb 2016).'''</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta1. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/60e34aca/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (22 Jun 2015).'''</p><br />
<br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="green">release</font> FreeMind 1.0.1 [[Download|available for download]]. It is a bug fix release for 1.0.0. For details see the [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/83e004f6/?limit=25#1b9d Open-Discussion Page] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (12 Apr 2014).</p><br />
<br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''New Release FreeMind 1.0.0 [[Download|available]] (19 OCt 2013).''' </font> The release has a lot of new functions (in comparison with the 0.9.0 release two years ago). Especially clones, collaboration and geographical maps are the major new functions. The most important usability addition is the spell checker (thanks to Eike). For an overview over new features, see [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]].</p><br />
<br />
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'''New <font color="blue">release candidate</font> FreeMind 1.0.0-RC5. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/7948fe4f/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (11 Sep 2013).'''</p><br />
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<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''Information for Mac Maverick (10.9) and Mountain Lion (10.8) Users (20 Aug 2012).''' </font> After the download, the operating system reports that the application has not been signed and reminds you that the default security preferences prevent you from running such applications. There is an easy workaround, namely control-clicking on the icon and selecting Open.</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''FreeMind has made it as the finalist for the 2009 Community Choice Award in the category "Most likely to change the way you do everything"!! Thanks for your trust in our project.</font> '''</p><br />
<br />
==Running==<br />
<br />
To run FreeMind, do one of the following.<br />
<br />
* in Windows, double click '''Freemind.exe''', or<br />
* on any operating system, double click '''freemind.jar''' in the <tt>lib/</tt> folder of the folder in which FreeMind has been installed.<br />
<br />
FreeMind runs on various operating systems:<br />
* [[Windows]]<br />
* [[MacOS|macOS]]<br />
* [[FreeMind on Linux|Linux]]<br />
<br />
==Getting a taste of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
You can view mind maps created with FreeMind '''now''' in your web browser, if you have Java 1.4 installed.<br />
{| {{Table style}}<br />
! Map<br />
! Note<br />
|-<br />
| <mm>[[:Freemind.mm|applet|FreeMind documentation]]</mm><br />
| Shown as a mind map, using a Java applet with around 700 KB.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mind Map Gallery]]<br />
| Mind maps contributed by FreeMind users, embedded into this wiki.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps.html Daniel's public map]<br />
| Some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html Daniel's public map (HTML)]<br />
| Map exported into HTML; some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
<br />
: ''See more in [[Screenshots]].''<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| [[File:FreeMind-computer-knowledge-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-learning-german-080.png|290px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-freemind-development-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-my-health-080.png|290px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Uses of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
Current users of FreeMind use it for the following purposes:<br />
<br />
* '''Keeping track of projects''', including subtasks, state of subtasks and time recording<br />
* Project '''workplace''', including links to necessary files, executables, source of information and of course information<br />
* Workplace for '''internet research''' using Google and other sources<br />
* Keeping a collection of small or middle sized '''notes''' with links on some area which expands as needed. Such a collection of notes is sometimes called '''knowledge base'''.<br />
* '''Essay writing''' and '''brainstorming''', using colors to show which essays are open, completed, not yet started etc, using size of nodes to indicate size of essays. I don't have one map for one essay, I have one map for all essays. I move parts of some essays to other when it seems appropriate.<br />
* Keeping a '''small database''' of something with '''structure''' that is either '''very dynamic''' or '''not known in advance'''. The main disadvantage of such approach when compared to traditional database applications are poor query possibilities, but I use it that way anyway - contacts, recipes, medical records etc. You learn about the structure from the additional data items you enter. For example, different medical records use different structure and you do not have to analyze all the possible structures before you enter the first medical record.<br />
* Commented '''internet favorites''' or '''bookmarks''', with colors and fonts having the meaning you want.<br />
<br />
== Features ==<br />
<br />
Apart from other things, this release of FreeMind features:<br />
<br />
* Fully functional '''following of HTML links''' stored in the nodes, be it www links or links to local files.<br />
* From very early versions, Freemind supports '''folding''' which is its essential property.<br />
