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The general policy of WikIT is not to deal with mind mapping '''software''' (see [[Policies of WikIT#Policy_on_mind_mapping_software|Policies of WikIT]]) because this is first and foremost a wiki about information maps and visual aids to thinkingIt covers what they are, how to use them, which type to choose when, and how to make them.
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I see regular inquiries on Twitter and in forums from people looking for free software to support visual thinking.  To provide answers, InformationTamers have put together 14 pages to help you find the one for your needs.  These show the platform, a screen thumbnail and a link for more information in each case.  We built this article using the most complete source for details of information mapping software on the Web: '''[http://www.mind-mapping.org/ Mind-mapping.org]'''.  Hat tip to Vic Gee who put Mind-mapping.org together and kept it up to date for years. <nowiki>[</nowiki>I took over that site in August 2013 - ''Roy Grubb''<nowiki>]</nowiki>
  
But there are regular inquiries on Twitter and in forums about free mind mapping software, so to provide answers, InformationTamers have put together this list.  We built this article, with permission, using the most complete source for details of information mapping software on the Web: '''[http://www.mind-mapping.org/ Mind-mapping.org]'''.  Hat tip to Vic Gee who put Mind-mapping.org together and keeps it up to date. <nowiki>[</nowiki>Update: I took over that site in August 2013.<nowiki>]</nowiki>
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Mind-mapping.org has a good capability for selecting software by map type and operating system (click on the 'Refine software list' tab at the top right of its web page). Although it shows the price, it doesn't let you filter on price or choose to see only the free ones.  The articles here, categorized by map type, are a quick source to find current software that is free or has a free option.  It excludes free-trial tools.
 
 
Mind-mapping.org has a good capability for selecting software by map type and operating system (click on the 'Refine software list' tab at the top right of its web page), and shows the price.  Unfortunately, it doesn't allow you to filter on price or choose to see only the free ones.  This article is therefore a quick list to current software that is free or has a free option.  It excludes applications that have a time limit on their operation, for example, free trial software or web applications.
 
  
 
"Free" here is as in beer, not in freedom, though some of the software listed is open source, so is free in both senses.
 
"Free" here is as in beer, not in freedom, though some of the software listed is open source, so is free in both senses.
  
Of course a pencil and paper is always free - or almost.
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Of course a pencil and paper is always almost free.
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== 3D concept and mind maps ==
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This used to be one long page, but as I updated and added to it, it became unmanageable, so now it's broken down by category.  Some tools are flexible enough to appear in more than one section.
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== Free tools ... ==
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! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free 3D concept and mind map tools|3D concept and mind maps]]'''
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|-
 
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!width="200pt"|Software
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''3DTopicscape'''
!width="180pt"|Licence
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Conspicio'''
!width="120pt"|Platform
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Morcego'''
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.topicscape.com/student-edition.php 3D Topicscape Student Edition]  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxTopicscape_SE2.0.jpg|link=Free 3D concept and mind map tools]]
| Free  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxConspicio.jpg|link=Free 3D concept and mind map tools]]
| Windows
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[Image:60pxMorcego.jpg|link=Free 3D concept and mind map tools]]
| [[Image:Topicscape_SE2.0.jpg|thumb|right|Topicscape SE screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
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| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/conspicio/ Conspicio Mindmapper]
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| Free
 
| Windows
 
| [[Image:Conspicio.jpg|thumb|right|Conspicio screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
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| [http://freecode.com/projects/arca-morcego Morcego 3D Network Browser]
 
| Free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image: Morcego.jpg|thumb|right|Morcego screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
== Concept maps ==
 
The term 'Concept maps' is used rather loosely in this list to mean 'anything can connect to anything' in contrast with mind maps where there is a strong hierarchy and central topic.  For a proper definition please refer to the WikIT article on [[Concept maps]], [[How to make a concept map]] and [[Concept maps or mind maps? the choice]].
 
