Mind mapping is an efficient solution for managing and communicating thinking. It can show people's thoughts to others in a more intuitive way by drawing, and it is also helpful for users to organize thinking, resources and project progress in an orderly manner. Therefore, in daily work, study and life, more and more people are using mind maps to better understand their thinking.

When we are in the early stages of any kind of projects (e.g.: novel writing, software development, project discussion), we probably tend to put a bunch of ideas on a big piece of paper, then throw out the irrelevant ones, group together the relevant notes, and make connections between them, so as to figure out how everything fits together.

Mind mapping software is a very good thinking management tool, which is pretty practical in organizing work ideas, simplifying work flow, making meeting minutes, performing tasks management, time management, and many other aspects. Nowadays, many companies and individuals start learning and using mind map, because it can help us spread our minds, get our ideas into shape, then improve our work efficiency and simplify the entire work flow.

As is known to all, using a mind mapping software can intuitively and clearly express the thoughts we normally think, remember or learn in our brains, and present them in the form of charts. This is very helpful for our daily work, study and life - integrates the scattered resources, exercises the ability of thinking and mental power, and inspires our inspiration and creativity.

XMind is currently the most popular, user-friendly mind mapping & brain storming software from Hong Kong in China. It was written in Java (cross-platform), based on the most advanced Eclipse RCP architecture (thematic structure as plug-in, supports flexible add-ons extension).