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

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. S… See more
Brandon HymanUX Designer, Hulu · Asked

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Draw.io

Create and share diagrams easily

V2S2CEngineer,Developer,Traveller · Written
Its Open source, User friendly , Easy to customize and yes no signup required😊!
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Franco LaiuppaDevops / PM / Developer · Written
And you can also save to Google Drive and restore later! Superb
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Brandon HymanUX Designer, Hulu · Written
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.
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Lucidchart

Easily draw diagrams & collaborate with others online

Justin MitchellDesigning Products at Sofriendly.com · Written
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.
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Jeremy BauerWriter, Instructional Designer @ UIUC · Written
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.
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Mike Coutermarsh48Code @ Product Hunt · Written
Definitely Lucidchart, has been around for years. Tons of features, works well/easy to use. Can't go wrong here.
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Shantanu RaghavProduct Guy @Mobiefit · Written
Amazing tool to create quick flowcharts. dragging & resizing is possible but it beautifully rearranges everything as your map increases.
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tobinharrisCTO, Pocketworks Mobile Ltd · Written
Text based language for some UML diagrams. Flow charts need improving, which is on roadmap (I'm the founder)
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