Self-Hosted draw.io Alternatives

There are many alternatives to draw.io as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best Self-Hosted alternative is Excalidraw, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to draw.io and eight of them are available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted alternatives to draw.io are Wireflow, Kroki, TiddlyMap and D2.

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draw.io alternatives are mainly Mind Mapping Tools, but if you're looking for Diagram Editors or Vector Graphic Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Self-Hosted, Android, iPad, Open Source, Diagram Editor, Mind Mapping and Self-Hosted + Diagram Editor. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to draw.io.
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  1. Excalidraw icon
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    Excalidraw is an open-source whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them. Available directly online as a web app and also through CodeSandbox to easily see how the code works, and the app is available for self-hosting.

    78 Excalidraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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    • Excalidraw is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to draw.io.

    • Excalidraw is Freemium and Open Sourcedraw.io is Free and Proprietary
  2. Wireflow icon
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    Feature-rich, open-source Wireflow offers a collaborative platform for online creation of complex user flow prototypes. Ideal for team work in UI design, wireframing, and mind mapping, promoting idea sharing in real-time environment aided by modern whiteboard features.

    117 Wireflow alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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    Comments about Wireflow as an Alternative to draw.io
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    More a tool for website design

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    Leopoldo Lugones
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    Does have a lot of graphics, but none of them let you change their content, only the title. For my use this makes it unusable. You cant even insert links or images. If only I could add text on these graphics, I would begin to use this tool.

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    • Wireflow is Free and Open Sourcedraw.io is Free and Proprietary
  3. Kroki icon
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    Creates diagrams from textual descriptions! It provides a unified API with support for BlockDiag, BPMN, Bytefield, C4 (with PlantUML), Ditaa, Erd, GraphViz, Mermaid, Nomnoml, PlantUML, SvgBob, UMLet, Vega, Vega-Lite, WaveDrom.

    24 Kroki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  4. TiddlyMap icon
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    TiddlyMap is a TiddlyWiki plugin that turns your favourite personal note taking software in a wiki-concept-map hybrid! Yes, you will be able to do both: drawing maps and putting down knowledge in a wiki way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. D2 icon
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    Create beautiful diagrams in minutes. Simple syntax. Endlessly customizable. D2 is the fastest and easiest way to get a mental model from your head onto the screen, then make edits with your team.

    25 D2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Software architecture diagramming tool.

    11 Structurizr alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Azimutt icon
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    Azimutt is an explorer for your database schema, similar to an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) but with features to handle big schema (up to 1000 tables) where most other ERD are too crowded.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Hava icon
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    Automatically generates cloud network topology diagrams for AWS, Azure and GCP. Visualizes cloud infrastructure, tracks versions, auto updates, generates compliance reports with on embed anywhere viewer and API access.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Microsoft Azure
     
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