Alternatives to FreeMind: Difference between revisions
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*[http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ VYM - View Your Mind] is licenced under GNU GPL; comparative evaluation to FreeMind is missing. See also [http://www.kriener.de/index.pl/vym4win VYM for Microsoft Windows] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/vym/ SourceForge project]. | *[http://www.insilmaril.de/vym/ VYM - View Your Mind] is licenced under GNU GPL; comparative evaluation to FreeMind is missing. See also [http://www.kriener.de/index.pl/vym4win VYM for Microsoft Windows] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/vym/ SourceForge project]. | ||
*[http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ Kdissert] is licenced under GNU GPL, and is not available for Windows; evaluation is missing as well. | *[http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/kdissert/ Kdissert] is licenced under GNU GPL, and is not available for Windows; evaluation is missing as well. | ||
*[http://www.xmind.net/ XMind] is licensed under EPL (Eclipse Public License) and LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License) and written in Java. Eclipse-based, cross-platform, focused on brainstorming and mind mapping, compatible with Freemind. Best Eclipse RCP Application 2008 Award winner. | |||
===Freeware=== | ===Freeware=== | ||
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*[http://cayra.net/ Cayra] is a freeware application that allows you to create mind or concept maps. It's remarkable by seemingly absent central node and automatic re-layout so that every node you click on becomes central. Good to see the map from different angles. So far available only for Windows XP SP2 & Vista. | *[http://cayra.net/ Cayra] is a freeware application that allows you to create mind or concept maps. It's remarkable by seemingly absent central node and automatic re-layout so that every node you click on becomes central. Good to see the map from different angles. So far available only for Windows XP SP2 & Vista. | ||
===Commercial=== | ===Commercial=== |
Revision as of 14:00, 6 December 2008
To achieve that which FreeMind offers, you can use variety of tools. Mind mapping softwareFree
Freeware
Commercial
The list is not meant to be complete, listing only some major notable instances. See also mind-mapping software and List of mind mapping software. Note editor
See also Category:Notetaking software at Wikipedia. Text editor with Outline modeE.g. MS Word, LyX or Emacs. Outline mode enables you to fold headings and move complete "nodes" (chapters, sections, subsection) around, as well as changing the levels of the nodes. The convenience and speed of operation in the areas of restructuring, organizing, overviewing and adding items does not reach that of FreeMind, but on the other hand: if you already use one of these editors, you can avoid the extravagance of installing and learning to use a new tool and gain part of what FreeMind offers that way. Text editor with Folding modeE.g. Emacs, Vim or jEdit. Again, you achieve information hiding, but the overheads of using folding mode when compared to FreeMind are considerable. See also Folding editor at Wikipedia. OutlinerFor instance:
Compared to FreeMind, these programs are rather rudimentary.
See also Outliner at Wikipedia. Concept map editor
Unlike mind maps, concept maps are general graphs rather than trees. See also Concept mapping. Presentation softwarePresentation software can be used for drawing concept maps using boxes and connectors; compared to specialized software for concept maps, its edge is that it helps you keep low the number of pieces of software you have to learn to use. See also Presentation program at Wikipedia. Diagramming softwareGraphs, networks and a plethora of other types of diagrams can be drawn in diagramming software. Some instances follow. FreeSee also free diagramming software. CommercialSee also diagramming software. Other
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