Freeplane
Freeplane is a free, open source software application for creating mind maps, and electronic outlines. Written in Java, it is supported on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, and is licensed under the GNU GPL version "2 or later".
In 2007, Freeplane was forked from the FreeMind project. Freeplane maintains partial file format compatibility with FreeMind, fully supporting the FreeMind XML file format, but adds features and tags not supported by FreeMind, which FreeMind ignores on loading.
Features
Release 1.1
New features of Freeplane stable release include:- Export to PNG, JPEG, SVG
- Find / Replace in all open maps
- Paste HTML as node structure
- Outline mode
- Portable version
- Scripting via Groovy
- Spell checker
Release 1.2.x
The first stable Freeplane 1.2.x was 1.2.20 released on October 20, 2012. It includes the following new features:- Text-processor-like node styles
- Conditional node styles
- Map templates for new maps
- Formatting panelAdd-ons: Installable enhancements
- Hyperlinks for menu items
- Keyboard shortcut documentation: Map and HTML table generation added for the documentation map
- Check for newer auto save files on opening of a map
- Single instance mode: open files in existing program instance instead of opening a new one.
- Node level dependent filters
- Improvement in search and replace functions
- Different cloud shapes
- New icons for rating
- Automatic Edge Color
- "Grid" for moving of nodes
- Copy and paste attributes
- Named filter conditions
- Different shapes, line types, width and transparency for connectors
- Freeplane portable version
- File -> Properties... dialog showing facts about the map such as total nodes, branches and leaf nodes
- New icons added to facilitate speedy use of main and contextual menusFormulas: Use of formulas as node text and attributes
- Node numbering and Formats/templates as style attributes
- Added progress icons to show incremental completion in 10% or 25% stepsSummaries: Create graphical and textual summaries by "bracketing" nodes. See example mapMenu and command structure refactored both to integrate new features and to make Freeplane more intuitive and easier to learnDates and numbers: Parsing and formatting improvedDigital post-its: free positionable and free floating nodes.Dates and numbers: Improved scripting support
Release 1.3.x
Version 1.3 was published ).New features of 1.3.x included:
- Expand LaTeX feature to both formulae and text
- Integration of OpenStreetMap
Release 1.5.x
New features of Freeplane 1.5 include:- New options for creating mind maps with high homogeneity and symmetry
- Clones
- Init scripts
- Background images
Release 1.6.x
- References to other mind maps from formulas and scripts
- PDF and SVG exports enhancements
- Java 9 support
- JLatexMath update
- Bug fixes
Release 1.7.x
- Dark UI mode support
- User interface enhancements
- Nodes and aliases enhancements
- Java 13 support, Java 11 compatibility, Java 7 support dropped, Java 8 is required
- Bug fixes
Release 1.12.x
The latest stable release is.Add-ons
One feature of Freeplane is the support for installable enhancements. Add-ons are a way to extend and customize Freeplane similar to how plug-ins and extensions can be used to extend and customize well-known applications like Firefox or LibreOffice. Freeplane add-ons can be used to provide a single function, a bundle of multiple functions, bind those functions to a menu item, etc.Available add-ons include :
- GTD support
- Study planner
- Versioning and collaborative work