Freeplane is available for different Operating Systems. All Freeplane setup files are available for download here.

Please find below recommendations to choose which file to download before installing Freeplane on your computer.

Java runtime requirement

Freeplane requires a Java runtime:

  • some of the distributions below embed Java, so nothing else is needed,
  • but the other distributions require Java to be installed independently.

When using an independently installed Java runtime, it needs to be of a compatible version number (see details for each distribution). The version to be used by Freeplane can be configured using the FREEPLANE_JAVA_HOME environment variable.

Distributions for Microsoft Windows

  • Freeplane-Setup-with-Java-xxx.exe: Windows installer with embedded Java.
  • Freeplane-Setup-xxx.exe: Windows installer which requires Java 8 to 22 to be installed.
  • FreeplanePortable-xxx.paf.exe: runs on Windows using Portable Apps launcher. Requires Open JDK JRE64 portable java version 15 to be installed on your portable app device. It saves user configuration files on the same device.
  • freeplane_bin-xxx.zip: archive without installer. It requires Java 11 to 21 to be installed.

Distributions for Apple macOS

  • Freeplane-xxx-intel.dmg: distribution with embedded Java for macOS with an Intel or Apple M1/M2/... processor
  • Freeplane-xxx-apple.dmg: distribution with embedded Java for macOS with an Apple M1/M2/... processor.

Those distributions do not include the adaptive Look and Feel VAqua.

Distributions for Linux

  • freeplane_xxx~upstream-1_all.deb: Debian installer compliant with differents Linux derivatives.
  • freeplane_bin-xxx.zip: archive without installer.

They both require Java 11 to 21 to be installed.