* '''Fast one-click navigation''', including folding / unfolding on one click and following links on one click at the same time (you don't have to make choice between fast following of links and fast fold/unfold). You can move the map by dragging the map's background as well as using mouse wheel.<br />
* '''Undo'''<br />
* '''Smart Drag'n Drop''', including the possibility to copy nodes or copy style of nodes; dragging and dropping of multiple selected nodes; dropping of texts or list of files from outside<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting into''', including pasting of links from HTML or structuring the pasted content on the basis of the number of leading spaces in a line; pasting of lists of selected files<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting from''', including plain text and RTF (MS Wordpad, MS Word, MS Outlook messages).<br />
* '''Export of map to HTML''', with folding (see [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html example])<br />
* '''Find''' facility, where found items are shown one by one as you do &quot;find next&quot;, and the map is unfolded only for the current item.<br />
* Possibility to use and '''edit long multiline nodes'''; even with '''newlines'''<br />
* Possibility to decorate nodes with '''built-in icons''', colors and different fonts.<br />
* '''Low costs of risk of switching away''' to another mind mapping tool, because FreeMind stores maps in '''XML''' format. If you have a lot of maps created by FreeMind and you want to switch to another program, writing a conversion program should be easy, especially if that program features Visual Basic scripting facility. Christoph Rissner describes in his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.pdf article] at [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/veranstaltungen/seminar/abgeschlossen.html IICM site] his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.tar.gz implementation] of data exchange between FreeMind and MindManager.<br />
* File mode enables you to '''browse the files on your computer''', '''seeing''' the folder structure '''as mind map'''.<br />
* See more details in [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/Freemind-development.html Freemind development tree]<br />
<br />
Weak spots include:<br />
<br />
* The support of '''pictures''' in nodes is in preliminary stage. When you want to carry a map around with you, you have to take care that you take the image files with you.<br />
* FreeMind is basically '''one user''' application. Although users can in principle work on the same map, there is only '''preliminary locking mechanism''' to prevent conflicts, at the time, switched off by default.<br />
* In '''rare cases''', '''following of HTML''' links in the web browser '''does not work''' on some computers; the same holds for opening local files.<br />
* '''Limited''' support for '''fancy graphics'''.<br />
<br />
== License ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software free software] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software open source software], licensed under GNU GPL V2+ ([http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]), where "V2+" means "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version". Basically, that means that you are free to use FreeMind to whatever purpose you want without paying for that, and that any code derived from current FreeMind's code must also be licensed under GPL V2+. See also [[Licensing]].<br />
<br />
== Get help from other users ==<br />
<br />
Ask a question on FreeMind's [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum. Also, consider looking at the collection of [[Asked Questions|asked questions]], using the search function of your browser. If you're unlike most of computer users, you may also consider reading the documentation, accessible from the menu Help > Documentation; press Ctrl + F to search through the documentation. For ''Linux'' users, [[FreeMind on Linux]] page may be helpful.<br />
<br />
== Documentation ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Documentation]].''<br />
<br />
Documentation available includes the following.<br />
<br />
* Mind map documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Documentation''.<br />
* Windows help-like documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Help''.<br />
* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind%20User%20Guide%20by%20Shailaja%20Kumar%20(manual).pdf Printable documentation in PDF]<br />
<br />
== Alternatives to using FreeMind ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Alternatives to FreeMind]]''.<br />
<br />
To achieve that which FreeMind offers, you can use variety of tools.<br />
<br />
* ''Free or freeware mind mapping program'', like [http://www.thinkgraph.com Thinkgraph], [http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ VYM - View Your Mind], [http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ Kdissert], [[XMind]] and [[Freeplane]] (FreeMind fork).<br />
* ''Commercial mind mapping program'', like [http://www.mindjet.com/ MindManager], [http://www.inspiration.com/ Inspiration], [http://www.mindgenius.com/ MindGenius], [http://www.visual-mind.com/ Visual Mind] or [http://mindmapper.com/ MindMapper].<br />
* ''Note editor'' / ''reference manager'' / ''PIM - personal information manager'', like [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html Key Note] for Windows, [http://basket.kde.org/index.php BasKet Note Pads] for Linux, and [http://www.tuxcards.de/ TuxCards] for Linux.<br />
