Dia Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Dia is draw.io, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Excalidraw, LibreOffice - Draw, yEd Graph Editor and Lucidchart. There's no shortage of Diagram Editors like Dia, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, the web, Mac, Linux and iPad.

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Most Dia alternatives are Diagram Editors, but you can also narrow the list to Mind Mapping Tools or UML Modeling Tools. Other popular filters are Linux, Open Source, Mac, Android and iPad. You can also filter for EU-based alternatives if you prefer software from the European Union.
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  1. diagrams icon
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    Diagrams is a powerful, flexible, declarative domain-specific language for creating vector graphics, using the Haskell programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. The GoVisual Diagram editor (GDE) provides powerful functionality for editing and automatic layout of diagrams. Diagrams are represented in form of graphs and cluster graphs. GDE contains all the layout styles available in the GoVisual libraries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. DrawSCH icon
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    DrawSCH is able to create schematics online for free,You don't need to install the software. Just open your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. loud-based ADONIS:CE brings you just that, and helps build your digital twin. ADONIS:Community Edition will help you create BPMN diagrams, build your business architecture, and perform business process optimization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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  5. PathVisio icon
     8 likes

    PathVisio is a free open-source pathway analysis and drawing software that allows drawing, editing and analysing biological pathways.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Use simple text to quickly create and share diagrams with your team. Improve your documentation, planning and everyday communication with powerful tools for automatic diagram generation.

    84 Diagram.codes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  7. PlantText icon
     6 likes

    The PlantText tool is an online tool for quickly creating UML (Unified Modeling Language) diagrams. Unlike most tools, PlantText can build diagrams without the use of a mouse because it is based on PlantUML markup language.

    75 PlantText alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • PlantUML
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  8. textografo icon
     3 likes

    Generate diagrams from text faster than ever and facilitate stakeholders involvement via animation and online collaboration.

    111 textografo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. SimpleDiagrams is a desktop application that helps you make sketches, diagrams, information graphics and other kinds of visualizations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. Isoflow icon
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    Isoflow.io is a diagramming toolkit designed to clearly communicate your network architecture. It's great for producing visuals to support onboarding sessions, presentations and documentation.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. Xfig icon
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    Xfig is an interactive drawing tool which runs under X Window System Version 11 Release 4 (X11R4) or later, on most UNIX-compatible platforms, and e.g. under Darwin on the MacIntosh and any X server under Microsoft Windows.

    20 Xfig alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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