Command-line options
Call freeplane like this:
freeplane [options] [file1 [file2 ...]]
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
-h or --help | list available options |
-X<menukey> | execute menu item with key |
-S | stop after executing menu items |
-N | set the 'nonInteractive' system property to 'true' |
-U<userdir> | set the freeplane user config directory (only since version 1.3.3!!!) |
Batch execution of menu items (e.g. scripts) is described in a special wiki article.
Debug start script under Linux
Start Freeplane in debug mode (if you have problems starting):
DEBUG=true freeplane.sh
Environment variables
Select Java installation used to run Freeplane
The following variables are tried in order:
- FREEPLANE_JAVA_HOME
- JAVA_HOME (not on Windows OS)
For windows, set one of these variables and run freeplane.exe or freeplaneConsole.exe:
FREEPLANE_JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Zulu\zulu-11-jre
or, under Linux/UNIX:
FREEPLANE_JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/ ./freeplane.sh
Java version
Freeeplane 1.11.x requires Java between Java 11 and Java 21 on Windows and Mac, Java 8 and Java 21 on Linux
Freeeplane 1.10.x requires Java between Java 8 and Java 17.
Freeplane 1.9.x requires Java between Java 8 and Java 15, because Java 16 is not compatible with current Groovy Engine.
Use of Java 16 can be permitted only on Linux by setting variable FREEPLANE_USE_UNSUPPORTED_JAVA_VERSION to 1.
JAVA_OPTS
Set Java Properties, e.g. set the freeplane user config directory in Freeplane < 1.3.3:
JAVA_OPTS=-Dorg.freeplane.userfpdir=$HOME/blabla freeplane.sh