Open Source Mermaid AlternativesDiagram Editors & UML Modeling Tools like Mermaid

The best open source alternative to Mermaid is FossFLOW. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Mermaid and 12 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Mermaid are PlantUML, quiver diagram editor, Graphviz and Kroki.

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  1. FossFLOW icon
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    Open-source PWA for isometric 3D diagramming with offline use, no sign-in, React and Isoflow codebase, auto-saving, privacy-focused local data, import/export as JSON, Docker optional storage, multilingual support, available on Mac and Linux.

    26 FossFLOW alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  2. PlantUML icon
     120 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
     
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  3. Efficient web-based tool for constructing high-quality commutative diagrams. Offers LaTeX export with embedded links, intuitive interface supporting both mouse and keyboard inputs, and features like multiple selections, macro support, and smart label alignment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Graphviz icon
     74 likes

    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...

    57 Graphviz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
     
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  5. Kroki icon
     7 likes

    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.

    26 Kroki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Penrose icon
     5 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

    Platforms

    • Online
    • BSD
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. DHTMLX icon
     23 likes

    DHTMLX is a set of JavaScript UI components for speeding up web app development. It offers ready-made widgets for project management apps, ERP and CRM systems, healthcare, educational, and financial software solutions. DHTMLX supports React, Angular, and Vue.

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    • Online
     
  8. Umbrello icon
     40 likes

    Umbrello is a Unified Modelling Language (UML) modelling tool and code generator. It can create diagrams of software and other systems in the industry-standard UML format, and can also generate code from UML diagrams in a variety of programming languages.

    53 Umbrello alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. ChartDB icon
     2 likes

    Open source diagram editor for visualizing full database schemas via a single query in seconds, supporting MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and SQLite, with AI-driven DDL export, image download, attractive sharing options, and advanced editing features.

    24 ChartDB alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • npm
     
  10. Graphs icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
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    blockdiag and its family generate diagram images from simply text file.

    Features:

    Supports many types of diagrams block diagram (w/ blockdiag) sequence diagram (w/ seqdiag) activity diagram (w/ actdiag) logical network diagra.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. nomnoml icon
     1 like

    A tool for drawing UML diagrams based on a simple syntax.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
     
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