Brandon HymanUX Designer, Hulu
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. Something that uses Javascript would be great.
Your recommendation
6 recommended
- Its Open source, User friendly , Easy to customize and yes no signup required😊!Franco LaiuppaDevops / PM / Developer · WrittenAnd you can also save to Google Drive and restore later! SuperbBrandon HymanUX Designer, Hulu · WrittenThis 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.
- Justin Mitchell9I help startups at SoFriendly.com · WrittenLucidchart 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 BauerWriter + Arts Instructional Designer · WrittenThis 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.Mike Coutermarsh73Code @ GitHub · WrittenDefinitely Lucidchart, has been around for years. Tons of features, works well/easy to use. Can't go wrong here.
- ra.v.ggrinder
I'm using Lucidchart to create figures (system architectures, concepts) for professional technical documentation (aerospace sector).
- Shantanu RaghavProduct Guy @Mobiefit · WrittenAmazing tool to create quick flowcharts. dragging & resizing is possible but it beautifully rearranges everything as your map increases.
- tobinharrisCTO, Pocketworks Mobile Ltd · WrittenText based language for some UML diagrams. Flow charts need improving, which is on roadmap (I'm the founder)
- Shimone SamuelProduct Manager · WrittenText-based flowchart creation. Steep price but powerful, flexible and most importantly - generated by text and tab spaces.