* Text editor with ''Outline mode'', like. [http://www.microsoft.com/office/ MS Word], [http://www.lyx.org/ LyX] or [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs].<br />
* Text editor with ''Folding mode'', e.g. [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs], [http://www.vim.org/ Vim] or [http://www.jedit.org jEdit].<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner ''Outliner''], like cross-platform [http://outliner.sourceforge.net/ Java outline editor], MS Windows based [http://hardtware.de/index.cgi?site=products&action=outliner Outliner], and Python-based outliner [http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Leo] (Python License).<br />
* A ''concept map editor'', like multiplatform freeware [http://cmap.ihmc.us/ CmapTools], GNU GPL-licensed [http://www.conzilla.org/ Conzilla] in Java, or freeware [http://compendium.open.ac.uk/institute/ Compendium].<br />
* ''Presentation software'', like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Impress OpenOffice Impress], used for drawing ''concept maps''.<br />
<br />
== Authors and contributors ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Authors and contributors]].''<br />
<br />
Several people have substantially contributed to the development of FreeMind, including the following.<br />
<br />
* Jörg Müller<br />
* Daniel Polansky<br />
* Petr Novak<br />
* Christian Foltin<br />
* Dimitry Polivaev<br />
<br />
Many other people have contributed.<br />
<br />
===Tools===<br />
<br />
FreeMind team uses:<br />
* YourKit Java Profiler, donated by [http://www.yourkit.com YourKit], for analysis of memory consumption and performance issues<br />
* Enterprise Architect, donated by [http://www.sparxsystems.eu/ Sparx Systems], for design tasks.<br />
<br />
== Do you want to reward authors for their work? ==<br />
<br />
Drop us a line saying that you like FreeMind. You can do it on our [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=320015 Thank you for the music] forum - just start a new thread and click &quot;Post commment&quot;; it's really easy. We are always glad to read that someone finds FreeMind useful. This definitely increases our motivation. Also, we appreciate to read what attracts you on FreeMind, and what is your most important case of use of FreeMind.<br />
<br />
For questions with problems, there is [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum and there is a bug tracker.<br />
<br />
==Testimonials==<br />
<br />
What users say about FreeMind includes the following.<br />
<br />
'''Krishna Teja, 24.3.2011''':<br />
For about 6 years I have only been ''dreaming'' of organizing my life in<br />
some manner. There are far too many variables and unknowns, and I never knew<br />
''how or where to begin organizing''. After 6 years of procrastination and<br />
a catastrophic crash in life, I hit mind maps and FreeMind. It looks like the<br />
search is over, I can now organize my thoughts in one place and get a clear<br />
picture of my own life. The flexibility of the software is only limited by one's<br />
imagination. ''Hats off to the team'' for contributing this gem to the open<br />
source world. After only days of using this software I can say its the best<br />
thing since sliced bread. My joy is boundless. I hope to stick to FreeMind throughout<br />
my life to organize stuff.<br />
<br />
Krishna Teja,<br />
Hyderabad India<br />
<br />
'''Andrea, 25.7.2008:''' I rediscovered Freemind last week while my proposal for a multi million USD<br />
contract was being reviewed in a tender in a ministry.<br />
The reviewer was keeping all details under perfect control at lightspeed, giving<br />
hard times to us proposers noticing every single missing or glitch in our<br />
documents.<br />
<br />
How could he be doing this?<br />
<br />
I just asked: mind mapping software was the response. He made a big mind map<br />
of the whole proposal and checked all the nodes one by one. As easy as this.<br />
<br />
Well, I was fascinated, after passing the tender review (YESSSSSSS!!!) I just<br />
browsed my PC where freemind was sitting quiet since a couple of years. I just<br />
launched it and applied it to my current project: a BIG software system delivery<br />
to an important bank.<br />
<br />
Guys, in 3 days I made a perfect job in tracking activities, preparing project<br />
status meeting, todo lists, reports, software test result diagrams... I'm just<br />
amazed.<br />
<br />
>From now on I'll use it for everything.<br />
<br />
Thanks for this precious piece of software.<br />
<br />
'''Rich, 14.4.2004:''' First off, congratulations on a truly awesome application with a fantastically intuitive interface... I thought I'd spend 10 minutes evaluating it but I had so much fun I ended up playing for hours - I even missed lunch!<br />
<br />
'''Daniel, 1.2.2003:''' How do I know that FreeMind is a high productivity tool? The answer is I don't. I am using FreeMind on daily basis and am very satisfied with the benefits it brings me. What I really consider important is that when I use FreeMind, most of the time I don't have to<br />
ask myself &quot;how do I do this thing in FreeMind&quot;, but I rather just do what I need without thinking about it. FreeMind makes my task of collecting, organizing and analyzing information on a given topic much easier.<br />
<br />
'''James, 14.10.2002:''' Now, having tried out the new release, I can tell you: It's brilliant! Well done!<br />
<br />
'''Henning, 21.11.2002:''' I recently started using FreeMind and I'm rather delightet. After getting to known it, it immediately became one of my every-day-use-tools.<br />
