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Ask HN: Best tool for software architecture diagrams?

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Hi, I need to be able to quickly create software architecture diagrams for our customers. I have previously been using presentation software (e.g. Google Slides) and graphics editors (e.g. Affinity Designer). And while they allow me to create quite beautiful diagrams, they are not very fast if you have to e.g. add additional elements which don't fit the existing layout.

For smaller architectures https://diagrams.mingrammer.com works really well, but it often breaks for more complex layouts.

What are your recommendations?

Re: Ask HN: Best tool for software architecture diagrams?

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Have you looked at Graphviz? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz

Diagrams uses Graphviz under the hood. I think the problem is that Graphviz' layout algorithms are too generic / not optimized for software architecture and therefore it's difficult to get a good rendering.
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