XMind 6 Public Beta Now Available
Posted on October 10th, 2014 in Featured, New Version | 28 Comments »


It’s that time of year again for the new XMind! Yes, we name it XMind 6, which will be the next major release of XMind. In this new version, we’ll bring eight big new features and a dozen significant improvements, along with most of known bugs fixed.
Why do we name the next big release XMind 6?
Let’s look back to our history. In 2007, we released our first 2 versions XMind 2007 (v1.0) and XMind 2008 (v2.0). In later 2008, we opened most of the source code and enter XMind 3.x times. In the next several years, we kept the version number 3.x, and made some minor updates. The 4th big release comes in 2012, and we name it XMind 2012 (v3.3.x). Then we provide XMind Pro/Plus licenses. Last year, we released our 5th big release XMind 2013 (v3.4.x). So this year, we release XMind 6 (instead of 2014).
Besides, for third-party developers, the platform features and API of XMind are stable. No huge changes. So for compatibility reasons, the internal version number of XMind 6 is still v3.5.0.
With a year’s hard work, XMind 6 comes public beta. We can’t wait to introduce you the new XMind now! So let’s take a preview of these exciting new features together.
1. Brand New “Brainstorming Mode”
The most important thing of brainstorming is focusing on the quantity, not the quality.
So we bring the “Idea Factory” to record and collect inspirations further and faster. A timer stays to let us control the session time. The night mode decreases light and protects your eyes in a dark room.
Full-screen and a stress-free scene, here, makes you take all attention on capturing the inspiration and sparkles in your mind. Then, you’ll find the solution is hidden within them. We can discover it by evaluating, organizing and connecting the ideas.
2. Save to Evernote
As a popular note-taking and archiving application, Evernote is used by tens of millions of users, also including a large number of XMind users. Now, we support saving XMind files into Evernote note include: image, attachment and text. By this way, we can send our maps across different devices and get access to them easily.
Save to Evernote, save your time.
3. Index View
A complicated mind map must contain various elements, such as markers, labels, and Task Info.
Index View provides you 7 ways to list your topics as an index: by markers, by labels, by start/end date, by assignees and by alphabetic (A~Z and Z~A), so that we can retrieve information quickly and accurately. You can even use it cross sheets.
4. Advanced Theme Editor
Our new Theme Editor provides you an efficient way to easily modify your favorite themes and design a new theme. You can presets styles of central topics, main topics, subtopics and floating topics. Also the styles of relationships, boundaries, summaries and the wallpaper. Edit the properties and then save it to the theme view for future usage.
5. Export to Microsoft Project
Work with the most popular Mind Mapping tool and the most professional project manage tool together. Mind mapping helps look at things holistically, and fill in all the important details with XMind. Now, we can export all tasks from XMind to MS Project. This makes your plan a very integrated design solution. More productivity for your project management and team collaboration.
6. Export to Open Office (ODF)
Both of XMind and Open Office are Free Open Source Software. In XMind 6, we can export our mind maps into OpenDocument Text, Presentation and Spreadsheet. We will work smarter with this open source software suite.
7. More themes, style and markers
An elegant appearance of our mind map can not only make the readers enjoy it, but also deliver more details of our mind. In XMind 6, we add 20 more well-designed themes and build-in styles. These will not only make our mind maps a better look, and also make us more productive.
8. Import & Export XMind Resource Bundle
In XMind 6, we bring a new concept: XMind Resource Bundle. You can package your custom themes, templates, clip arts, markers. Export them to an XMind Resource Bundle and send it to others. This is a very convenient way to share stuff within a team, also between your Mac and Windows.
Improvements
Besides above new features, we also bring a lot of improvements in XMind 6.
- Add permissions in Local Network Sharing.
- Reorganized and improved toolbar, customize toolbar position.
- On Mac, XMind embeds Java 7 and no need to manually install Java anymore.
- Integrate Style View into Properties View. Add “reset style” option.