 
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! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Concept map tools|Concept maps]]'''
 
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|-
!width="200pt"|Software
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| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
!width="180pt"|Licence
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{| class="wikitable"
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.topicscape.com/student-edition.php 3D Topicscape Student Edition]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''3DTopicscape'''
| Free
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Bubbl.us'''
| Windows
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Cayra'''
| [[Image:Topicscape_SE2.0.jpg|thumb|right|Topicscape SE screenshot]]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''CmapTools'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''CoFFEE'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Compendium'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Conzilla'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=bubbl.us Bubbl.us]  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxTopicscape_SE2.0.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
| Free option with limitations
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxBubbl.us.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
| Web based
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCayra.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
| [[Image:Bubbl.us.jpg|thumb|right|Bubbl.us screenshot]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCmap.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCoFFEE.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCompendium.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxConzilla.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/blog/2012/07/news-about-cayra/ Cayra]
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|}
| Free (Defunct but still available from the link on the left)
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{| class="wikitable"
| Windows
 
| [[Image:Cayra.jpg|thumb|right|Cayra screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=cmap+tools CmapTools]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''InfoRapidKB'''
| Free to personal, education and government users'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Labyrinth'''
|Windows, Mac, Linux
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''LifeMap'''
| [[Image:Cmap.jpg|thumb|right|CmapTools screenshot]]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''VUE'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Hypergraph'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=coffee CoFFEE]  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxIRKBB.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
| Free  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxLabyrinth.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
| Windows, Mac, Linux
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxLifeMap.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
| [[Image:CoFFEE.jpg|thumb|right|CoFFEE screenshot]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxVUE.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxHypergraph.jpg|link=Free Concept map tools]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=compendium Compendium]
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|}
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Compendium.jpg|thumb|right|Compendium screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=conzilla Conzilla]
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| Free
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| Windows, Mac, Linux
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! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Development platforms for making various forms of map|Development platforms for map forms]]'''
| [[Image:Conzilla.jpg|thumb|right|Conzilla screenshot]]
 
 
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| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=glinkr Glinkr]
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| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
| Free
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{| class="wikitable"
| Web based
 
| [[Image:Glinkr.jpg|thumb|right|Glinkr screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=hypergraph Hypergraph]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''JGraph'''
| Free
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''JSViz'''
| Web based
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Prefuse'''
| [[Image:Hypergraph.jpg|thumb|right|Hypergraph screenshot]]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''GeNIe&SMILE'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''transLucid'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''yEd'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=Labyrinth Labyrinth]  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxJGraph.jpg|link=Free Development platforms for making various forms of map]]
| Free  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxJSViz.jpg|link=Free Development platforms for making various forms of map]]
| Linux
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxPrefuse.jpg|link=Free Development platforms for making various forms of map]]
| [[Image:Labyrinth.jpg|thumb|right|Labyrinth screenshot]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxSMILE.jpg|link=Free Development platforms for making various forms of map]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxTransLucid.jpg|link=Free Development platforms for making various forms of map]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxYEd.jpg|link=Free Development platforms for making various forms of map]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=Lifemap LifeMap]
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| Free
 
| Mac (not known if this runs on OSX)
 
| [[Image:LifeMap.jpg|thumb|right|LifeMap screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=visuwords Visuwords]
 
| Free
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:Visuwords.jpg|thumb|right|Visuwords screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/?productOrPublisher=vue VUE (Visual Understanding Environment)]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:VUE.jpg|thumb|right|VUE screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
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'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>'''Some people find navigating the '''Cmap''' site idiosycratic -- the interface is a little unusual -- so here's the skinny:
 
:*Under most of the concept boxes there's a small icon
 
:*hover over that and you will see a text link just below
 
:*click on it.
 
:*Some links are to other very similar looking Cmaps, so you may think that it's linked back to the same page.  It hasn't. 
 
:*Still lost? Here to speed you on your way is the [http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/ download link for Cmap].
 
 
== Development platforms for map forms ==
 
These are programs that allow you to build programs that make information maps.  One stage removed from the end-user software that most visual thinkers use.  Because they are flexible, picking one representative screenshot is impossible.  It is best to visit the sites to see the full scope of some of these, which can make an amazing range of map types.
 
