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Stable version: 1.1.x
Development version: 1.2.x

What is Freeplane?

Freeplane is a powerful and free software for building the mind maps. It is a redesigned version of the well known FreeMind, and is created by one of FreeMind's key developers. The software is written in Java, and supports any platform capable of running current versions of Java, including:

• Microsoft Windows
• Mac OS X
• Linux / BSD / Solaris
• Portable Freeplane for Windows (runs from a USB drive)

Freeplane is available in several different languages. The currently available translations are: Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Croatian and Polish.

Freeplane is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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Getting Freeplane

First make sure you have installed a recent version of Java, 1.5 or above.

To download Freeplane, go to the SourceForge page, and click on the "Download Now!" button.

To run, use installer for Windows OS, adapted distribution for mac OS or simply extract the downloaded zipfile, and run the "freeplane.bat" file (Windows), or the "freeplane.sh" file (Unix) file. More Linux instructions here, including Ubuntu.

Freeplane features

The most important new features in 1.1.x

Freeplane 1.0.x-1.1.x Read more...

Screenshots

• You might want to check for Screenshots.

Mind Map Gallery

• Here's Freeplane's mind map gallery with several useful downloadable maps in different languages.
• Upload your own mind maps to the gallery! Here are some hints on embedding mind maps into this wiki.

Contributing to Freeplane's Development

You can contact us writing to the open discussion forum. We are looking forward to get in touch with new contributors.

• Read how to build Freeplane.

• Have a look at the (preliminary!) Architecture description.

• Some users might be interested in the Translation How-To or Test How-To.

Browsing this Wiki

Many pages on this wiki are tagged with one or more of the following Categories:

• Advanced Users - Documentation for experienced and/or technical users
  
• Developer Documentation - Information for software developers wishing to enhance or customize Freeplane
  
• Mind Map Gallery - Example mind maps, screenshots, and screencast videos
  
• Needs Updating - Pages which contain valuable information, though some of it needs to be updated
  
• Old Wiki - Pages imported from the previous Wiki which may now be obsolete
  
• Scripting - Extending Freeplane using Groovy scripts
  
• Team Freeplane - Freeplane team members and project coordination
  
• Testing - Details about testing new versions of Freeplane which are under development
  
• Tutorials - HowTo articles and other "hands on" documentation
  
• User Documentation - Basic information about Freeplane including usage and features
  
• Wiki - Help for using this Wiki
  

Contributing to the Wiki

You can use this wiki to share information and tips about Freeplane and its features.

You can create new pages and edit all existing pages including this one after you register and log in.

You can subscribe to atom feed to be informed about all changes in this wiki. Using this web service you can get daily e-mail notifications whenever the content changes. The same service can also be used for notifications about any changes to the project pages on SourceForge.

Useful links

• Freeplane SourceForge page with summary on the latest project activity
• Freeplane Open discussion forum
• Old builds repository of Freeplane
• Current test builds of Freeplane
• Icons
  • Silk Icons organized into folders [icons organized.zip]
  • Flags of the world icons organized into folders [Flags organized.zip]

Hint: all of wiki/forum/files pages (and even sections) can be easily followed via newsfeeds, so don't hesitate to subscribe!

Thanks

Freeplane team uses:

• YourKit Java Profiler developed and donated by YourKit, for analysis of memory consumption and performance issues
• Code analyser stanj4, developed and donated by Odysseus Software GmbH