- Reorganize View Menu, add a sub-menu instead of the Views Dialog.
- New style notification window.
- New Sheet From Template.
- An option to hide paid features from menu and toolbar.
- Add a new balanced map structure.
- Improved context menu.
- New color picker.
- Improved Export to Excel.
- Many other little improvements.
XMind 6 now is in public beta. The Beta version offers evaluators all Pro/Plus features without registration/activation until November 30, 2014. The final release will be officially announced in coming few weeks. If you have any suggestions or questions during the beta trial, please send emails to support@xmind.net. Thank you in advance.
Download XMind 6 Beta Now
BTW, we’ll offer FREE UPGRADE to XMind 6 for all who buy XMind 2013 from October 8th. This event expires when XMind 6 is officially released.
28 Responses
Hey guys, when release the IPad version?
Love the new features. ODF support is really nice too. Thanks 🙂
sorry for the long time waiting. we’re still trying and working.
Dear All,
Many of us use MS OneNote rather than Evernote. Could you add similar integration feature for OneNote?
Best regards,
Ad
Hi,
If PDF export with our own icon could work fine too ! I have bough Pro version for this and it’s don’t work (aleady check with your team…)
And of course Android/iPad version
I like your new features, especially Evernote, but really want you to do an iPad version.
Dear XMind Developers,
In v6.x it is very good indeed to see ODF support, it is long overdue.
In the V6.x beta development could you ensure that *BOTH* the OpenOffice and, more importantly, the LibreOffice suites are fully integrated.
http://www.libreoffice.org/
Onwards with the evolution and refinement of XMind!
Thank you.
PS: What is long overdue is tiled printing capability, where you can define a N x M grid of a particular paper size, to be able to print out or export to PDF, to be printed out. XMind would intelligently shift nodes about so that printing across page margins is minimised, or if it is not possible, then it is split along character boundaries so that titles and labels remain legible.
Similarly, refinement of the a “shaping function” to make the best use of any white-space in any document configuration, both in proportionate, relative font sizes, and also how the nodes and terminators are “sqirrelled” about to make best use of the “white space” available.
Such N x M tiled printing + shaping, along with full LIbreOffice ODF support are both long overdue and will strengthen the utility and applicability of the application enormously.
Thank you for your attention.
Hi! Will there be an upgrade option for educational users (from latest version of Xmind?) Thanks!
Hi… then, if I bought the pack of 2 years on december 2012, I have no right to update?
iPad Version?
2-year upgrade package in december 2012? you should be able to get XMind 6.
please contact sales@xmind.net 🙂
Dear XMind Team!
It’s really great to see a new version but what is about any mobile version?
Very disappointed not to see a mobile version appearing as one of the new features.
Hi,
Can this beta be installed side-by-side with existing 2012 Pro install?
Thanks,
It should be OK. You can also download and try the beta portable version, just unzip it to a clear folder and directly launch XMind from there.
hello and thanks for your inrsieettng posts! i have an emergency – can you help? apec seems to have disappeared from my http gateway – but the schemata are still there in the DB. so – i want to export my app with sqldev/jdev. when i try this however i get 1 0kb file and an error msg – “gettDDL – null”any insights ? THANKS !!!!
Hi,
Why don’t you get rid of the clunky java runtime environment?
Hi
Supporting what has already been said …. integration to Onenote would be fantastic …..
Microsoft ONENOTE integration?
I second the request to provide integration with OneNote.
+1 for OneNote integration
Another vote for OneNote integration. The way that OneNote can embed Excel spreadsheets and Visio diagrams is fantastic and a similar embedding of XMind mind maps (with double-click to open back in XMind for editing and seamless updating) would be awesome and get you another paying customer.
I need ONE NOTE
+1 Onenote
Are there plans for making this collaborative where multiple people can update a mind map? We find the lack of this very taxing on the owner.
Integration with Onenote too for me 🙂
Onenote +++++ (!)