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FreeMind - free mind mapping softwareFreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into high productivity tool. We are proud that the operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that of Mind Manager because of one-click "fold / unfold" and "follow link" operations. So you want to write a completely new metaphysics? Why don't you use FreeMind? You have a tool at hand that remarkably resembles the tray slips of Robert Pirsig, described in his sequel to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance called Lila. Do you want to refactor your essays in a similar way you would refactor software? Or do you want to keep personal knowledge base, which is easy to manage? Why don't you try FreeMind? Do you want to priorize, know where you are, where you've been and where you are heading, as Stephen Covey would advise you? Have you tried FreeMind to keep track of all the things that are needed for that? Did FreeMind make you angry? Please write us, anonymously if you want. DownloadThere are the following precompiled binaries: Or you download the independent binaries which fit into one floppy disk. You can also download older versions, see all files for download. However, please note that FreeMind requires Java 1.4 or higher; [http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html download JRE - Java Runtime Environment] for your platform or [http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/java.html download JRE for Mac OS X], if you do not have Java 1.4 already. Install and runFeel free to try our new installer called FreeMind-Windows-Installer-0_7_1.exe. Or, download the latest binary, e.g. freemind-bin-0_7_1.zip, and unzip the binary to some folder. If you are running Windows platform, double click freemind.exe and you're running FreeMind. If you are on some of the Unix / Linux platforms, open freemind.sh. You don't need to download sources to run FreeMind. If you have problems with running FreeMind on Mac, also try to simply double-click freemind.jar located in the folder lib/. Get a taste of FreeMindYou can view maps created with FreeMind now, the only thing you need is Java 1.4 installed; just click one of the following links:
If you wonder how the maps exported by FreeMind into HTML look like, follow:
Screenshots<img alt="Computer knowledge" src="http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-computer-knowledge-thumb.png" width="290" height="200
<img alt="Learning german" src="http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-learning-german-thumb.png" width="290" height="200 What FreeMind is good forCurrent users of FreeMind use it for the following purposes:
FeaturesApart from other things, this release of FreeMind features:
Weak spots include:
LicenseFreeMind is a free software, licenced under GPL - GNU Public License. Basically, that means that you are free to use FreeMind to whatever you want without paying for that, and that any code derived from current FreeMind's code must also be licenced under GPL. Get help from other usersAsk question on FreeMind's Help forum. Is FreeMind mind mapping software?The term mind mapping is related to british psychologist Tony Buzan. In Buzan's context, mind map is a tree with many colors, pictures and personal expression. FreeMind is not really mind mapping software in the sense of Tony Buzan, nevertheless, one would say that FreeMind belongs to the class of so called mind mapping software. Some of members of that class come pretty close to Buzan. Have a look at the site of first class commercial mind mapping software MindManager. You may also want to see examples of mind maps in Buzan's sense. Alternatives to using FreeMindTo achieve that which FreeMind offers, you can use variety of tools.
Authors and contributorsThe current project director is Daniel Polansky, with Christian Foltin serving as a project manager. Up to the version 0.4, FreeMind was developed by Jörg Müller. Jörg has not only started the project, he has also done a very good registration on Open Directory and designed the architecture that is still in use today. The versions 0.5 and 0.6 have been developed by Daniel Polansky. The credit for the version 0.6.5 goes mainly to Petr Novak of Brno, with smaller contribution of Daniel Polansky. The credit for the version 0.6.7 goes mainly to Dimitri Polivaev and Christian Foltin, with smaller contribution of Daniel Polansky. The credit for the version 0.7.0 goes mainly to Christian Foltin, with smaller contribution from Bob Alexander, Alex Dukal, Andrew Iggleden, Takeshi Kakeda, Dimitri Polivaev, Daniel Polansky, Knud Riishøjgård and others. Version 0.7.1 is a bug fix version of 0.7.0 including auto-save with contributions by Christian Foltin, Daniel Polansky and a patch by Dimitri Polivaev. According to Jörg, various smaller contributions are due to Sebastian Fischmeister - misc patches, Jean-Luc Deladriere - french support, Jared Rhine - no longer used perl script freemind2html, Richard Krutisch - author of MAK. Hauke Helmers - the images, Rainer Janssen - time and Jost Schenck - author of MyMap. Do you want to reward authors for their work?Drop us a line saying that you like FreeMind. You can do it even anonymously on our Thank you for the music forum - just start a new thread and click "Post commment", it's really easy. We are always glad to read that someone finds FreeMind useful. This definitely increases our motivation. Please, address any questions with problems to the Help forum. What users say about FreeMindRich, 14.4.2004: First off, congratulations on a truly awesome application with a fantastically intuitive interface... I thought I'd spend 10 minutes evaluating it but I had so much fun I ended up playing for hours - I even missed lunch! Daniel, 1.2.2003: How do I know that FreeMind is a high productivity tool? The answer is I don't. I am using FreeMind on daily basis and am very satisfied with the benefits it brings me. What I really consider important is that when I use FreeMind, most of the time I don't have to ask myself "how do I do this thing in FreeMind", but I rather just do what I need without thinking about it. FreeMind makes my task of collecting, organizing and analyzing information on a given topic much easier. James, 14.10.2002: Now, having tried out the new release, I can tell you: It's brilliant! Well done! Henning, 21.11.2002: I recently started using FreeMind and I'm rather delightet. After getting to known it, it immediately became one of my every-day-use-tools. Joe, 20.1.2003: I downloaded Freemind several months ago and it has become a vital part of my daily activites. I am enormously grateful for the program. Paul, 9.2.2003: What a splendid piece of work! Tom, 13.2.2003: I appreciate version 6.1 very much. Having the DnD capability into and out of my emails has now made Freemind the source document for my management work. 6.1 is stable, simple and elegant in text, lines, and manipulation. I prefer such elegance to commercial versions because I have work to do, not time to make things look better. This is a superb complexity organizer. I also use it at home to capture my martial arts learning as I head towards a black belt. I put in the basic movements and the katas or arranged groups of movements. I use that when I practice at home. Perry, 10.4.2003: I have been using FreeMind for two or three months now, and find it totally indispensable! I simply can't say enough good things about how it has helped me get on top of an overwhelming workload. I've tried task managers and project managers ad-nauseam, and they are either too simplistic or too cumbersome. See more of positive reactions on [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=320015 Thank you for the music] forum. Please see documentation on customizing the interface and the User's Guide for usage and configuration help. |