Freeplane

Spec sheet

Purpose

Freeplane is a free and open source application for mind mapping and navigating mapped information, aimed at use at work, school, and home.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Audience

The project describes its capabilities as appealing to power users and says it is also a robust alternative for typical users of mind mapping software.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Supported platforms

windows,macos,linuxRead 20 Sep 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Support

Freeplane is a non-commercial project that provides community discussions for feature and usage questions and separate places to report bugs and request features.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Add-ons

Add-ons extend or customize Freeplane and can provide functions or bundles of functions bound to menu items.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

AI assistance

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

AI data and controls

The documentation says map content sent to AI may leave the machine depending on provider and setup, and AI tool permissions can be configured.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

AI integration

AI integration is available starting with Freeplane 1.13.1, while several newer AI features require version 1.13.3 or later.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

AI providers

The AI setup documentation describes configuring OpenRouter, Gemini, or Ollama as providers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Export formats

Asciidoc,MediaWiki,Markdown,XBEL,Twiki,PDF,OPML,LaTeX,JPEG,PNG,SVG,XML,XHTML,HTML,Microsoft Excel 2003,Word 2003,Project 2003,OpenOffice,TaskJuggler,Freeplane 1.1Read 20 Sep 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Linux

Linux distributions include a Debian installer and a ZIP archive, both requiring Java 11 to 21.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

macOS

Bundled macOS distributions use Java 21 and require macOS 14 or later.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Offline mode

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Portability

Freeplane can run locally or portably from removable storage such as a USB drive.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Presentation mode

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Real-time collaboration

NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Technology

Freeplane is written in Java using OSGi and Java Swing.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Third-party add-ons

The documentation notes that add-ons are not necessarily provided by Freeplane core developers.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Windows

Windows downloads include installers with or without embedded Java and a portable distribution.Read 9 Oct 2026 · docs.freeplane.org

Plans and prices

Every Freeplane plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Mind Mapping Software#18 of 728.5
• Mind mapping tools#21 of 728.5
• Mind Map Tool#8 of 278.4