Freeplane features you were missing in FreeMind

Freeplane features you were missing in FreeMind

This page lists important features of Freeplane that are not available in FreeMind.

• Simple script invocation
• Simple hotkey assignment
• add-ons (packaged scripts, see below)
• Format panel
• Formulas
• Node formats
• Attributes panel
• Integration with Docear
• 1.3.x: Inline LaTeX ("LaTeX in core") with LaTeX syntax highlighting editor
• Node details,
• Freely positionable nodes,
• Summary nodes
• (conditional) Styles
• Different export features, including scripted ones
• Approximate search
• (slightly) better printing support
• Hyperlinks available in nodes and in attributes

Add-ons

• Several add-ons are available, including:
  • Pack and Go (ability to pull all FP dependencies into a single zip file for sharing with others)
  • Study planner (tool for assisting with the efficient use of study time, including pomodoro timers
  • Getting Things Done (task management application)
  • Wikdnode (comprehensive set of node text editing tools)
  • Wikdshell (test platform for building and testing groovy scripts)
  • Developer Tools
  • Additional icon libraries
  • Insert InLine Image (an alternative way of bringing images into FP and attaching them to nodes via details or node core)

Migrating from FreeMind to Freeplane

• don't try to copy+paste from a FreeMind instance to Freeplane; instead open the FreeMind map in Freeplane (in another tab) and then copy+paste from inside Freeplane!
• Freeplane has Excel-like features and formulas:
  • numbers are recognized, i.e. "001"->"1" => avoid this by putting a quote (') at the beginning of the node text
  • same thing for dates
  • Formulas start with a '=': to avoid treating a node as a formula, (again) put a quote (') before the '='

Features available only in FreeMind

• Collaboration mode
• "Location Based Mind Mapping" (available in Freeplane 1.3.x)
• Clones