yEd Graph Editor Alternatives

yEd Graph Editor is described as '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' and is a very popular Diagram Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to yEd Graph Editor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPad apps. The best yEd Graph Editor alternative is draw.io, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like yEd Graph Editor are LibreOffice - Draw, Dia, Freeplane and FossFLOW.

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  1. Gliffy icon
     51 likes

    "If they could see what Im thinking, they'd get it!" People just understand faster with pictures. It helps them see how information is connected, whether it is complete, and how a shift in one element impacts something else.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
     
  2. Archi icon
     11 likes

    A free and open source modelling tool to create ArchiMate models and sketches. Used by thousands of Enterprise Architects throughout the world.

    14 Archi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. UMLet icon
     30 likes

    UMLet is an open-source UML tool with a simple user interface: draw UML diagrams fast, export diagrams to eps, pdf, jpg, svg, and clipboard, share diagrams using Eclipse, and create new, custom UML elements.

    36 UMLet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. 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
     
  5. Diagramiq icon
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    Diagramiq is an online app for creating Flowcharts, UML, BPMN, Network Diagrams, Decision Trees and more. It's blazing fast, intuitive and it has a wide-range of predefined shapes to get you started.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. DiagramDeck icon
     5 likes

    Cloud-based diagram creation platform hosting draw.io diagrams, featuring real-time collaboration in a shared workspace. Supports flowcharts, cloud architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP), UML, ER, network diagrams, seamless import/export, and modern, intuitive interface.

    12 DiagramDeck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Datagraphs icon
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    Knowledge graphs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. ThinkComposer icon
     40 likes

    Create deep visual documents, adaptable and multi-level diagrams, flowcharts, concept maps, mind maps and models.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. InfraNodus icon
     6 likes

    InfraNodus can visualize any research notes, ideas, texts, even the Google search results on a certain topic as a text network. The words are the nodes and their co-occurrences are the connections between them.

    12 InfraNodus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Linkurious icon
     9 likes

    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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM v14 is the only product that supports Visio legacy, runs on macOS and Windows, and is a perpetual license. Import/Export VDX, VSDX, VSSX and Import VSD, VSS files.

    46 ConceptDraw DIAGRAM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  12. ARIS Express icon
     10 likes

    ARIS Express is based on the proven ARIS methodology and industry standards. Its intuitive user interface and the latest improvements in modeling assistances enable instant results. This free version will appeal to universities and vocational schools, as well as BPM beginners...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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