blockdiag AlternativesDiagram Editors and other similar apps like blockdiag

blockdiag is described as 'And its family generate diagram images from simply text file' and is a Diagram Editor. There are more than 10 alternatives to blockdiag for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best blockdiag alternative is yEd Graph Editor, which is free. Other great apps like blockdiag are PlantUML, Mermaid, Gephi and Graphviz.

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  1. yEd Graph Editor icon

    yEd Graph Editor

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    yEd is a powerful diagram editor that can be used to quickly create diagrams manually or import external data for analysis and auto-magically arrange even large data sets by just pressing a button. You can use yEd to quickly create flow charts, BPMN and UML diagrams...

    117 yEd Graph Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
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    • yEd Graph Editor is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to blockdiag.

    • yEd Graph Editor is the most popular free alternative to blockdiag.

    • yEd Graph Editor is Free and Proprietaryblockdiag is Free and Open Source
  2. PlantUML icon

    PlantUML

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    PlantUML is an open-source tool that uses simple textual descriptions to draw UML diagrams. The generator can be run anywhere within JVM and integrated with various application such as wiki, text editor, IDE, programming language, documentation generator, and others.

    115 PlantUML alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    Common PlantUML JAR GUI application that will render text file into image.
     

    • PlantUML is the most popular Android alternative to blockdiag.

    • PlantUML is the most popular Open Source alternative to blockdiag.

    • PlantUML is Free and Open Sourceblockdiag is also Free and Open Source
  4. Mermaid icon

    Mermaid

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    Ever wanted to simplify documentation and avoid heavy tools like Visio when explaining your code? This is why mermaid was born, a simple markdown-like script language for generating flowcharts, Gantt charts and sequence diagrams from text via JavaScript.

    26 Mermaid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
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    • Mermaid is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to blockdiag.

    • Mermaid is Free and Open Sourceblockdiag is also Free and Open Source
  5. Gephi icon

    Gephi

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    Gephi is the leading visualization and exploration software for all kinds of graphs and networks. Gephi is open-source and free.

    48 Gephi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Graphviz icon

    Graphviz

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    Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. Graph visualization is a way of representing structural information as diagrams of abstract graphs and networks. It has important applications in networking, bioinformatics, software engineering, database and web design...

    56 Graphviz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  7. Penrose icon

    Penrose

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    Penrose is a platform that enables people to create beautiful diagrams just by typing mathematical notation in plain text. The goal is to make it easy for non-experts to create and explore high-quality diagrams and provide deeper insight into challenging technical concepts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • BSD
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. Graphs icon

    Graphs

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    Graphs is a simple, yet powerful tool that allows you to plot and manipulate your data with ease. You can import data from two-column files or generate it via an equation. All data can be manipulated using a variety of operations such as the ability to select, cut, translate...

    52 Graphs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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    ikolinks

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    Explore a world of curated content, helpful resources, and exciting updates. Sign Up below to discover more about Bio Links Tool. Do everything with one platform.

    43 ikolinks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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    • ikolinks is the most popular commercial alternative to blockdiag.

    • ikolinks is Paid and Proprietaryblockdiag is Free and Open Source
  11. Linkurious icon

    Linkurious

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    Linkurious provides a graph visualization and analysis platform used for fraud detection, anti-money laundering, intelligence or cybersecurity. Easy to deploy and highly extensible, Linkurious Enterprise makes it easy to uncover insights hidden in complex connected data.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    Explore and make sense of graph data through Linkurious Enterprise simple web-based interface.
     
  13. KeyLines Graph Visualization Toolkit icon

    KeyLines Graph Visualization Toolkit

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    KeyLines is a JavaScript toolkit used by developers to build powerful network visualization applications, quickly.

    37 KeyLines Graph Visualization Toolkit alternatives

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    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • KeyLines Graph Visualization Toolkit is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to blockdiag.

    • KeyLines Graph Visualization Toolkit is Paid and Proprietaryblockdiag is Free and Open Source
  14. Neoclipse icon

    Neoclipse

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    Neoclipse is a standalone workbench application to interact with Neo4j (database directory or server). It supports Cypher, index searches, visualisation, graph updates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
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