Monodraw

#1

Post by saikatsg » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 2:33 PM UTC

Monodraw
monodraw.helftone.com

Re: Monodraw

#2

Post by Brajeshwar » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 2:34 PM UTC

I love this tool. This is one of those that you buy it and keep it, even if you use it once a while.

Re: Monodraw

#3

Post by saikatsg » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 3:02 PM UTC

Brajeshwar wrote: post #2

I love this tool. This is one of those that you buy it and keep it, even if you use it once a while.

The website design is also neat.

Re: Monodraw

#4

Post by grimgrin » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 4:11 PM UTC

what's the native linux alternative? aka not a webapp

edit: hm, maybe https://github.com/nkh/P5-App-Asciio

Re: Monodraw

#5

Post by joshlemer » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 4:11 PM UTC

This went into "maintenance mode" in 2018, has anything changed? https://blog.helftone.com/monodraw-maintenance-mode/

Re: Monodraw

#6

Post by z5h » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 4:11 PM UTC

Owned this for years, and regularly use it to brainstorm, and sometimes I’ll add ascii diagrams to code comments.

Re: Monodraw

#7

Post by dfee » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 4:13 PM UTC

Brajeshwar wrote: post #2

I love this tool. This is one of those that you buy it and keep it, even if you use it once a while.

Have you had this for a long time, or are you speculating that it’s the type of software you like?

This looks very cool to me, though. If you have used it, can you share how you’ve used the generated diagrams? I can imagine a screenshot of the diagram, but the raw text would probably be too big in (e.g. a terminal).

Re: Monodraw

#8

Post by marcusjt » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 4:22 PM UTC

joshlemer wrote: post #5

This went into "maintenance mode" in 2018, has anything changed? https://blog.helftone.com/monodraw-maintenance-mode/

https://x.com/Monodraw suggests there have indeed been updates

Re: Monodraw

#9

Post by ryanschneider » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 4:23 PM UTC

dfee wrote: post #7

Brajeshwar wrote: post #2

I love this tool. This is one of those that you buy it and keep it, even if you use it once a while.

Have you had this for a long time, or are you speculating that it’s the type of software you like? This looks very cool to me, though. If you have used it, can you share how you’ve used the generated diagrams? I can imagine a screenshot of the diagram, but the raw text would probably be too big in (e.g. a terminal).

As other have mentioned I’ve used it for diagrams in code comments and READMEs (before GH added mermaid integration).

Making readable diagrams with 80 character width can be a challenge.

I bought it back in either late 2017 or early 2018 and used it a fair amount at first but will admit it’s been a couple years since and haven’t tried reinstalling since my last clean OS wipe.

Re: Monodraw

#10

Post by graypegg » Sat, Mar 09, 2024, 4:25 PM UTC

marcusjt wrote: post #8

joshlemer wrote: post #5

This went into "maintenance mode" in 2018, has anything changed? https://blog.helftone.com/monodraw-maintenance-mode/

https://x.com/Monodraw suggests there have indeed been updates

To be fair, the last tweet is from 2 years ago.

However, I’ve made pretty good use of it, and it’s really a “complete” product. Not much more to update than the occasional mandatory platform upgrade.