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When comparing Freeplane vs ThinkComposer, the Slant community recommends Freeplane for most people. In the question“What are the best mind mapping tools?” Freeplane is ranked 3rd while ThinkComposer is ranked 21st.
Specs
PlatformsWindows, Linux, Mac
TechnologyJava
PlatformsWindows
TechnologyC#
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Pros
Pro Free and open-source (FOSS)
Pro Supports most used *.mm file format
Pro Easy to use
Pro Possesses all Freemind pros and more
Pro Developed by veteran FreeMind devs
Pro Multilevel
Diagrams can be multilevel, this means that they can have nested diagrams within them.
Pro Open source
Licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3.
Pro Tables
Tables can be populated from CSV files.
Cons
Con Not as beautiful as XMind
Con Does not have a mobile counterpart
You have to find yourself other tools (using the interoperable mm) on mobiles.
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