Interface: on top menu and toolbar in the middle of the editing area, bottom is the status bar, you can also show/hide the filter panel, panel icons, toolbar, site, and scroll bar;
You can create a mind map based on a template;
It is possible to encrypt the mind map;
Mind maps are saved in .mm format;
Support for exporting maps or branches to formats: Asciidoc (.adoc), compressed image JPEG (.jpg), XML, HTML, Java Web Start (.jnlp), LaTeX (.tex), Markdown (.md), Mediawiki (.mviki), OPML file (.opml), PNG, XBEL (.xbel), MS word 2003 (.xml, .xls, .doc), SVG, PDF, TWiki (.twi), Open Document (.odt), Plain Text (.txt);
Preview and print support;
You can view statistics: file name and size, number of nodes, and more;
Tab support;
There is a search and replace;
It is possible to show/hide nodes, and whether or not to display tooltips for nodes;
There are Tasks with a calendar and reminders;
Easy extension of functionality with plugins and scripts;
Plugin support;
There are two modes: editing and viewing;
You can create notes;
Support for LaTeX formulas;
You can configure the time interval for automatic saving;
Spell check support;
Ordering ideas (nodes) into a hierarchy connected by lines (edges);
Classifying nodes with metadata (attributes) and style types (system styles, user defined styles, level styles);
Grouping nodes with visual containers (clouds) and accolade (summary node);
Connecting nodes with dynamic links, free lines (connectors) and labels;
Automatically styling nodes (with a bubble, color, edge type, etc.) according to hierarchical level and content (conditional styles, automatic edge color, level styles);
Structuring nodes in terms of content (text, scientific formula, calculation, icon, image and hyperlink) and presentation area (core, details, notes, attributes, images and tooltip);
Changing views by hiding content (folding branches, filtering, roll-up of details and hiding extensions in tooltip), finding, scrolling and navigating;
Support for custom keyboard shortcuts.
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Installation
The software Freeplane is available for installation on Linux, Windows and macOS.
Installation method
OS
Deb
Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
Snap
Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, CentOS, KDE Neon, openSUSE, elementary OS, Manjaro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Flatpak
Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, CentOS, KDE Neon, openSUSE, elementary OS, Manjaro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
AppImage
Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint and others