<br />
'''Joe, 20.1.2003:''' I downloaded Freemind several months ago and it has become a vital part of my daily activites. I am enormously grateful for the program.<br />
<br />
'''Paul, 9.2.2003:''' What a splendid piece of work!<br />
<br />
'''Tom, 13.2.2003:''' I appreciate version 6.1 very much. Having the DnD capability into and out of my emails has now made Freemind the source document for my management work. 6.1 is stable, simple and elegant in text, lines, and manipulation. I prefer such elegance to commercial versions<br />
because I have work to do, not time to make things look better. This is a superb complexity organizer.<br />
<br />
I also use it at home to capture my martial arts learning as I head towards a<br />
black belt. I put in the basic movements and the katas or arranged groups of<br />
movements. I use that when I practice at home.<br />
<br />
'''Perry, 10.4.2003:''' I have been using FreeMind for two or three months now, and find it totally indispensable! I simply can't say enough good things about how it has helped me get on top of an overwhelming workload. I've tried task managers and project managers ad-nauseam, and they are<br />
either too simplistic or too cumbersome.<br />
<br />
Links:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320015 Thank you for the music] forum, sourceforge.net -- more positive reactions, from which the above was selected years ago<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/reviews/ freemind/reviews], sourceforge.net -- user reviews using SourceForge's dedicated tool<br />
* [[Marketing]] -- dedicated marketing page<br />
<br />
== Reviews ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind has been reviewed in the following articles and blogs:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/38918 Can open source software free your mind?], September 10th, 2004 (linux.com)<br />
* [http://sorou.sh/2006/02/26/mind-mapping-with-freemind-review Mind Mapping with FreeMind (Review)], February 26th, 2006 (hyperreality.wordpress.com)<br />
<br />
See more at [[marketing]] page.<br />
<br />
== More pages ==<br />
<br />
This website also features the following pages.<br />
<br />
[[Forums]] ~<br />
[[Requests for enhancements]] ~<br />
[[Import and export]] ~<br />
[[Flash browser]] ~<br />
[[FreeMindPDA]] ~<br />
[[Freemind Win Collab]] ~<br />
[[Sandbox]] ~ <br />
[[Documentation efforts]] ~<br />
[[Plugins]] ~<br />
[[Short patches]] ~<br />
[[Tutorial effort]] ~<br />
[[User.properties]] ~ [[Videos]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]<br />
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</table></div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=14561Main Page2023-06-09T12:15:56Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
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[[#Download_and_install|Download and install]]<br><br />
[[#Running|Running]]<br><br />
[[#Getting_a_taste_of_FreeMind|Get a taste of FreeMind]]<br><br />
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[[#Uses_of_FreeMind|Uses of FreeMind]]<br><br />
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[[#Get_help_from_other_users|Get help]]<br><br />
[[#Documentation|Documentation]]<br><br />
[[#Alternatives_to_using_FreeMind|Alternatives to FreeMind]]<br><br />
[[#Authors_and_contributors|Authors and contributors]]<br><br />
[[#Do_you_want_to_reward_authors_for_their_work?|Reward authors]]<br><br />
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= FreeMind - free mind mapping software =<br />
<br />
FreeMind is a premier free [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map mind-mapping] software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of MindManager because of one-click &quot;fold / unfold&quot; and &quot;follow link&quot; operations.<br />
<br />
So you want to '''write''' a completely new '''metaphysics'''? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to '''refactor''' your '''essays''' in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal '''knowledge base''', which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to '''prioritize''', '''know''' where you are, where you've been and '''where you are heading''',<br />
as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that?<br />
<br />
'''Did FreeMind make you angry?''' [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320014 Write a complaint].<br />
==Download==<br />
<br />
See [[Download]].<br />
<br />
Get yourself what about '''6000 users download each week'''[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/stats/timeline?period=weekly]. FreeMind 1.0.1 was downloaded over 5,800,000 times[https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/1.0.1/stats/timeline?dates=2010-12-24+to+2023-03-24]. More at [[Statistics]].<br />
<br />
==Project news==<br />
<br />
: ''See more at [[News]].''<br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta2. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/801fce22/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac users see below!''') (7 Feb 2016).'''</p><br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="red">beta</font> FreeMind 1.1.0-Beta1. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.1.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/60e34aca/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (22 Jun 2015).'''</p><br />
<br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
