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Freeplane vs Minder: catalog facts
Freeplane	Minder
Free Free and open source under the GPL.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux
Attributes, conditional styles, filtering and scripting go well beyond drawing a diagram Groovy scripting can generate or transform entire maps	Fast keyboard-driven map creation Automatic layout of nodes
A dense interface with a real learning curve Java Swing looks and feels out of place on every platform	Linux only Designed primarily around elementary OS
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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