Freeplane is a free,

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application for creating

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(diagrams of connections between ideas), and electronic outlines. Written in

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, it is supported on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, and is licensed under the GNU GPL version "2 or later". In 2007, Freeplane was forked from the

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project. Freeplane maintains partial file format compatibility with FreeMind, fully supporting the FreeMind

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file format, but adds features and tags not supported by FreeMind, which FreeMind ignores on loading.

Features

Release 1.1

New features of Freeplane stable release (June 2010) include: * Export to PNG, JPEG, SVG (in addition to

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and PDF) * Find / Replace in all open maps * Paste HTML as node structure * Outline mode * Portable version (run from a

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) * Scripting via

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* Spell checker

Release 1.2.x

The first stable Freeplane 1.2.x was 1.2.20 released on October 20, 2012. It includes the following new features: * Text processor like node styles * Conditional node styles * Map templates for new maps * Formatting panel * Add-ons: Installable enhancements * Hyperlinks for menu items * Keyboard shortcut documentation: Map and HTML table generation added for the documentation map * Check for newer auto save files on opening of a map * Single instance mode: open files in existing program instance instead of opening a new one. * Node level dependent filters * Improvement in search and replace functions * Different cloud shapes * New icons for rating * Automatic Edge Color * "Grid" for moving of nodes (Preferences->Behaviour->Grid gap size) * Copy and paste attributes * Named filter conditions * Different shapes, line types, width and transparency for connectors * Freeplane portable version (download and install file named FreeplanePortable_xxx.paf.exe) * File -> Properties... dialog showing facts about the map such as total nodes, branches and leaf nodes * New icons added to facilitate speedy use of main and contextual menus * Formulas: Use of formulas as node text and attributes (like in spread sheet processors) * Node numbering and Formats/templates as style attributes * Added progress icons to show incremental completion in 10% or 25% steps * Summaries: Create graphical and textual summaries by "bracketing" nodes. See example map * Menu and command structure refactored both to integrate new features and to make Freeplane more intuitive and easier to learn * Dates and numbers: Parsing and formatting improvedInput & format of dates and numbers
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Release 1.3.x

Version 1.3 was published ((date)). New features of 1.3.x included: * Expand

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feature to both formulae and text * Integration of OpenStreetMap

Release 1.5.x

New features of Freeplane 1.5 include: * New options for creating mind maps with high homogeneity and symmetry * Clones * Init scripts * Background images

Release 1.6.x

* References to other mind maps from formulas and scripts * PDF and SVG exports enhancements * Java 9 support * JLatexMath update * Bug fixes

Release 1.7.x

* Dark UI mode support (Look and feel and map template "Darcula") * User interface enhancements * Nodes and aliases enhancements * Java 13 support, Java 11 compatibility, Java 7 support dropped, Java 8 is required * Bug fixes

Release 1.10.x

The latest stable release is .

Add-ons

One feature of Freeplane is the support for installable enhancements. Add-ons are a way to extend and customize Freeplane similar to how plug-ins and extensions can be used to extend and customize well-known applications like Firefox or LibreOffice. Freeplane add-ons can be used to provide a single function, a bundle of multiple functions, bind those functions to a menu item, etc. Available add-ons include : * GTD support * study planner * more icons * versioning and collaborative work See more on the add-ons page.add-ons page
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References

External links

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FreeMind By Example covers usage of FreeMind and Freeplane
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