'''New <font color="green">release</font> FreeMind 1.0.1 [[Download|available for download]]. It is a bug fix release for 1.0.0. For details see the [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/83e004f6/?limit=25#1b9d Open-Discussion Page] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (12 Apr 2014).'http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=protect''</p><br />
<br />
<br />
<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''New Release FreeMind 1.0.0 [[Download|available]] (19 OCt 2013).''' </font> The release has a lot of new functions (in comparison with the 0.9.0 release two years ago). Especially clones, collaboration and geographical maps are the major new functions. The most important usability addition is the spell checker (thanks to Eike). For an overview over new features, see [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]].</p><br />
<br />
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'''New <font color="blue">release candidate</font> FreeMind 1.0.0-RC5. For the overview of new features, see here: [[FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features|FreeMind 1.0.0: The New Features]]. See also: [https://sourceforge.net/p/freemind/discussion/22101/thread/7948fe4f/ Open-Discussion Page with download link] ('''Mac Mountain Lion users see below!''') (11 Sep 2013).'''</p><br />
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<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''Information for Mac Maverick (10.9) and Mountain Lion (10.8) Users (20 Aug 2012).''' </font> After the download, the operating system reports that the application has not been signed and reminds you that the default security preferences prevent you from running such applications. There is an easy workaround, namely control-clicking on the icon and selecting Open.</p><br />
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<p style={{ProjectNewsStyle}}><br />
<font color="green">'''FreeMind has made it as the finalist for the 2009 Community Choice Award in the category "Most likely to change the way you do everything"!! Thanks for your trust in our project.</font> '''</p><br />
<br />
==Running==<br />
<br />
To run FreeMind, do one of the following.<br />
<br />
* in Windows, double click '''Freemind.exe''', or<br />
* on any operating system, double click '''freemind.jar''' in the <tt>lib/</tt> folder of the folder in which FreeMind has been installed.<br />
<br />
FreeMind runs on various operating systems:<br />
* [[Windows]]<br />
* [[MacOS|macOS]]<br />
* [[FreeMind on Linux|Linux]]<br />
<br />
==Getting a taste of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
You can view mind maps created with FreeMind '''now''' in your web browser, if you have Java 1.4 installed.<br />
{| {{Table style}}<br />
! Map<br />
! Note<br />
|-<br />
| <mm>[[:Freemind.mm|applet|FreeMind documentation]]</mm><br />
| Shown as a mind map, using a Java applet with around 700 KB.<br />
|-<br />
| [[Mind Map Gallery]]<br />
| Mind maps contributed by FreeMind users, embedded into this wiki.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps.html Daniel's public map]<br />
| Some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|-<br />
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html Daniel's public map (HTML)]<br />
| Map exported into HTML; some bookmarks and remarks.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
<br />
: ''See more in [[Screenshots]].''<br />
<br />
{| <br />
| [[File:FreeMind-computer-knowledge-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-learning-german-080.png|290px]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-freemind-development-080.png|290px]]<br />
| [[File:FreeMind-my-health-080.png|290px]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Uses of FreeMind==<br />
<br />
Current users of FreeMind use it for the following purposes:<br />
<br />
* '''Keeping track of projects''', including subtasks, state of subtasks and time recording<br />
* Project '''workplace''', including links to necessary files, executables, source of information and of course information<br />
* Workplace for '''internet research''' using Google and other sources<br />
* Keeping a collection of small or middle sized '''notes''' with links on some area which expands as needed. Such a collection of notes is sometimes called '''knowledge base'''.<br />
* '''Essay writing''' and '''brainstorming''', using colors to show which essays are open, completed, not yet started etc, using size of nodes to indicate size of essays. I don't have one map for one essay, I have one map for all essays. I move parts of some essays to other when it seems appropriate.<br />
* Keeping a '''small database''' of something with '''structure''' that is either '''very dynamic''' or '''not known in advance'''. The main disadvantage of such approach when compared to traditional database applications are poor query possibilities, but I use it that way anyway - contacts, recipes, medical records etc. You learn about the structure from the additional data items you enter. For example, different medical records use different structure and you do not have to analyze all the possible structures before you enter the first medical record.<br />
* Commented '''internet favorites''' or '''bookmarks''', with colors and fonts having the meaning you want.<br />
<br />
== Features ==<br />
<br />
Apart from other things, this release of FreeMind features:<br />
<br />
* Fully functional '''following of HTML links''' stored in the nodes, be it www links or links to local files.<br />
* From very early versions, Freemind supports '''folding''' which is its essential property.<br />
