Graphviz Alternatives for Linux

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   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...

   119 yEd Graph Editor alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Diagram Editor
   • Mind Mapping

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   mll

   Positive comment•Dec 21, 2015

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   Also allows a way do display data as a graph. I used it to represent data from a spreadsheet.

   norweeg

   Negative comment•Mar 27, 2024

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   graph analysis is not the same thing as creating diagrams

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   • yEd Graph Editor is Free and ProprietaryGraphviz is Free and Open Source
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   Mermaid

    32 likes

   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.

   28 Mermaid alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application types

   • Diagram Editor
   • UML Modeling

   Origin

   • Sweden
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • JavaScript
   • Node.JS
   • Self-Hosted
   • Cloudron

   

   

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   Gephi

    61 likes

   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 (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Mind Mapping

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   PlantUML

    119 likes

   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.

   118 PlantUML alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Diagram Editor
   • Mind Mapping

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • Chrome OS

   

   

   

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   Guest

   Positive comment•Nov 3, 2017

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   I was trying to make graphvis do the stuff that plantUML is doing

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   • PlantUML is Free and Open SourceGraphviz is also Free and Open Source
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   Penrose

    4 likes

   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 (MIT)

   Application type

   • Diagram Editor

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Online
   • BSD
   • Linux
   • Mac
   • Windows

   

   

   

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   PGF and TikZ

    14 likes

   PGF/TikZ is a tandem of languages for producing vector graphics from a geometric/algebraic description. PGF is a lower-level language, while TikZ is a set of higher-level macros that use PGF. The top-level PGF and TikZ commands are invoked as TeX macros, but in contrast with...

   18 PGF and TikZ alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Vector Graphic

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   KeyLines Graph Visualization Toolkit

    4 likes

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

   37 KeyLines Graph Visualization Toolkit alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Diagram Editor

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   

   

   

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    Tulip

     1 like

    Tulip is an information visualization framework dedicated to the analysis and visualization of relational data. Tulip aims to provide the developer with a complete library, supporting the design of interactive information visualization applications for relational data that can...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

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    diagrams

     7 likes

    Diagrams is a powerful, flexible, declarative domain-specific language for creating vector graphics, using the Haskell programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Vector Graphic

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Graphia

     1 like

    Graphia is a powerful open source visual analytics application developed to aid the interpretation of large and complex datasets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    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...

    53 Graphs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub

    

    

    

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    Xfig

     8 likes

    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

    Application types

    • Vector Graphic
    • Image Editor

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

    

    

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