FreeMedForms EMR

FreeMedForms EMR is a free, open-source electronic medical record program for doctors, clinics and other health professionals who want a patient file they can reshape to their own specialty. It is a desktop application for Windows, macOS and Linux, built in C++ with Qt, and it comes with FreeDiams, a prescribing assistant that checks drug interactions. People searching for a FreeMedForms download usually want exactly this general EMR.

There is no “FreeMedForms Dental”. The project never published a dental edition or a dental module, and the official feature list does not mention dentistry, tooth charts or odontograms. What a dental practice can realistically do is use it as a configurable patient file and prescribing tool, writing its own dental history forms in XML. You should also know that the project is dormant: the last stable release is 1.0.0 from March 2017, and version 1.1.0 was still listed as “no release date defined” when its news page was last updated in December 2018.

FreeMedForms EMR at a glance

What it does

• Patient file built from XML form files that you can edit to match your practice, with sub-forms that can be added to the main record.
• JavaScript scripting inside forms, documented for form developers.
• Shared multi-user agenda with configurable appointment length and location; with a MySQL server, a remote front desk can manage the schedule.
• Prescribing through FreeDiams, which detects drug-drug and drug-patient interactions using drug databases for France, Canada, the USA and Belgium.
• User profiles for doctors, nurses, carers and administrative staff.
• Printing with custom headers, footers and watermarks, including two pages per sheet.
• ICD-10 and ATC classifications.
• FreeAccount accounting module, available in French only.

How dental teams use it

Check a prescription for interactions

1. Open the patient’s file and start a prescription; FreeDiams handles the drug list.
2. Add the antibiotic or analgesic you plan to prescribe.
3. Review the drug-drug and drug-patient warnings before printing the prescription.

Build a dental history form

1. Copy an existing form file as a starting point.
2. Edit the XML to add fields you need, for example medical alerts relevant to dental treatment, anticoagulant use or allergy to local anaesthetics.
3. Attach the form to the patient file and test it on dummy patients first.
4. Keep in mind that tooth numbers and findings will be text or list fields, not a graphical chart.

Share one schedule in a small practice

1. Install a MySQL 5.5 server on one machine, as the documentation requires for network use.
2. Configure MySQL to accept network connections, then point each FreeMedForms installation to it.
3. Give the receptionist a user profile with access to the agenda.

Install and first run

• Windows: the download page supports Windows XP, 7, 8 and 10. Newer Windows versions are not listed, so test before relying on it.
• macOS: requires macOS 10.9 Mavericks or later, 64-bit.
• Linux: the project recommends Debian Stable. Debian itself shipped version 0.9.4 in older releases, so a distribution package may be older than 1.0.0.
• Network use: the MySQL guide requires MySQL Community Edition 5.5 and says newer versions (5.6, 5.7) are not officially supported. On Linux it relies on the Qt 4 MySQL driver package. Both are old, so a dedicated older system or a virtual machine is often the practical route.
• Verification: downloads are compressed and signed with GPG, so you can check their integrity.
• Stable only: the developers state that only stable versions should be used in daily practice. Use 1.0.0, not development builds.

Limitations

• No dental edition, dental module, tooth chart, odontogram or periodontal chart.
• Dormant: last stable release in 2017, last SourceForge update in November 2019.
• Network mode depends on MySQL 5.5, which is long out of support.
• The accounting module is French only, and there is no insurance claims processing for dental practices in the US, UK or Canada.
• Interface languages are English and French (SourceForge also lists Dutch).
• No regulatory clearance is claimed by the project.

FreeMedForms EMR vs alternatives

If you need a real dental record with charting, look at Open Dental, a commercial dental practice management program with a trial version, or ClearDent, a commercial system built for Canadian dental practices. If you want free, open-source software and your dental service is part of a hospital, OpenClinic GA covers registration, billing, pharmacy and imaging results, though it also has no dental chart. What FreeMedForms still offers over them is an editable, XML-based form engine, at the cost of running unmaintained software.

FAQ

Where can I get the FreeMedForms download?

The project distributes its releases through freemedforms.com. SourceForge still holds the 1.0.0 files, and a 2019 note there says downloads have moved to the official website.

Is FreeMedForms free?

Yes. FreeMedForms EMR and FreeDiams are free and open source under the GPL v3. The download page notes that since 1.1.0 some files are copyrighted, so 1.0.0 is the fully free choice.

Is there a FreeMedForms Dental edition?

No. There is only the general FreeMedForms EMR. Dental use means writing your own forms, without a graphical tooth chart.

Does FreeMedForms run on a Mac?

Yes. The official download page supports macOS 10.9 Mavericks and later (64-bit).

Is FreeMedForms still maintained?

Not actively. The last stable version is 1.0.0 from 2017, and the planned 1.1.0 never received a release date.

What is FreeDiams?

FreeDiams is the suite’s prescribing assistant. It checks drug-drug and drug-patient interactions and is used inside FreeMedForms EMR for prescriptions.

What is a good alternative to FreeMedForms for a dental practice?

A dedicated dental program such as Open Dental or ClearDent (both commercial) if you need charting; OpenClinic GA if you need a free hospital-wide system.

Last checked against official sources: 28 September 2026 (developer website: freemedforms.com). Versions and licence terms change — confirm on the developer's site before deploying in a clinic.