

Immediately, I decided to find out if it lived up to appearances.Īs you probably know, mind maps are a visual representation of the relationship between ideas. From the screenshots, it looked like it might pass the major tests I look for in a mind mapping app – an interface that does not interfere with the rapid recording of ideas and enough formatting features to allow users to create more elaborate mind maps if desired. Because of these conditions, I was immediately drawn towards Minder, an app developed in the last few years that is released under version 3.0 of the GNU General Public License and that has yet to find a place in the repositories of most major distributions. For a while, Calligra Suite included the promising Braindump, but it is no longer maintained, and always felt overly complicated.


Unfortunately, almost all of them have been freemium – limited versions of commercial products. Over the years, the world of free software has offered no shortage of mind mapping apps.