 
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! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Diagram and Flowchart-making tools|Diagrams, flowcharts]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
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| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
!width="180pt"|Licence
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{| class="wikitable"
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://jgraph.com/ JGraph]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Creately'''
| Free option
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Dia'''
| Windows, Mac, Linux
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''DrawAnywhere'''
| [[Image:JGraph.jpg|thumb|right|JGraph screenshot]]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Gliffy'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''GraphViz'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''My.Origramy'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''yEd'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.jsviz.org/ JSViz]  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCreatelyScreenShotMindMap.jpg|link=Free Diagram and Flowchart-making tools]]
| Free  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxDia.jpg|link=Free Diagram and Flowchart-making tools]]
| Web based
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxDrawAnywhere.jpg|link=Free Diagram and Flowchart-making tools]]
| [[Image:JSViz.jpg|thumb|right|JSViz screenshot]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxGliffy.jpg|link=Free Diagram and Flowchart-making tools]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxGraphViz.jpg|link=Free Diagram and Flowchart-making tools]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMy.Origramy.jpg|link=Free Diagram and Flowchart-making tools]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxYEdDG.jpg|link=Free Diagram and Flowchart-making tools]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://prefuse.org/gallery/ Prefuse]
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|}
| Free (please visit the gallery! One thumbnail most inadequate)
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Prefuse.jpg|thumb|right|Prefuse screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://genie.sis.pitt.edu/ GeNIe & SMILE]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:SMILE.jpg|thumb|right|SMILE screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/lucid/ transLucid]
 
| Free
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:transLucid.jpg|thumb|right|transLucid screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://www.yworks.com/en/index.html yEd]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:yEd.jpg|thumb|right|yEd screenshot]]
 
 
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== Diagrams, Flowcharts ==
 
These applications can be used to make mind maps and concept maps, but they are mostly equipped to make more general diagrams and do not have features that support mind or concept maps specifically.
 
 
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! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Tools that can make Hyperbolic trees|Hyperbolic trees]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
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| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
!width="180pt"|Licence
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{| class="wikitable"
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://creately.com/ Creately]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''GraphViz'''
| Free
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Hypergraph'''
| Web based
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Treeviz'''
| [[Image:CreatelyScreenShotWiki.png|thumb|right|Creately screenshot]]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''yEd'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://live.gnome.org/Dia Dia]  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxGraphViz.jpg|link=Free Tools that can make Hyperbolic trees]]
| Free  
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxHypergraph.jpg|link=Free Tools that can make Hyperbolic trees]]
| Windows, Linux, Unix
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxTreeviz.jpg|link=Free Tools that can make Hyperbolic trees]]
| [[Image:Dia.jpg|thumb|right|Dia screenshot]]
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| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxYEdHT.jpg|link=Free Tools that can make Hyperbolic trees]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.drawanywhere.com/ DrawAnywhere]
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|}
| Free
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:DrawAnywhere.jpg|thumb|right|DrawAnywhere screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.gliffy.com/ Gliffy]
 
| Free
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:Gliffy.jpg|thumb|right|Gliffy screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://www.graphviz.org/ GraphViz]
 
| Free
 
| Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:GraphViz.jpg|thumb|right|GraphViz screenshot]]
 
|-
 
|[http://my.origramy.com/ My.Origramy]
 
|Free
 
|Web based
 
|[[Image:My.Origramy.PNG|thumb|right|My.Origramy screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://www.yworks.com/en/index.html yEd]
 
| Free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:yEdDG.jpg|thumb|right|yEd screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
== Hyperbolic trees ==
 
