Freeplane AlternativesOnly Open Source apps categorised as Mind Mapping Tools

The best open source Mind Mapping alternative to Freeplane is TreeSheets. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Freeplane and 16 are open source Mind Mapping Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mind Mapping Tool alternatives to Freeplane are FreeMind, PlantUML, Heimer and MindMapVault.

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  1. TreeSheets icon
     163 likes

    A "hierarchical spreadsheet" that is a great replacement for spreadsheets, mind mappers, outliners, PIMs, text editors and small databases.

    55 TreeSheets alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. FreeMind icon
     479 likes

    Free and open source, Java-based mind-mapping app for the desktop featuring a hierarchical editor that emphasizes folding.

    119 FreeMind alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. PlantUML icon
     121 likes

    PlantUML is an open-source tool that uses simple textual descriptions to draw UML diagrams. The generator can be run anywhere within JVM and integrated with various application such as wiki, text editor, IDE, programming language, documentation generator, and others.

    127 PlantUML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
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  4. Heimer icon
     14 likes

    Heimer is a desktop application for creating mind maps and other suitable diagrams. It's written in Qt and targeted for Linux and Windows.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. MindMapVault icon
     8 likes

    MindMapVault is a mind mapping and note-taking app with client-side encryption. It offers three versions: a free FOSS desktop version that doesn't require an account and stores data on your machine, a hosted version with optional encrypted sync, and a self-hosted version...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  6. vym icon
     30 likes

    VYM (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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. TiddlyMap icon
     37 likes

    TiddlyMap 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. Minder icon
     16 likes

    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.

    20 Minder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Kroki icon
     8 likes

    Creates diagrams from textual descriptions! It provides a unified API with support for BlockDiag, BPMN, Bytefield, C4 (with PlantUML), Ditaa, Erd, GraphViz, Mermaid, Nomnoml, PlantUML, SvgBob, UMLet, Vega, Vega-Lite, WaveDrom.

    30 Kroki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Mindolph icon
     8 likes
    • 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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaFX
    • Java
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  11. TeamMapper icon
     7 likes

    Mindmapping made simple: Host and create your own mindmaps. Share your mindmap sessions with your team and collaborate on mindmaps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. semantik icon
     6 likes

    Semantik (formerly kdissert) is a mind-mapping application for KDE that helps creating documents such as reports or presentations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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