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{{Short description|Free mind mapping application}}
{{Infobox software
 | name                   = FreeMind
 | logo                   = Free Mind.png
 | logo size              = 128px
 | screenshot             = Freemind-0.9x Screenshoot.png
 | screenshot size        = 250px
 | caption                = 
 | developer              = Jörg Müller, Daniel Polansky, Petr Novak, Christian Foltin, Dimitri Polivaev, et al.
 | latest_release_version = FreeMind 1.0.1 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Download|title = Download - FreeMind}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/files/freemind/|title=FreeMind - Browse /Freemind at SourceForge.net}}</ref>
 | latest_release_date    = {{release date and age|2014|04|12|df=yes}}
 | discontinued           = Yes
 | latest preview version = 1.1.0 Beta2
 | latest preview date    = {{Start date and age|2016|2|7|df=yes}}
 | operating_system       = [[Cross-platform]]
 | platform               = [[Java platform|Java]]
 | genre                  = [[Project management]]
 | license                = [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]]
 | website                = [https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Freemind at sourceforge.net]
}}

'''FreeMind''' is a [[free software|free]] [[mind mapping]] application written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]], which is further developed by the fork [[Freeplane]]. FreeMind itself was last updated in 2014. FreeMind is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GNU General Public License Version 2]].<ref>{{cite web
  | title      = FreeMind - Licence
  | publisher  = FreeMind Project
  | url        = https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#License
  | access-date = 2017-01-30
}}</ref> It provides extensive export capabilities. It runs on [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]], and [[macOS]] via the [[Java Runtime Environment]].<ref name="LinuxWorld">{{cite web
  | last       = Tanaka
  | first      = Brian
  | title      = Free your mind with Freemind
  | work       = LinuxWorld Magazine
  | publisher  = Network World, Inc.
  | date       = 2007-10-11
  | url        = http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/101107-freemind.html
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071014002416/http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/101107-freemind.html
 | access-date = 2009-01-31
| archive-date = 2007-10-14
 }}</ref><ref name="LinuxLinks">{{cite web
 |title        = FreeMind
 |work         = LinuxLinks News
 |publisher    = LinuxLinks.com
 |date         = 2008-03-24
 |url          = http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080324041846606/FreeMind.html
 |access-date  = 2009-01-31
 |archive-date = 2009-02-04
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090204122409/http://linuxlinks.com/article/20080324041846606/FreeMind.html
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref><ref name="InnovationTools">{{cite web
 |last        = Frey
 |first       = Chuck
 |title       = FreeMind open-source mind mapping app is capable, flexible
 |publisher   = Innovation Tools
 |date        = 2006-10-18
 |url         = http://www.innovationtools.com/Tools/SoftwareDetails.asp?a=243
 |access-date  = 2009-01-31
 |url-status    = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122050254/http://www.innovationtools.com/Tools/SoftwareDetails.asp?a=243
 |archive-date = 2009-01-22
}}</ref>

As with other mind mapping software packages, FreeMind allows the user to edit a hierarchical set of ideas around a central concept.  The non-linear approach assists in brainstorming new outlines and projects as ideas are added around the mind map.<ref name="LinuxWorld"/>  As a Java application, FreeMind is portable across [[cross-platform|multiple platforms]] and retains the same user interface, causing some amount of variation from the common interface on each platform.  [[Apple Inc.|Mac]] users may notice the most difference from their traditional user interface, but a [[MacWorld]] reviewer says the software's features should still appeal to the segment of users who accept function over form.<ref name="MacWorld">{{cite web
  | last       = Haddock
  | first      = Tim
  | title      = Review: FreeMind 0.8.1
  | publisher  = [[MacWorld|MacWorld Magazine]]
  |date=November 2008
  
  | url        = http://www.macworld.com/article/136808/2008/11/freemind081.html
  | access-date = 2009-02-01
}}</ref>

FreeMind was a finalist for Best Project in [[SourceForge.net]]'s Community Choice Awards for 2008, which featured [[open-source software]] projects.<ref name="foxbiz">{{cite web|title=SourceForge.net Names Finalists for Community Choice Awards |publisher=[[Fox Business Network]] |date=2008-07-03 |url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/sourceforgenet-names-finalists-community-choice-awards/ |access-date=2009-01-31 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=sfnet2008/>

== Features ==

FreeMind's documentation is itself available as a FreeMind mindmap, demonstrating many of the features of the application. This is accessed from the application menu: <code>Help > Documentation</code>.<ref name="Documentation">{{cite web
  | title      = FreeMind - Documentation
  | publisher  = FreeMind Project
  | url        = https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Documentation
  | access-date = 2017-01-30
}}</ref> A flash based export of this documentation is available online and can be viewed from flash-enabled [[web browser]]s.<ref name="Documentation"/> The link can be found in the [[FreeMind#External links|external links]] section.

FreeMind's most significant features are as follows:<ref name="InnovationTools"/><ref>{{cite web
  | title      = FreeMind - Features
  | publisher  = FreeMind Project
  | url        = https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Features
  | access-date = 2009-02-01
}}</ref>
* Folding branches
* Save files as [[XML]] with an {{code|mm}} suffix
* Export hypertext to [[HTML]] and [[XHTML]]
* Export document to [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] and [[OpenDocument]]
* Exports image to [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]], [[JPEG]] and [[Scalable Vector Graphics|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 [[Adobe Shockwave|Flash]]
* Transform maps using [[XSLT]]

FreeMind uses the [[Swing (Java)|Swing]] [[Widget toolkit|GUI toolkit]] for Java.

FreeMind developers or developers of other projects have made [[Plug-in (computing)|plugins]] for various [[wiki]] and [[content management system]] software so that Freemind files can be viewed and in some cases created via the web interface.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[Freeplane]], a FreeMind fork
* [[List of mind mapping software]]
* [[Mind map]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=sfnet2008>{{Citation |title=Finalists |work=2008 Community Choice Awards |publisher=[[SourceForge|SourceForge.net]]
 |at=Finalists:Best Project |url=https://sourceforge.net/blog/cca08-finalists/ |access-date=24 Dec 2011 }}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page}}
* [http://www.graphic.org/mind-mapping-software/freemind-review.html FreeMind Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513093735/http://www.graphic.org/mind-mapping-software/freemind-review.html |date=2021-05-13 }}
* [https://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/extensions/freemind/flashwindow.php?initLoadFile=/wiki/images/a/a5/FreemindFlash.mm&startCollapsedToLevel=5&mm_title=FreemindFlash.mm Online Demonstration of FreeMind Documentation (requires flash)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420212551/http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/extensions/freemind/flashwindow.php?initLoadFile=/wiki/images/a/a5/FreemindFlash.mm&startCollapsedToLevel=5&mm_title=FreemindFlash.mm |date=2023-04-20 }}

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