Diagrams and whiteboards
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Excalidraw is a free whiteboard for drawing diagrams, sketches and wireframes in a hand-drawn style. It is for anyone who wants to draw flowcharts or quick sketches, and it can be used in a browser at excalidraw.com or added to other apps.
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How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
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draw.io is a free app for drawing flowcharts, diagrams and whiteboard-style sketches. It is for anyone who needs to make diagrams, from students and teachers to office workers and programmers.
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How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does the whole job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
Mermaid is a free tool that creates diagrams, charts and flowcharts from simple typed text instead of drag-and-drop. It is aimed at software developers and documentation writers, and its live editor lets non-programmers make diagrams too.
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How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
PlantUML for GitHub is a browser extension that turns text descriptions of diagrams into pictures directly on GitHub pages, so people can see the drawing instead of the code. It is aimed mainly at software developers and technical writers who put diagrams in their projects.
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How many people bookmarked its code on GitHub. It shows how popular it is, not how good it is or how well it replaces the app.
How hard it is to start using it. Easy: install it like a normal app, or use it in your browser. Advanced: you run it on your own server, use the command line, or it is a tool for developers.
Its code changed within the last year, so someone is still looking after it.
Does part of the job.
Ordered by how fully it replaces the app, Verified, setup and, when there are enough, people's votes.
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