Request for Information: Diagramming tool
I am looking for a diagramming tool for use on my current team doing software design, system architecture, user interface sketches and similar.
I expect that there is just the whizz-bang tool out there that a lot of people are using. Please let me know what you think.
I like Diagrams.Net but am wondering if there are other similar/better choices.
Requirements
- non-paid licence. Ideally open source. I would consider "free as in beer" too.
- capabilities must include (i) basic boxes and arrows, (ii) UML 2.x, (iii) Entity Relationship diagrams for relational data
- performance - lightweight to run
- storage - text (as opposed to binary) so that I can store diagram revisions close to source code in Git (as opposed to SharePoint-ish)
- multi-platform. I have team members using Windows 10, Mac OS X (not at 11.x yet), Ubuntu (assume other *nix systems).
- collaborative diagramming. A nice bonus would be the ability to have multiple people simultaneously edit the same diagram.
Candidates
- Diagrams.Net (also known as draw.io)
- this is where you come in. Are there other tools like diagrams.net that fit my requirements?
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3 年I have used LucidCharts and am very pleased. There is a Mac and Microsoft version so be clear on what platform you will be working on.
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3 年Some additional ideas that have come in include PlantUML, Gliffy, Miro, LucidCharts. Also of interest to system architects who speak Archimate --> Architool. More to come...
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3 年Hi James, HNY to you. 1) YED, link https://www.yworks.com/products/yed is another one, with some need auto-layout feature. I will keep an eye on this space as I am always looking at better open-source tools myself. 2) Google Draw (it's not that good to be honest) but free!