Freeplane is a powerful and free software for building mind maps. It is a redesigned version of the well known FreeMind , and is created by one of FreeMind's key developers.
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The Best Open Source FreeMind AlternativesTop Mind Mapping Tools and other similar apps like FreeMind
The best open source alternative to FreeMind is Freeplane. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to FreeMind and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to FreeMind are TreeSheets, Visual Understanding Environment, vym and TiddlyMap.
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52 TreeSheets alternativesA "hierarchical spreadsheet" that is a great replacement for spreadsheets, mind mappers, outliners, PIMs, text editors and small databases.
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Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is a mind-mapping and concept-mapping tool. It is also a non-linear presentation program.
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90 vym alternativesVYM (View Your Mind) is a tool to generate and manipulate maps which show your thoughts. Such maps can help you to improve your creativity and effectivity. You can use them for time management, to organize tasks, to get an overview over complex contexts, to sort your ideas etc.
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72 TiddlyMap alternativesTiddlyMap is a TiddlyWiki plugin that turns your favourite personal note taking software in a wiki-concept-map hybrid! Yes, you will be able to do both: drawing maps and putting down knowledge in a wiki way.
What is Minder? Minder is a mind-mapping application with many features that make it ideal for capturing, organizing and visualizing your ideas. Minder has automatic node layout features.
Create deep visual documents, adaptable and multi-level diagrams, flowcharts, concept maps, mind maps and models.
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12 Intrigue alternativesOrganize literature into ideas, fast. Intrigue lets you quickly organize the papers you read alongside your thoughts in a visual & clean manner. Features include:
- Create and manage your own files in separate workspaces with saving in your local storage, which means you have full control of your knowledge compared to cloud solutions.
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Wise Mapping is the web mind mapping tool that leverages the power of Mind Maps HTML5 and SVG. Users will be able to create and read their mind maps from everywhere whenever its needed. Once you have your mind map created the features that distinguish WiseMapping appears: Embed...
92 Heimer alternativesHeimer is a desktop application for creating mind maps and other suitable diagrams. It's written in Qt and targeted for Linux and Windows.
Compendium is a software tool providing a flexible visual interface for managing the connections between information and ideas.
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- Free
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Freeplane can open even old .mm files from FreeMind.