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Discussion Forum > Free Mindmap Software?

Anyone have experience using software to make a mindmap? Looking for something easy to use and preferably freeware.

January 16, 2012 at 5:46 |

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

January 16, 2012 at 8:00 |

Will

Freemind is the best. There is also X mind.

January 16, 2012 at 8:21 |

FocusGuy.

Blumind is simple but very good. http://blumind.org/

January 16, 2012 at 9:08 |

Wooba

I've repeatedly attempted to use various mindmapping programs, but in the end I've always come back to pen and paper (as with AF / SF / DIT / etc.). For some reason, software always makes me feel limited in creativity (could that be age-related? :-).

If I want to keep the mindmap on the computer for easy access, I scan it into Evernote.

January 16, 2012 at 10:27 |

Nicole

TK: Please see a recent discussion on outlining in general and a reference to Freemind at the end of the thread.

http://www.markforster.net/forum/post/1613703#post1639176

Personally I use Freeplane, which is I believe by another development team using Freemind's architecture. I think it has some useful add-ins not found in Freemind.

Another spin-off is Sciplore mindmapping.

Hope this is of some use.

January 16, 2012 at 13:15 |

I use the paid desktop version of MindNode (Mac and iOS versions), but the free version is quite good as well.
http://www.mindnode.com/

January 16, 2012 at 17:23 |

Sarah

Thanks everyone, you've given me a bunch of good leads, TK

January 16, 2012 at 20:13 |