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Ask HN: Best tool for software architecture diagrams?
Hi, I need to be able to quickly create software architecture diagrams for our customers. I have previously been using presentation software (e.g. Google Slides) and graphics editors (e.g. Affinity Designer). And while they allow me to create quite beautiful diagrams, they are not very fast if you have to e.g. add additional elements which don't fit the existing layout.
For smaller architectures https://diagrams.mingrammer.com works really well, but it often breaks for more complex layouts.
What are your recommendations?
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- 8589934591 5y ago> For smaller architectures https://diagrams.mingrammer.com https://diagrams.mingrammer.com works really well, but it often breaks for more complex layouts. I'm curious, can you share some examples about when/how it breaks? So far I have had nothing but success with it.
- patwoz 5y agoWhimsical
- joshxyz 5y agodraw.io
- JacobDesigns 5y agoWe've been working on something for exactly this! Simple, structured, rapid living system design docs for visual people. Maybe you could see if this helps? https://icepanel.io/ https://icepanel.io/
- pwg 5y agoHave you looked at Graphviz? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz
- adius 5y agoDiagrams uses Graphviz under the hood. I think the problem is that Graphviz' layout algorithms are too generic / not optimized for software architecture and therefore it's difficult to get a good rendering.
- aaa123__ 5y agoLucidChart
- notomorrow 5y agodraw.io or diagrams.net
- pricci 5y agoexcalidraw.com There are some libraries available [1] [1] https://libraries.excalidraw.com https://libraries.excalidraw.com
- Rd6n6 5y agoNothing really beats plantuml. Vc friendly too
- oliverx0 5y agoExcalidraw
- moasda 5y agohttps://www.umlet.com/ https://www.umlet.com/ a free offline UML tool