`draw.io`
https://github.com/jgraph/drawio
https://app.diagrams.net/
Free but not open source. Nonetheless a very useful tool that does not
have adds and seems like it will persist.
On 12/9/25 05:00, [email protected] wrote:
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 11:13:04 +0100
From: joerg van den hoff<[email protected]>
To: Lenore Horner<[email protected]>,
[email protected], macports-users
<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: What is a good alternative to 'dia'?
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if willing to "script" the diagram, maybe groff/pic or its re-implementation
"pikchr" plus
extensions for which someone made a wrapper so that it can work as a
commandline tool
https://github.com/zenomt/pikchr-cmd?tab=readme-ov-file
might suffice?
On 09.12.25 10:41, Lenore Horner wrote:
GraphViz?
On Dec 8, 2025, at 20:36, bunk3m<[email protected]> wrote:
I'm intrigued by your question as I haven't found a good one that was open
source.
I have used the sort of "freeware" yEdhttps://www.yworks.com/products/yed .
It's quite sophisticated and has worked for nearly everything I needed to do.
Then there is Omnigraffle. Unfortunately it's not open source nor inexpensive
... but it is very good.
B.
Hi;
What is a good alternative to 'dia'?
Open source, works on MacOS arm64, or comes native with MacOS.
Just want something very simple (elementary flowcharting).
Thanks,
Ken Wolcott
