FreeMind - free mind-mapping software (Win, Mac, Linux)

Submitted by Jeremy on July 24, 2009 - 10:33pm

FreeMind is a free mind mapping application written in Java. FreeMind is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It provides extensive export capabilities. It runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux and MacOS X via the Java Runtime Environment.

FreeMind's most significant features are as follows:

  • Folding branches
  • Save files as XML
  • Export hypertext to HTML and XHTML
  • Export document to PDF and OpenDocument
  • Exports image to PNG, JPEG and SVG
  • Icons on nodes
  • Clouds around branches
  • Graphical links connecting nodes
  • Search restricted to single branches
  • Web and file hyperlinks from nodes
  • FreeMind browser/player for web in Java or Flash
  • Transform maps using XSLT