What's the best text-based flowchart/diagraming tool?

Question

I'm looking for a text-based way of generating flowcharts. I know there are a lot of options that involve dragging around boxes and resizing things, but looking https://knsv.github.io/mermaid/ but with better ability to customize and easier syntax. Something that uses Javascript would be great.

Brandon Hyman · Accepted Answer

This is not really what I'm looking for. I don't see the value of this tool over a template in sketch or illustrator. I'm looking more for something that will auto-generate the shapes based on text inputs.

Vishnu · Answer

Its Open source, User friendly , Easy to customize and yes no signup required😊!

Justin Mitchell · Answer

Lucidchart is without a doubt the best in my opinion. It's fast, simple, complicated when you need it to be, and supports full collaboration and sharing.

Jeremy Bauer · Answer

This one's pretty easy to use. It also has tons of integrations—Slack, G Suite, Box, Microsoft Office Suite, Dropbox, Jira, etc— and has mobile apps. I've mainly used it to map stories for writing projects, bit it's a pretty robust tool with a lot of different use cases.

Maximiliano Goldschwartz · Answer

Great way to create flowcharts using only text

Franco Laiuppa · Answer

And you can also save to Google Drive and restore later! Superb

Mike Coutermarsh · Answer

Definitely Lucidchart, has been around for years. Tons of features, works well/easy to use. Can't go wrong here.

Vladimír Seman · Answer

If you like Mermaid, you will LOVE Gleek.
It is a free text-to-diagram tool that you can use to create flowcharts and other types of diagrams.

👉 Try to type "Shape1-->Shape2" to get an idea

tobinharris · Answer

Text based language for some UML diagrams. Flow charts need improving, which is on roadmap (I'm the founder)

Christopher G · Answer

Make diagrams with JSON or YAML, rather than drag-and-drop.

Shimone Samuel · Answer

Text-based flowchart creation. Steep price but powerful, flexible and most importantly - generated by text and tab spaces.

G.HS.Robert Ciang (GHSRobert 瑋平) · Answer

Just found this yesterday, 'cause I was also looking for such a tool. Enjoy the free trial!

And tell me kindly if there is yet something else worth trying.

Mike Ishenin · Answer

The best visualization tool I've found. It's a pity that it is not open source =(

Shantanu Raghav · Answer

Amazing tool to create quick flowcharts. dragging & resizing is possible but it beautifully rearranges everything as your map increases.