
Or better said: we fully integrated one of the best available reference managers, namely JabRef. Integrated Reference Managerĭocear has it’s own BibTeX compatible reference manager. If you have ideas for new features regarding the mind mapping functionality, the Freeplane team will be happy to hear them. Also, the Freeplane development team is highly responsive to user feedback. You do not need to wait until we have adjusted Docear to the new Freeplane version.
#Freeplane user manual install#
That means, if a new version of Freeplane is released you can just install it and Docear will work with the new version. Free floating nodes, displaying images), is much faster, more stable and above all: Freeplane has a great plugin system that allows us offering Docear as a plugin for Freeplane.

Freeplane has much more features than FreeMind (e.g. The new Docear is based on Freeplane, a really exceptional piece of software. The old SciPlore MindMapping was based on FreeMind, a good and popular but not very well maintained mind mapping software. Have a look at the major changes and try the Alpha now (if you are a SciPlore MindMapping user – otherwise you have to wait a couple of weeks). From the old “SciPlore MindMapping” is nothing left, except the basic idea. The Alpha version of Docear is ready to be released and we are really proud of what we achieved the last six months.