 
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! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Information- and knowledge-management tools|Information & knowledge management]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
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| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
!width="180pt"|Licence
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{| class="wikitable"
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.graphviz.org/ GraphViz]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''3DTopicscape'''
| Free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''eyePlorer'''
| Mac, Linux
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''InfoRapidKB'''
| [[Image:GraphViz.jpg|thumb|right|GraphViz screenshot]]
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''JSViz'''
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| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MohioMap'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''ProtégéFrames'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''ProtégéOWL'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Xebece'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://hypergraph.sourceforge.net/ Hypergraph]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxTopicscape_SE2.0.jpg|link=Free Information- and knowledge-management tools]]
| Free  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxEyePlorer.jpg|link=Free Information- and knowledge-management tools]]
| Web based
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxIRKBB.jpg|link=Free Information- and knowledge-management tools]]
| [[Image:Hypergraph.jpg|thumb|right|Hypergraph screenshot]]
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxJSViz.jpg|link=Free Information- and knowledge-management tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMohioMap-2.jpg|link=Free Information- and knowledge-management tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxProtege-frames.jpg|link=Free Information- and knowledge-management tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxProtege-OWL.jpg|link=Free Information- and knowledge-management tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxXebece.jpg|link=Free Information- and knowledge-management tools]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.randelshofer.ch/treeviz/index.html Treeviz]
+
|}
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Treeviz.jpg|thumb|right|Treeviz screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.yworks.com/en/index.html yEd]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:yEdHT.jpg|thumb|right|yEd screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
== Information & knowledge management ==
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Tools to make Maps of Arguments, Belief, Idea support, Debates, Decisions and Influence|Maps of arguments, decisions, influence, etc.]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
+
| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
!width="180pt"|Licence
+
{| class="wikitable"
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.topicscape.com/student-edition.php 3D Topicscape Student Edition]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Argunet'''
| Free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Cohere'''
| Windows
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Debategraph'''
| [[Image:Topicscape_SE2.0.jpg|thumb|right|Topicscape SE screenshot]]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Prefuse'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://vionto.com/show/ eyePlorer]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxArgunet.jpg|link=Free Tools to make Maps of Arguments, Belief, Idea support, Debates, Decisions and Influence]]
| Free  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCohere.jpg|link=Free Tools to make Maps of Arguments, Belief, Idea support, Debates, Decisions and Influence]]
| Web based
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxDebategraph.jpg|link=Free Tools to make Maps of Arguments, Belief, Idea support, Debates, Decisions and Influence]]
| [[Image:eyePlorer.jpg|thumb|right|eyePlorer screenshot]]
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxPrefuse.jpg|link=Free Tools to make Maps of Arguments, Belief, Idea support, Debates, Decisions and Influence]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.jsviz.org/ JSViz]
+
|}
| Free
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:JSViz.jpg|thumb|right|JSViz screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://protege.stanford.edu/overview/protege-frames.html Protégé-Frames (protege)]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Protege-frames.jpg|thumb|right|Protégé-Frames screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://protege.stanford.edu/overview/protege-owl.html Protégé-OWL (protege)]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Protege-OWL.jpg|thumb|right|Protégé-OWL screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://www.visuwords.com/ Visuwords]
 
| Free
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:Visuwords.jpg|thumb|right|Visuwords screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://freshmeat.net/projects/xebece/ Xebece] '''<nowiki>+</nowiki>'''
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Xebece.jpg|thumb|right|Xebece screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
'''<nowiki>+</nowiki>'''Xebece was previously known as Calientra or Ontographics
 
 
== Maps of Arguments, Belief, Idea support, Debates, Decisions and Influence ==
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Mind map tools|Mind maps]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
+
| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
!width="180pt"|Licence
+
{| class="wikitable"
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.argunet.org/ Argunet]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''3DTopicscape'''
| Free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Cayra'''
| Web based or desktop
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''CharTr'''
| [[Image:Argunet.jpg|thumb|right|Argunet screenshot]]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Coggle'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''ConnectedMind'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Creately'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''DRichardMm'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://cohere.open.ac.uk/ Cohere]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxTopicscape_SE2.0.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| Free  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCayra.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| Web based
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCharTr.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| [[Image:Cohere.JPG|thumb|right|Cohere screenshot]]
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCoggle.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxConnectedMind.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxCreatelyScreenShotMindMap.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxDRichardScreenShotMindMap.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://debategraph.org/ Debategraph]
 
| Free
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:Debategraph.jpg|thumb|right|Debategraph screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://prefuse.org/ Prefuse]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Prefuse.jpg|thumb|right|Prefuse screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
== Mind maps ==
 
The term 'Mind maps' is used rather loosely in this list to mean supporting a central topic form with a hierarchy around it.  For better definitions, and explanations of a term that is used in widely different ways, see other articles here, such as [[What is a mind map?]], [[How to make a mind map]], [[Buzan's mind map guidelines in practical use]], and [[Concept maps or mind maps? the choice]].
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''FreeMind'''
!width="180pt"|Licence
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Freeplane'''
!width="120pt"|Platform
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Gliffy'''
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''GraphMind'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Hypergraph'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''InfoRapidKBB'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mind42'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.topicscape.com/student-edition.php 3D Topicscape Student Edition]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxFreeMind.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| Free  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxFreeplane2.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| Windows
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxGliffy.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| [[Image:Topicscape_SE2.0.jpg|thumb|right|Topicscape SE screenshot]]
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxGraphmind.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxHypergraph.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxIRKBB.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMind42.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://bookvar.net/ Bookvar]
+
|}
| Free (no longer developing, but installer still available)
+
{| class="wikitable"
| Windows
 