* '''Fast one-click navigation''', including folding / unfolding on one click and following links on one click at the same time (you don't have to make choice between fast following of links and fast fold/unfold). You can move the map by dragging the map's background as well as using mouse wheel.<br />
* '''Undo'''<br />
* '''Smart Drag'n Drop''', including the possibility to copy nodes or copy style of nodes; dragging and dropping of multiple selected nodes; dropping of texts or list of files from outside<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting into''', including pasting of links from HTML or structuring the pasted content on the basis of the number of leading spaces in a line; pasting of lists of selected files<br />
* '''Smart copying and pasting from''', including plain text and RTF (MS Wordpad, MS Word, MS Outlook messages).<br />
* '''Export of map to HTML''', with folding (see [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/PublicMaps-exported.html example])<br />
* '''Find''' facility, where found items are shown one by one as you do &quot;find next&quot;, and the map is unfolded only for the current item.<br />
* Possibility to use and '''edit long multiline nodes'''; even with '''newlines'''<br />
* Possibility to decorate nodes with '''built-in icons''', colors and different fonts.<br />
* '''Low costs of risk of switching away''' to another mind mapping tool, because FreeMind stores maps in '''XML''' format. If you have a lot of maps created by FreeMind and you want to switch to another program, writing a conversion program should be easy, especially if that program features Visual Basic scripting facility. Christoph Rissner describes in his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.pdf article] at [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/veranstaltungen/seminar/abgeschlossen.html IICM site] his [http://krottmaier.cgv.tugraz.at/docs/seminar/sem2002_mindmaps.tar.gz implementation] of data exchange between FreeMind and MindManager.<br />
* File mode enables you to '''browse the files on your computer''', '''seeing''' the folder structure '''as mind map'''.<br />
* See more details in [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/Freemind-development.html Freemind development tree]<br />
<br />
Weak spots include:<br />
<br />
* The support of '''pictures''' in nodes is in preliminary stage. When you want to carry a map around with you, you have to take care that you take the image files with you.<br />
* FreeMind is basically '''one user''' application. Although users can in principle work on the same map, there is only '''preliminary locking mechanism''' to prevent conflicts, at the time, switched off by default.<br />
* In '''rare cases''', '''following of HTML''' links in the web browser '''does not work''' on some computers; the same holds for opening local files.<br />
* '''Limited''' support for '''fancy graphics'''.<br />
<br />
== License ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software free software] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software open source software], licensed under GNU GPL V2+ ([http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU General Public License]), where "V2+" means "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version". Basically, that means that you are free to use FreeMind to whatever purpose you want without paying for that, and that any code derived from current FreeMind's code must also be licensed under GPL V2+. See also [[Licensing]].<br />
<br />
== Get help from other users ==<br />
<br />
Ask a question on FreeMind's [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum. Also, consider looking at the collection of [[Asked Questions|asked questions]], using the search function of your browser. If you're unlike most of computer users, you may also consider reading the documentation, accessible from the menu Help > Documentation; press Ctrl + F to search through the documentation. For ''Linux'' users, [[FreeMind on Linux]] page may be helpful.<br />
<br />
== Documentation ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Documentation]].''<br />
<br />
Documentation available includes the following.<br />
<br />
* Mind map documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Documentation''.<br />
* Windows help-like documentation: Application menu: ''Help > Help''.<br />
* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind%20User%20Guide%20by%20Shailaja%20Kumar%20(manual).pdf Printable documentation in PDF]<br />
<br />
== Alternatives to using FreeMind ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Alternatives to FreeMind]]''.<br />
<br />
To achieve that which FreeMind offers, you can use variety of tools.<br />
<br />
* ''Free or freeware mind mapping program'', like [http://www.thinkgraph.com Thinkgraph], [http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ VYM - View Your Mind], [http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ Kdissert], [[XMind]] and [[Freeplane]] (FreeMind fork).<br />
* ''Commercial mind mapping program'', like [http://www.mindjet.com/ MindManager], [http://www.inspiration.com/ Inspiration], [http://www.mindgenius.com/ MindGenius], [http://www.visual-mind.com/ Visual Mind] or [http://mindmapper.com/ MindMapper].<br />
* ''Note editor'' / ''reference manager'' / ''PIM - personal information manager'', like [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html Key Note] for Windows, [http://basket.kde.org/index.php BasKet Note Pads] for Linux, and [http://www.tuxcards.de/ TuxCards] for Linux.<br />
