DrawThe.Net vs Azure-PlantUML

DrawThe.Net

drawthe.net draws network diagrams dynamically from a text file describing the placement, layout and icons. Given a yaml file describing the hierarchy of the network and it's connections, a resulting diagram will be created. (by cidrblock)

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go.drawthe.net

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Azure-PlantUML

PlantUML sprites, macros, and other includes for Azure services (by RicardoNiepel)

Plantuml Azure Architecture Uml Diagram Graphviz

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DrawThe.Net		Azure-PlantUML
	Project
9	Mentions	6
1,074	Stars	444
-	Growth	1.1%
0.0	Activity	2.1
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	4 months ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
-	License	MIT License

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DrawThe.Net

Posts with mentions or reviews of DrawThe.Net. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-27.

How to draw beautiful software architecture diagrams
17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Oct 2023
Diagram-as-code for Azure architecture
6 projects | /r/AZURE | 30 Sep 2022
Microsoft Visio of Network Engineers
2 projects | /r/Cisco | 20 Aug 2022

If you ever have time you might look at http://go.drawthe.net/ or https://diagrams.mingrammer.com/
Is there any tool that creates network diagrams from text files?
2 projects | /r/homelab | 8 Jul 2022

there is http://go.drawthe.net/
Building diagrams with data from list ?
1 project | /r/sysadmin | 16 Jun 2022

https://github.com/cidrblock/drawthe.net might be a good option for generating diagrams from text. It’s not exactly CSV though, so you might need to script a transform.
Help me identify this diagram making software
2 projects | /r/networking | 5 Nov 2021

http://go.drawthe.net/ is the first thing I think of.
OSPF Mapping Tool
2 projects | /r/mikrotik | 2 Nov 2021

Something like graphviz.org or go.drawthe.net is what I'm imagining:
Software to create network documentation
1 project | /r/networking | 6 Aug 2021
Automatic topology mapper
1 project | /r/sysadmin | 23 Jan 2021

NetBox > YAML > drawthe.net

Azure-PlantUML

Posts with mentions or reviews of Azure-PlantUML. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-02.

Azure System Diagram
4 projects | /r/AZURE | 2 Dec 2022
Diagrams as Code (DaC): helping us understand the logical connections of reality
4 projects | /r/blueteamsec | 2 Oct 2022

Azure-PlantUML for creating PlantUML diagrams with Azure components - https://github.com/plantuml-stdlib/Azure-PlantUML
Diagram-as-code for Azure architecture
6 projects | /r/AZURE | 30 Sep 2022
Diagram as Code
4 projects | /r/AZURE | 21 Jun 2022
Plant UML – open-source UML Tool
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Apr 2021
"Diagram as code"
6 projects | dev.to | 1 Nov 2020

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing DrawThe.Net and Azure-PlantUML you can also consider the following projects:

Mermaid - Edit, preview and share mermaid charts/diagrams. New implementation of the live editor.

C4-PlantUML - C4-PlantUML combines the benefits of PlantUML and the C4 model for providing a simple way of describing and communicate software architectures

topolograph-docker - This is dockerized version of topolograph

plantuml - Generate diagrams from textual description

butterfly - 🦋Butterfly，A JavaScript/React/Vue2 Diagramming library which concentrate on flow layout field. (基于JavaScript/React/Vue2的流程图组件)

mermaid - Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown

polo - Polo is a zero configuration service discovery module written completely in Javascript.

aws-icons-for-plantuml - PlantUML sprites, macros, and other includes for Amazon Web Services services and resources

diagrams - :art: Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architectures

GraphvizOnline - Let's Graphviz it online

cloudmapper - CloudMapper helps you analyze your Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.

AzViz - ⚡ ☁ Azure Visualizer aka 'AzViz' : A #powershell module to automatically generate Azure resource topology diagrams by just typing a PowerShell cmdlet and passing the name of one or more Azure Resource groups