| [[Image:Bookvar.jpg|thumb|right|Bookvar screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind-mapping.org/blog/2012/07/news-about-cayra/ Cayra]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MindApp'''
| Free (Defunct but still available from download sites)
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MindMapViewer'''
| Windows
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MindMaple'''
| [[Image:Cayra.jpg|thumb|right|Cayra screenshot]]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MindMup'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MindRaider'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Semantik'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''SpicyNodes'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://code.google.com/p/chartr/ CharTr]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMindapp.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| Free  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMindMapViewer.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| Linux
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMindMaple.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| [[Image:CharTr.jpg|thumb|right|CharTr screenshot]]
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMindMup.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMindRaider.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxSemantik.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxSpicyNodes.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.coggle.it/ Coggle]
+
|}
| Free
+
{| class="wikitable"
| Web-based
 
| [[Image:Coggle.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Coggle Mindmap screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://creately.com/ Creately]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Spiderscribe'''
| Free
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Text2Mindmap'''
| Web-based
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Tomboy'''
| [[Image:CreatelyScreenShotMindMap.png|thumb|right|Creately Mindmap screenshot]]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''ViewYourMind'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''WiseMapping'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Xebece'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Xmind'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''XWiki'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page FreeMind]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxSpiderscribe.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| Free  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxText2Mindmap.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| Windows, Mac, Linux
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxTomboy-mindmap.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
| [[Image:FreeMind.jpg|thumb|right|FreeMind screenshot]]
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxVYM.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxWiseMapping.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxXebece.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxXMind.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxXWiki.jpg|link=Free Mind map tools]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Freeplane]
+
|}
| Free. And for now, files are compatible with FreeMind.
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Freeplane2.png|thumb|right|Freeplane screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.gliffy.com/ Gliffy]
+
|}
| Free
+
{| class="wikitable"
| Web based
+
! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Ontology and Taxonomy tools|Ontologies and taxonomies]]'''
| [[Image:Gliffy.jpg|thumb|right|Gliffy screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://hypergraph.sourceforge.net/ Hypergraph]
+
| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
| Free
+
{| class="wikitable"
| Web based
 
| [[Image:Hypergraph.jpg|thumb|right|Hypergraph screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mind42.com/ Mind42]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Jambalaya'''
| Free
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''ProtégéOWL'''
| Web based
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Dendroscope'''
| [[Image:Mind42.jpg|thumb|right|Mind42 screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mindapp.com/ MindApp]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxJambalaya.jpg|link=Free Ontology and Taxonomy tools]]
| Free for non-commercial use
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxProtege-OWL.jpg|link=Free Ontology and Taxonomy tools]]
| Windows
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxDendroscope.jpg|link=Free Ontology and Taxonomy tools]]
| [[Image:mindapp.png|thumb|right|MindApp screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://eric-blue.com/projects/mindmapviewer/ Mind Map Viewer (Eric Blue)]
+
|}
| Free
 
| Web based, for MindManager files
 
| [[Image:MindMapViewer.jpg|thumb|right|Mind Map Viewer screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mindnode.com/ MindNode]
+
|}
| Free
+
{| class="wikitable"
| Mac
+
! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Presentation tools|Presentations]]'''
| [[Image:MindNode.jpg|thumb|right|MindNode screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mindmup.com/ MindMup]
+
| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
| Free
+
{| class="wikitable"
| Web-based
 
| [[Image:MindMup.jpg|thumb|right|MindMup screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://mindraider.sourceforge.net/ MindRaider]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Prezi'''
| Free
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''VUE'''
| Windows, Linux
 
| [[Image:MindRaider.jpg|thumb|right|MindRaider screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=55242 Semantik]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxPrezi.jpg|link=Free Presentation tools]]
| Free
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxVUE.jpg|link=Free Presentation tools]]
| Linux
 