* Text editor with ''Outline mode'', like. [http://www.microsoft.com/office/ MS Word], [http://www.lyx.org/ LyX] or [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs].<br />
* Text editor with ''Folding mode'', e.g. [http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ Emacs], [http://www.vim.org/ Vim] or [http://www.jedit.org jEdit].<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outliner ''Outliner''], like cross-platform [http://outliner.sourceforge.net/ Java outline editor], MS Windows based [http://hardtware.de/index.cgi?site=products&action=outliner Outliner], and Python-based outliner [http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Leo] (Python License).<br />
* A ''concept map editor'', like multiplatform freeware [http://cmap.ihmc.us/ CmapTools], GNU GPL-licensed [http://www.conzilla.org/ Conzilla] in Java, or freeware [http://compendium.open.ac.uk/institute/ Compendium].<br />
* ''Presentation software'', like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org_Impress OpenOffice Impress], used for drawing ''concept maps''.<br />
<br />
== Authors and contributors ==<br />
<br />
: ''See detail in [[Authors and contributors]].''<br />
<br />
Several people have substantially contributed to the development of FreeMind, including the following.<br />
<br />
* Jörg Müller<br />
* Daniel Polansky<br />
* Petr Novak<br />
* Christian Foltin<br />
* Dimitry Polivaev<br />
<br />
Many other people have contributed.<br />
<br />
===Tools===<br />
<br />
FreeMind team uses:<br />
* YourKit Java Profiler, donated by [http://www.yourkit.com YourKit], for analysis of memory consumption and performance issues<br />
* Enterprise Architect, donated by [http://www.sparxsystems.eu/ Sparx Systems], for design tasks.<br />
<br />
== Do you want to reward authors for their work? ==<br />
<br />
Drop us a line saying that you like FreeMind. You can do it on our [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=320015 Thank you for the music] forum - just start a new thread and click &quot;Post commment&quot;; it's really easy. We are always glad to read that someone finds FreeMind useful. This definitely increases our motivation. Also, we appreciate to read what attracts you on FreeMind, and what is your most important case of use of FreeMind.<br />
<br />
For questions with problems, there is [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=22102 Help] forum and there is a bug tracker.<br />
<br />
==Testimonials==<br />
<br />
What users say about FreeMind includes the following.<br />
<br />
'''Krishna Teja, 24.3.2011''':<br />
For about 6 years I have only been ''dreaming'' of organizing my life in<br />
some manner. There are far too many variables and unknowns, and I never knew<br />
''how or where to begin organizing''. After 6 years of procrastination and<br />
a catastrophic crash in life, I hit mind maps and FreeMind. It looks like the<br />
search is over, I can now organize my thoughts in one place and get a clear<br />
picture of my own life. The flexibility of the software is only limited by one's<br />
imagination. ''Hats off to the team'' for contributing this gem to the open<br />
source world. After only days of using this software I can say its the best<br />
thing since sliced bread. My joy is boundless. I hope to stick to FreeMind throughout<br />
my life to organize stuff.<br />
<br />
Krishna Teja,<br />
Hyderabad India<br />
<br />
'''Andrea, 25.7.2008:''' I rediscovered Freemind last week while my proposal for a multi million USD<br />
contract was being reviewed in a tender in a ministry.<br />
The reviewer was keeping all details under perfect control at lightspeed, giving<br />
hard times to us proposers noticing every single missing or glitch in our<br />
documents.<br />
<br />
How could he be doing this?<br />
<br />
I just asked: mind mapping software was the response. He made a big mind map<br />
of the whole proposal and checked all the nodes one by one. As easy as this.<br />
<br />
Well, I was fascinated, after passing the tender review (YESSSSSSS!!!) I just<br />
browsed my PC where freemind was sitting quiet since a couple of years. I just<br />
launched it and applied it to my current project: a BIG software system delivery<br />
to an important bank.<br />
<br />
Guys, in 3 days I made a perfect job in tracking activities, preparing project<br />
status meeting, todo lists, reports, software test result diagrams... I'm just<br />
amazed.<br />
<br />
>From now on I'll use it for everything.<br />
<br />
Thanks for this precious piece of software.<br />
<br />
'''Rich, 14.4.2004:''' First off, congratulations on a truly awesome application with a fantastically intuitive interface... I thought I'd spend 10 minutes evaluating it but I had so much fun I ended up playing for hours - I even missed lunch!<br />
<br />
'''Daniel, 1.2.2003:''' How do I know that FreeMind is a high productivity tool? The answer is I don't. I am using FreeMind on daily basis and am very satisfied with the benefits it brings me. What I really consider important is that when I use FreeMind, most of the time I don't have to<br />
ask myself &quot;how do I do this thing in FreeMind&quot;, but I rather just do what I need without thinking about it. FreeMind makes my task of collecting, organizing and analyzing information on a given topic much easier.<br />
<br />
'''James, 14.10.2002:''' Now, having tried out the new release, I can tell you: It's brilliant! Well done!<br />
<br />
'''Henning, 21.11.2002:''' I recently started using FreeMind and I'm rather delightet. After getting to known it, it immediately became one of my every-day-use-tools.<br />
