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Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by tentboy » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:11 PM UTC

cwojno wrote: post #6

I also use Draw.io and recommend it highly. It's web-based, so it's also cross platform. However, Lucidcharts has a better UI in that I can build diagrams after in LC than Draw.io. https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/ LC is paid if you need more than 1 chart (who doesn't?). But Draw.io is free. LC is also web-based and is cross-platform. I've heard OmniGraffle is also excellent (never used it myself) but it only works o…

+1 for lucid charts. I used the free trial a few years ago for a senior design class and was incredibly happy with it, which is saying a lot as I was consistently sleep deprived and irritated by most things at the time.

Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by guhcampos » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:14 PM UTC

I enjoy using Mermaid: https://mermaidjs.github.io

It does not support all the diagrams yet, but it's completely themable and you can code away your diagrams like you would with dot/graphviz.

It integrates well into any Markdown tool, Gitlab integrated it about a year ago so it's natively available in Gitlab flavored Markdow.

Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by slipwalker » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:15 PM UTC

i've being using https://online.visual-paradigm.com/ for a while now, and am quite happy with it.

Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:18 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by watersb » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:18 PM UTC

cher14 wrote: post #12

You might also like www.breakdown-notes.com. It is not as focused on diagrams as draw.io (and others), but is rather nice if you want to make something inbetween notes and diagrams. (so I say as the owner of breakdown-notes).

http://www.breakdown-notes.com

Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by nyxcharon » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:19 PM UTC

The best free tool I've used is Draw.io[1], can create diagrams online or offline and has nice integrations with things like OwnCloud.

If you don't mind paying for something and want something that looks great visually, I would recommend Lucid Chart [2]

[1]: https://draw.io

[2]: https://www.lucidchart.com

Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by Scarbutt » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:21 PM UTC

Figma

Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by javierluraschi » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:26 PM UTC

nomnoml: A tool for drawing sassy UML diagrams based on syntax. Provides instant feedback and has a customizable styling.

web: http://www.nomnoml.com/

js: https://github.com/skanaar/nomnoml

r: https://github.com/javierluraschi/nomnoml

Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by _jordan » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:27 PM UTC

https://monodraw.helftone.com/ for MacOSX is great

Re: Ask HN: A modern-looking UML diagram tool?

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Post by jsilence » Mon, Nov 18, 2019, 4:28 PM UTC

cwojno wrote: post #6

I also use Draw.io and recommend it highly. It's web-based, so it's also cross platform. However, Lucidcharts has a better UI in that I can build diagrams after in LC than Draw.io. https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/ LC is paid if you need more than 1 chart (who doesn't?). But Draw.io is free. LC is also web-based and is cross-platform. I've heard OmniGraffle is also excellent (never used it myself) but it only works o…

Can confirm that OmniGraffle is excellent. Downside is that after my departure from MacOSX towards Linux my diagrams are lost in the silo I created them in.

Since then using draw.io, yed and Inkscape.