| [[Image:Semantik.jpg|thumb|right|Semantik screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.text2mindmap.com/ Text2Mindmap]
+
|}
| Free
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:Text2Mindmap.jpg|thumb|right|Text2Mindmap screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2006/10/tomboy_mindmap/ Tomboy mindmap]
+
|}
| Free
+
{| class="wikitable"
| Linux
+
! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Read-only content map tools|Read-only content maps]]'''
| [[Image:Tomboy-mindmap.jpg|thumb|right|Tomboy screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [https://sourceforge.net/projects/vym/ VYM (View Your Mind)]
+
| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
| Free
+
{| class="wikitable"
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:VYM.jpg|thumb|right|VYM screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.wikimindmap.org/ WikiMindMap]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''GraphWords'''
| Free
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''InfoRapidKP'''
| Web based tool to map Wikipedia topics
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''InstaGrok'''
| [[Image:WikiMindMap.jpg|thumb|right|WikiMindMap screenshot]]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MohioMap'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Visuwords'''
 +
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''WikiMindMap'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://freshmeat.net/projects/xebece/ Xebece] '''<nowiki>+</nowiki>'''
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxGraph-words.jpg|link=Free Read-only content map tools]]
| Free  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxIRKP.jpg|link=Free Read-only content map tools]]
| Windows, Mac, Linux
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxInstaGrok.jpg|link=Free Read-only content map tools]]
| [[Image:Xebece.jpg|thumb|right|Xebece screenshot]]
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMohioMap-2.jpg|link=Free Read-only content map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxVisuwords.jpg|link=Free Read-only content map tools]]
 +
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxWikiMindMap.jpg|link=Free Read-only content map tools]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.xmind.net/ Xmind]
+
|}
| Free option
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:XMind.jpg|thumb|right|XMind screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/MindMap+Application XWiki]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:XWiki.jpg|thumb|right|XWiki screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
'''<nowiki>+</nowiki>'''Xebece was formerly known as Calientra or Ontographics
 
 
== Ontologies and Taxonomies ==
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Treemap tools|Treemaps]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
+
| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
!width="180pt"|Licence
+
{| class="wikitable"
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.thechiselgroup.org/jambalaya Jambalaya]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''SpaceSniffer'''
| Free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''TreeSheets'''
| Windows, Mac, Linux
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Treeviz'''
| [[Image:Jambalaya.jpg|thumb|right|Jambalaya screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://protege.stanford.edu/overview/protege-owl.html Protégé-OWL (protege)]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxSpaceSniffer.jpg|link=Free Treemap tools]]
| Free  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxTreesheets.jpg|link=Free Treemap tools]]
| Windows, Mac, Linux
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxTreeviz.jpg|link=Free Treemap tools]]
| [[Image:Protege-OWL.jpg|thumb|right|Protégé-OWL screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/460 Dendroscope]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Dendroscope.jpg|thumb|right|Dendroscope screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
== Presentations ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
!width="200pt"|Software
 
!width="180pt"|Licence
 
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://vue.uit.tufts.edu/index.cfm VUE (Visual Understanding<br> Environment)]
 
| Free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:VUE.jpg|thumb|right|VUE screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
== Treemaps ==
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free Wiki-related mapping tools|Wiki-related]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
+
| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 black #f0f0f0;" |
!width="180pt"|Licence
 
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
|-
 
| [http://treesheets.com/ TreeSheets]
 
| Free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Treesheets.jpg|thumb|right|TreeSheets screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://www.randelshofer.ch/treeviz/index.html Treeviz]
 
| Free
 
| Windows, Mac, Linux
 
| [[Image:Treeviz.jpg|thumb|right|Treeviz screenshot]]
 
|}
 
 
 
== Wiki-related ==
 
Visual tools specifically designed for use with wikis.
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MindRaider'''
!width="180pt"|Licence
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''QwikiWiki'''
!width="120pt"|Platform
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''XWikiMindMap'''
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://mindraider.sourceforge.net/ MindRaider]  
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMindRaider.jpg|link=Free Wiki-related mapping tools]]
| Free &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxQuery.jpg|link=Free Wiki-related mapping tools]]
| Linux, Windows
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxXWiki.jpg|link=Free Wiki-related mapping tools]]
| [[Image:MindRaider.jpg|thumb|right|MindRaider screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppqwiki/ QwikiWiki]
+
|}
| Free
 
| Any supporting Python
 
| No screenshot found.<br>Uses FreeMind to create mind<br>maps, so see FreeMind.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Freemind+Macro XWiki MindMap]
 
| Free
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:XWiki.jpg|thumb|right|XWiki screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
= With significant limitations in Free version =
 