<br />
'''Joe, 20.1.2003:''' I downloaded Freemind several months ago and it has become a vital part of my daily activites. I am enormously grateful for the program.<br />
<br />
'''Paul, 9.2.2003:''' What a splendid piece of work!<br />
<br />
'''Tom, 13.2.2003:''' I appreciate version 6.1 very much. Having the DnD capability into and out of my emails has now made Freemind the source document for my management work. 6.1 is stable, simple and elegant in text, lines, and manipulation. I prefer such elegance to commercial versions<br />
because I have work to do, not time to make things look better. This is a superb complexity organizer.<br />
<br />
I also use it at home to capture my martial arts learning as I head towards a<br />
black belt. I put in the basic movements and the katas or arranged groups of<br />
movements. I use that when I practice at home.<br />
<br />
'''Perry, 10.4.2003:''' I have been using FreeMind for two or three months now, and find it totally indispensable! I simply can't say enough good things about how it has helped me get on top of an overwhelming workload. I've tried task managers and project managers ad-nauseam, and they are<br />
either too simplistic or too cumbersome.<br />
<br />
Links:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/320015 Thank you for the music] forum, sourceforge.net -- more positive reactions, from which the above was selected years ago<br />
* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/reviews/ freemind/reviews], sourceforge.net -- user reviews using SourceForge's dedicated tool<br />
* [[Marketing]] -- dedicated marketing page<br />
<br />
== Reviews ==<br />
<br />
FreeMind has been reviewed in the following articles and blogs:<br />
<br />
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/38918 Can open source software free your mind?], September 10th, 2004 (linux.com)<br />
* [http://sorou.sh/2006/02/26/mind-mapping-with-freemind-review Mind Mapping with FreeMind (Review)], February 26th, 2006 (hyperreality.wordpress.com)<br />
<br />
See more at [[marketing]] page.<br />
<br />
== More pages ==<br />
<br />
This website also features the following pages.<br />
<br />
[[Forums]] ~<br />
[[Requests for enhancements]] ~<br />
[[Import and export]] ~<br />
[[Flash browser]] ~<br />
[[FreeMindPDA]] ~<br />
[[Freemind Win Collab]] ~<br />
[[Sandbox]] ~ <br />
[[Documentation efforts]] ~<br />
[[Plugins]] ~<br />
[[Short patches]] ~<br />
[[Tutorial effort]] ~<br />
[[User.properties]] ~ [[Videos]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Main]]<br />
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</table></div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Freeplane&diff=14560Freeplane2023-06-09T12:06:11Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
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<div>Freeplane is a fork of FreeMind, lead by Dimitry Polivaev.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses SourceForge for file downloads.<br />
<br />
Freeplane uses GitHub as a code repository and for forums and tickets; it no longer uses SourceForge for these purposes.<br />
<br />
System requirements: Freeplane-1.11.4 from 28 May 2023 requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 11 (released on 25 September 2018) or later through 17, according to freeplane.exe launcher.<br />
<br />
Announcements of the fork in forums:<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=47CC770A.7010708%40gmx.de&forum_name=freemind-developer Freemind-developer: Vision of the second project, 2008-03-01]<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/forums/forum/22101/topic/2565600 Open Discussion: FreeMind fork, 2008-11-16]<br />
<br />
==Links==<br />
* [http://docs.freeplane.org/ Freeplane homepage], docs.freeplane.org<br />
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane project page], sourceforge.net<br />
* [https://github.com/freeplane/ freeplane], github.com<br />
<br />
[[Category:Development]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Java_versions&diff=14559Java versions2023-06-09T12:02:08Z<p>Dan Polansky: </p>
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<div>FreeMind requires Java runtime environment to run.<br />
<br />
The required Java version is stated in [[Download]] page.<br />
<br />
Java version history is provided in the Wikipedia page linked below.<br />
<br />
Java runtime environment can be obtained from Oracle or from other vendors.<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Download]]<br />
* [[Troubleshooting#Java]]<br />
* [[OpenJDK]]<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history Java version history], en.wikipedia.org<br />
* [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53111921/how-can-i-get-java-11-run-time-environment-working-since-there-is-no-more-jre-11 How can I get Java 11 run-time environment working since there is no more JRE 11 for download?], stackoverflow.com<br />
* [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1504505 Java Runtime Environment], wikidata.org<br />
* [https://www.java.com/en/download/ Download], java.com<br />
* [https://www.java.com/en/download/why-java-8-recommended.html Why is Java 8 recommended?], java.com<br />
<br />
[[Category:Miscellaneous]]</div>Dan Polanskyhttps://freemind.sourceforge.io/wiki/index.php?title=Java_version&diff=14558Java version2023-06-09T12:01:23Z<p>Dan Polansky: Redirected page to Java versions</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Java versions]]</div>Dan Polansky