Add-ons (install)

What is an Add-on?

Add-ons are well-known from applications like Firefox, LibreOffice. They are used as extensions and for customization. They can provide a single function, bound to a menu item or much more. Add-ons are not necessarily provided by the Freeplane core developers. Anybody can write an add-on! (see the add-on developer documentation).

Installing an add-on

The add-on has the form of a mind map with the special suffix .addon.mm. To install the package via a single click you need Freeplane version v1.2.10_05 or later.

Only with older versions you have to follow this procedure:

1. In Freeplane select Tools > Add-ons > Search add-ons > Visit add-on page
2. Search your add-on; choose download
3. Save the add-on on your computer, e.g. on the desktop
4. Select Tools > Addons > Search and install
5. Select directory icon; find and select the file you just downloaded (e.g. on your desktop)
6. Select Install
7. Restart Freeplane

You will find the new command in the menu. (For instance "Insert Inline Image" can be found under Edit->Node extensions and it will have the shortcut Ctrl+Shift+i.)

Here are the first packages, for use with Beta or preview versions only:

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http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/addons/insertInlineImage/images/insertInlineImage.png Insert Inline Image

by Volker Börchers, Rickenbroc

This script asks for an URL and inserts an HTML img tag at the end of the node's text. If the node is not already an HTML node it will be converted.

The image can be made a link, either to the image source URL or to a custom URL.

Download v0.9.6

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http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/addons/oldicons-theme/images/oldicons-theme.png Old Icons Theme

This little theme add-on installs the old (pre 1.2.9) link icons (Link.png and LinkLocal.png).

Download v0.9.5

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http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/addons/userIcons/images/userIcons-icon.png User Icons

by Predrag Cuklin

This add-on adds standard Freeplane icons under User icons in bigger size (24 px) and adds other icons (computer, more office icons...).

Download v1.1

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http://auxilus.com/download/freeplaneGTD-icon.png Freeplane|GTD

This add-on enables using a mind map as a 'trusted system' in the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. The hierarchical nature of a mind map is ideal for tracking projects, their associated tasks, and next actions. Features:

• Extracts Next Action lists from nodes marked with a next action icon
• Displays lists sorted by Project, Context, Waiting-For, or Due Dates
• Accepts a simple, natural shorthand notation for entering Next Actions
• Next Actions in lists are hyperlinked back to the GTD mind map for easy editing

See here for more details.

Download latest version

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For developers

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http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/addons/devtools/images/devtools.png Add-on Developer Tools

This add-on collects some utilities that script and/or add-on developers will find useful. The new functions are available under Tools -> Development Tools. Among other:

• Check Add-on: Adds all standard nodes, attributes and notes to the current map. Can be used with an empty Map to create an add-on skeleton.
• Release Add-on: It copies the <addon>.mm to <addon>-<version>.mm and updates the script node's context from the files lying around.
• Generate add-on documentation: Creates a snippet for the Freeplane add-ons wiki page.
• freeplane.dsld: Adds Eclipse editor support for predefined script bindings such as node, c, ui, textUtils, ...
• Insert Binary: Asks for a file to insert as text of the current node (BASE64 encoded).

Download v0.9.10

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