This is software for which a free version is available but with significant limitations when compared to the full version:
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! style="border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0; font-size:140%;" |'''[[Free mapping tools with significant limitations in the Free option|With significant limitations in free account]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
!width="200pt"|Software
+
| align="center" width="800px" style="background:#f0f0f0; border-style:solid; border-color: #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0 #f0f0f0;" |
! Type
+
{| class="wikitable"
!width="180pt"|Licence
 
!width="120pt"|Platform
 
!width="150pt"|Screenshot
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.inforapid.de/html/english.htm InfoRapid KnowledgeMap]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''InfoRapidKP'''
| mind maps
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''LovelyCharts'''
| Free with nag (private use)
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''MindMeister'''
| Windows
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mindomo'''
| [[Image:InfoRapidKnowledgeMap.jpg|thumb|right|InfoRapid KnowledgeMap screenshot]]
+
| align="center" width="60px" style="border:1px solid #f0f0f0; background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Wisdomap'''
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://my.lovelycharts.com/ Lovely Charts]
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxInfoRapidKnowledgeMap.jpg|link=Free mapping tools with significant limitations in the Free option]]
| diagrams
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxLovelyCharts.jpg|link=Free mapping tools with significant limitations in the Free option]]
| Free limited option
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMindMeister.jpg|link=Free mapping tools with significant limitations in the Free option]]
| Web based
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxMindomo.jpg|link=Free mapping tools with significant limitations in the Free option]]
| [[Image:LovelyCharts.jpg|thumb|right|Lovely Charts screenshot]]
+
| align="center" style="background:#000000; border:3pt solid #000000;"|[[File:60pxWisdomap.jpg|link=Free mapping tools with significant limitations in the Free option]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mindmeister.com MindMeister]
+
|}
| mind maps
 
| Free option with limitations
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:MindMeister.jpg|thumb|right|MindMeister screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.mindomo.com/ Mindomo]
+
|}
| mind maps
 
| Free with ads: up to 7 maps
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:Mindomo.jpg|thumb|right|Mindomo screenshot]]
 
|-
 
| [http://prezi.com/ Prezi]
 
| presentations
 
| With the free option, all your content is public
 
| Web based
 
| [[Image:Prezi.jpg|thumb|right|Prezi screenshot]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.wisdomap.com/ Wisdomap]
 
|mind maps
 
| Free for up to 3 maps
 
|Web based
 
| [[Image:Wisdomap.jpg|thumb|right|Wisdomap screenshot]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
 +
</div>

Latest revision as of 07:05, 28 June 2018

I see regular inquiries on Twitter and in forums from people looking for free software to support visual thinking. To provide answers, InformationTamers have put together 14 pages to help you find the one for your needs. These show the platform, a screen thumbnail and a link for more information in each case. We built this article using the most complete source for details of information mapping software on the Web: Mind-mapping.org. Hat tip to Vic Gee who put Mind-mapping.org together and kept it up to date for years. [I took over that site in August 2013 – Roy Grubb]

Mind-mapping.org has a good capability for selecting software by map type and operating system (click on the ‘Refine software list’ tab at the top right of its web page). Although it shows the price, it doesn’t let you filter on price or choose to see only the free ones. The articles here, categorized by map type, are a quick source to find current software that is free or has a free option. It excludes free-trial tools.

“Free” here is as in beer, not in freedom, though some of the software listed is open source, so is free in both senses.

Of course a pencil and paper is always almost free.

This used to be one long page, but as I updated and added to it, it became unmanageable, so now it’s broken down by category. Some tools are flexible enough to appear in more than one section.

