DrawThe.Net vs excalidraw-collaboration

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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excalidraw-collaboration

excalidraw with collaboration feature, self-hosting, and only one-click deploy (by alswl)

Collaboration Diagramming excalidraw self-hosting

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DrawThe.Net		excalidraw-collaboration
	Project
9	Mentions	1
1,078	Stars	296
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	6.2
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
JavaScript	Language	Makefile
-	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

excalidraw-collaboration

Posts with mentions or reviews of excalidraw-collaboration. 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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing DrawThe.Net and excalidraw-collaboration you can also consider the following projects:

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

mermaid-js-auto-renderer - Mermaid JS webpage auto renderer

topolograph-docker - This is dockerized version of topolograph

kroki - Creates diagrams from textual descriptions!

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)

revezone - A lightweight local-first graphic-centric productivity tool to build your second brain. Supporting Excalidraw/Tldraw whiteboard and notion-like note. 一款以图形为中心、轻量级、本地优先的用于构建第二大脑的效率工具。支持 Excalidraw、Tldraw 白板和类 Notion 笔记。

Azure-PlantUML - PlantUML sprites, macros, and other includes for Azure services

text-to-bmp - Create background image from text file (Journalctl logs)

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

argdown - a simple syntax for complex argumentation

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

elk - Eclipse Layout Kernel - Automatic layout for Java applications.