FreeMind
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Developer: | Joerg Mueller, Daniel Polansky, Petr Novak, Christian Foltin, Dimitri Polivaev, et.al. |
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Latest release: | FreeMind 0.8.0 / September 2005 |
OS: | Any |
Platform: | Java |
Use: | Project management |
License: | GPL |
Website: | freemind.sourceforge.net |
FreeMind is a free mind mapping application written in Java. FreeMind is licensed under the GNU General Public License. Along with the advantage of unlimited free usage, it provides extensive export capabilities. An XHTML export allows you to create a mapped image with links to a folding outline.
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[edit] Versions
- 0.8.0 — 2005-09-06. Introduced the undo, exports to raster image formats like PNG and JPEG, export to PDF and SVG, and free positioning of nodes.
- 0.7.1 — 2004-02-15. Introduced clouds and graphical arrow links, and automatic saving of back-ups.
- 0.6.7 — 2003-10-25. Introduced icons.
[edit] Features
What follows are the most notable features of FreeMind.
- Folding of branches
- Exports to HTML, XHTML, PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, Flash
- Icons on nodes
- Clouds around branches
- Graphical links connecting nodes
- Search restricted to single branches
- Web and file hyperlinks from nodes
[edit] File Format
FreeMind mind maps are an XML flavor.
[edit] Integration with Wiki Engines
- WikkaWiki — a PHP/MySQL wiki engine that renders embedded FreeMind data or linked mind maps.
- DokuWiki — a PHP wiki engine has a FreeMind plugin.
- Drupal — allows to create and view FreeMind mind maps, by means of a FreeMind module, given Flash or Java plugin is installed on the web server.
- MoinMoin — has a FreeMind plugin.
- JSPWiki — has a FreeMind plugin.
- Trac — has a FreeMind plugin.