FreeMind

Infobox Software
name = FreeMind



caption =
developer = Jörg Müller, Daniel Polansky, Petr Novak, Christian Foltin, Dimitri Polivaev, et al.
latest_release_version = FreeMind 0.8.1
latest_release_date = release date|2008|02|27
latest_preview_version = FreeMind 0.9.0 β20
latest_preview_date = release date and age|2008|08|29
operating_system = Cross-platform
platform = Java
genre = Project management
license = GPL
website = [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page freemind.sourceforge.net]

FreeMind is a free mind mapping application written in Java. FreeMind is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It provides extensive export capabilities. An XHTML export allows a user to create a mapped image with links to a folding outline.

Versions

* 0.9.0 β beta 20 released 2008-08-29
* 0.9.0 β beta 19 released 2008-07-21
* 0.9.0 β beta 18 released 2008-06-04
* 0.9.0 β beta 17 released 2008-05-08
* 0.9.0 β beta 16 released 2008-03-03
* 0.9.0 β beta 15 released 2007-11-30
* 0.9.0 β beta 14 released 2007-10-21
* 0.9.0 β beta 13 released 2007-09-02
* 0.9.0 β — 2007-03-04. Beta 9 in public testing. Introduces: fit for Java6, nicer Search&Replace and Calendar, new 'Sort Children' function, first version script editor is included in the script plugin. Also a new logo design, a light bulb in place of the butterfly.
* 0.8.1 — 2008-02-27. bugfix release
* 0.8.0 — 2005-09-06. Introduced the undo, exports to raster image formats like PNG and JPEG, export to PDF and SVG, and free positioning of nodes.
* 0.7.1 — 2004-02-15. Introduced clouds and graphical arrow links, and automatic saving of back-ups.
* 0.6.7 — 2003-10-25. Introduced icons.

Features

What follows are the most notable features of FreeMind.

* Folding of branches
* Exports to HTML, XHTML (a static 'all-expanded image' plus expanding +/- list below image). Also exports an 'all-expanded image' in the following formats: PNG, JPEG, SVG and PDF format. Images are non-interactive. Does NOT export to Flash (although this is a feature of the current Beta version; v.0.9.0 Beta 8).
* Icons on nodes
* Clouds around branches
* Graphical links connecting nodes
* Search restricted to single branches
* Web and file hyperlinks from nodes

File format

FreeMind mind maps are an XML flavor.

Flash browser

There is an open-source Flash browser for FreeMind mind maps [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Flash_browser] .

Integration with Wiki engines

*TikiWiki CMS/Groupware — a PHP/MySQL CMS/Groupware engine that renders FreeMind by means of the [http://doc.tikiwiki.org/PluginMindmap Mindmap plugin] , given Flash or Java is installed on your local computer.
*WikkaWiki — a PHP/MySQL wiki engine that renders embedded FreeMind data or linked mind maps.
* [http://wiki.splitbrain.org/plugin:freemind DokuWiki] — a PHP wiki engine has a FreeMind plugin.
*Drupal — allows users to create and view FreeMind mind maps, by means of a FreeMind module, given Flash or Java plugin is installed on the web server.
*Moodle — has a Freemind [http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=886 filter] based on the Flash or Java plugin.
*MoinMoin — has a FreeMind plugin.
*JSPWiki — has a FreeMind plugin.
*Trac — has a FreeMind plugin.
*MediaWiki — has a [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Embedded_Mind_Maps FreeMind plugin] .
* [http://www.yetanothercommunitysystem.com/ YACS] — a PHP/MySQL integrated content management system that brings native support to Freemind mind maps, given Flash or Java run-time is available to the browser. ( [http://www.yetanothercommunitysystem.com/article-835-how-to-create-and-share-a-freemind-map demo] )
* Confluence mdash; has a FreeMind [http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFEXT/FreeMind+Plugin plugin] .

GUI toolkit

FreeMind uses the Swing GUI toolkit.

See also

* Mind map
* List of Mind Mapping software

External links

* [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page FreeMind Official Homepage & Wiki]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/ Project page at SourceForge]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FreeMind FreeMind extension for Mediawiki]
* [http://freemindshare.com/ Freemind Share, for sharing FreeMind mindmaps online.]
* [http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/decathlon/freemind Localising FreeMind]