Free tools …[edit]

Click through for more details:

3D concept and mind maps
3DTopicscape Conspicio Morcego
60pxTopicscape SE2.0.jpg 60pxConspicio.jpg 60pxMorcego.jpg
Concept maps
3DTopicscape Bubbl.us Cayra CmapTools CoFFEE Compendium Conzilla
60pxTopicscape SE2.0.jpg 60pxBubbl.us.jpg 60pxCayra.jpg 60pxCmap.jpg 60pxCoFFEE.jpg 60pxCompendium.jpg 60pxConzilla.jpg
InfoRapidKB Labyrinth LifeMap VUE Hypergraph
60pxIRKBB.jpg 60pxLabyrinth.jpg 60pxLifeMap.jpg 60pxVUE.jpg 60pxHypergraph.jpg
Development platforms for map forms
JGraph JSViz Prefuse GeNIe&SMILE transLucid yEd
60pxJGraph.jpg 60pxJSViz.jpg 60pxPrefuse.jpg 60pxSMILE.jpg 60pxTransLucid.jpg 60pxYEd.jpg
Diagrams, flowcharts
Creately Dia DrawAnywhere Gliffy GraphViz My.Origramy yEd
60pxCreatelyScreenShotMindMap.jpg 60pxDia.jpg 60pxDrawAnywhere.jpg 60pxGliffy.jpg 60pxGraphViz.jpg 60pxMy.Origramy.jpg 60pxYEdDG.jpg
Hyperbolic trees
GraphViz Hypergraph Treeviz yEd
60pxGraphViz.jpg 60pxHypergraph.jpg 60pxTreeviz.jpg 60pxYEdHT.jpg
Information & knowledge management
3DTopicscape eyePlorer InfoRapidKB JSViz MohioMap ProtégéFrames ProtégéOWL Xebece
60pxTopicscape SE2.0.jpg 60pxEyePlorer.jpg 60pxIRKBB.jpg 60pxJSViz.jpg 60pxMohioMap-2.jpg 60pxProtege-frames.jpg 60pxProtege-OWL.jpg 60pxXebece.jpg
Maps of arguments, decisions, influence, etc.
Argunet Cohere Debategraph Prefuse
60pxArgunet.jpg 60pxCohere.jpg 60pxDebategraph.jpg 60pxPrefuse.jpg
Mind maps
3DTopicscape Cayra CharTr Coggle ConnectedMind Creately DRichardMm
60pxTopicscape SE2.0.jpg 60pxCayra.jpg 60pxCharTr.jpg 60pxCoggle.jpg 60pxConnectedMind.jpg 60pxCreatelyScreenShotMindMap.jpg 60pxDRichardScreenShotMindMap.jpg
FreeMind Freeplane Gliffy GraphMind Hypergraph InfoRapidKBB Mind42
60pxFreeMind.jpg 60pxFreeplane2.jpg 60pxGliffy.jpg 60pxGraphmind.jpg 60pxHypergraph.jpg 60pxIRKBB.jpg 60pxMind42.jpg
MindApp MindMapViewer MindMaple MindMup MindRaider Semantik SpicyNodes
60pxMindapp.jpg 60pxMindMapViewer.jpg 60pxMindMaple.jpg 60pxMindMup.jpg 60pxMindRaider.jpg 60pxSemantik.jpg 60pxSpicyNodes.jpg
Spiderscribe Text2Mindmap Tomboy ViewYourMind WiseMapping Xebece Xmind XWiki
60pxSpiderscribe.jpg 60pxText2Mindmap.jpg 60pxTomboy-mindmap.jpg 60pxVYM.jpg 60pxWiseMapping.jpg 60pxXebece.jpg 60pxXMind.jpg 60pxXWiki.jpg
Ontologies and taxonomies
Jambalaya ProtégéOWL Dendroscope
60pxJambalaya.jpg 60pxProtege-OWL.jpg 60pxDendroscope.jpg
Presentations
Prezi VUE
60pxPrezi.jpg 60pxVUE.jpg
Read-only content maps
GraphWords InfoRapidKP InstaGrok MohioMap Visuwords WikiMindMap
60pxGraph-words.jpg 60pxIRKP.jpg 60pxInstaGrok.jpg 60pxMohioMap-2.jpg 60pxVisuwords.jpg 60pxWikiMindMap.jpg
Treemaps
SpaceSniffer TreeSheets Treeviz
60pxSpaceSniffer.jpg 60pxTreesheets.jpg 60pxTreeviz.jpg
Wiki-related
MindRaider QwikiWiki XWikiMindMap
60pxMindRaider.jpg 60pxQuery.jpg 60pxXWiki.jpg
With significant limitations in free account
InfoRapidKP LovelyCharts MindMeister Mindomo Wisdomap
60pxInfoRapidKnowledgeMap.jpg 60pxLovelyCharts.jpg 60pxMindMeister.jpg 60pxMindomo.jpg 60pxWisdomap.jpg