Gliffy is awesome! Super intuitive and easy to use.
Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
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Re: Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
#142I use Monodraw[1] on my Mac, I really like it because it's ascii rather than image or vector based which makes including the diagrams in markdown really easy. It also has a really simple UI that allows me to quickly map out my thoughts so I use it for a lot of things. 1. https://monodraw.helftone.com/
I’m also a happy Monodraw user.
I felt sad to hear a few months ago that they are stopping its development [1].
That being said, the software —in its current version— works very well.
Re: Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
#143I make a diagramming library: https://gojs.net/latest/index.html
It's not for making diagrams per se, but for developers who are making their own webapps which involve diagramming (so their users will).
Re: Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
#144HTML + CSS + NoJS
eg. this Pure CSS Flowchart:
Re: Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
#145Every diagram I've made in the past 2 years has been done in Google Slides.
Re: Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
#146I like using http://nomnoml.com, mostly, since its intuitive syntax allows you to create nice diagrams in only a few seconds.
I built an R package to easily support nomnoml in R Markdown: https://github.com/javierluraschi/nomnoml
Re: Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
#147http://plantuml.com I've been doing a lot of flow diagrams and PlantUML has been invaluable. I specifically like it because sharing the flow means sharing some text, which itself is vaguely human-readable. There's an online renderer (bottom of the page in the above link), which means simple diagrams are also quick to create and view. It's got a few different modes that it understands but I'd definitely add it to the…
I too use PlantUML a lot.
My only complaint is that you can't manipulate layout directly. You can do some hacks like invisible directional arrows, but ultimately any change you make risks turning your beautiful diagram into complete spaghetti.
I wish there was a tool combining plaintext description with explicit layouting.
Re: Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
#148For beautiful, always Illustrator. Haven't found anything else that gives me the level of control I need (unfortunately, since I really don't like Adobe).
For quick & dirty, always Google Slides/Drawings (same engine), since it's free, in the cloud, works anywhere, and collaborates with anyone.
Re: Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
#149I love using Mermaid https://mermaidjs.github.io/ There’s an online editor too which is basically what I use most of the time.
Mermaid lets you create diagrams using code. Really nice.
Re: Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
#150http://plantuml.com I've been doing a lot of flow diagrams and PlantUML has been invaluable. I specifically like it because sharing the flow means sharing some text, which itself is vaguely human-readable. There's an online renderer (bottom of the page in the above link), which means simple diagrams are also quick to create and view. It's got a few different modes that it understands but I'd definitely add it to the…
The best thing about plant is that you don't draw things out. you describe them. I actually feel like this is the way we SHOULD do diagrams so that we have flexibility to re-do them. I wish that Markdown would include plantUML natively.