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Thoughts

Thoughts is a diagramming program, available on Linux.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub
License: MIT — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Wang Lin
Latest version: 0.13.1 (13 February 2025)
Latest activity: 3 August 2026
Source code: github.com/wanglin2/mind-map

At a glance

All of Thoughts is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

A localized mind mapping tool. It features a simple and appealing interface, along with powerful functionality.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Last technical check: 8 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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