Mermaid: Markdown-inspired diagramming and flow-charting

https://mermaid-js.github.io

by nateb2022 • 4 years ago

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mermaid-js.github.io

jeffhwang2• 4 years ago

This is pretty cool! I'm a visual thinker but also love how lightweight/transportable/open text is. Historically, images have been so hard to edit/update/maintain; plus either they or their tools are proprietary.

If Mermaid.js really gives us what Markdown does (separation of content and presentation), I'm all for it. Gonna explore this more....

fsflyer• 4 years ago

Mermaid only supports a few types of diagrams, but it's great for those. For a more general language, pikchr can be useful. It's a variation on the troff era language pic that generates SVG from text. From the SQLite folks.

[0] https://pikchr.org

jeffhwang2• 4 years ago

Thanks for pointing this out to me. Will check it out!

snthpy• 4 years ago

It's nice but I think D2 is nicer.

I'm waiting for D2 to be open sourced and going that more tools will adopt it then, like mermaid and diagram.

BerislavLopac• 4 years ago

PlantUML is pretty much the standard tool of this type: https://plantuml.com/

mwexler• 4 years ago

For sequence diagrams sure, but for many other diagrams, mermaid is a easier to get started in. PlantUML gives more control and variety of images, but with that power comes some complexity.

But both are pretty handy.

phanimahesh• 4 years ago

There appears to be a book, recently submitted. (recently published?): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33461764

Mermaid: Markdown-inspired diagramming and flow-charting

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