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70,904 | 38,268 | |
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9.5 | 8.5 | |
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TypeScript | JavaScript | |
MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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excalidraw
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Tools that Make Me Productive as a Software Engineer
However, Notion and Obsidian can only help you write documentation. Well, how about some visuals? Let's talk about Excalidraw.
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Rapier is a set of 2D and 3D physics engines written in Rust
Fun fact: I used GA in Excalidraw, and it's still powering some of the interactions! https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/blob/master/package...
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Ask HN: Anyone use a code to mindmap/flowchart tool?
I was happy to find out recently that there is a way to make Mermaid diagrams WYSIWYG / drag and drop editable that the open source https://excalidraw.com has and did I mention it's open source!? With a LLM, you can go full loop back to Mermaid again after a few rounds of manual editing. "What a time to be alive!"
- Show HN: Batch Image Manipulation Toolkit in Browser
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Ask HN: What development tools are you using for your current project?
I'm working on a personal project and found myself looking for an alternative to Postman/Insomnia this morning. This made me realize i've been using the same tools for so long for work (mobile development, finance) that this project may be a good time to try out some new things.
Here are a few tools that i've been using lately that I really enjoy:
https://pocketbase.io/ - A dead-simple self-hosted firebase/supabase-like "backend in a box" using golang and sqlite. So far i've been really impressed. I've gone the route of extending the base offering with more go code and am really enjoying the experience.
https://excalidraw.com/ - An open source whiteboarding tool. Slick to use and after learning some keybinds I've gotten pretty fast at throwing together diagrams to explain things to people on my team. The killer piece though is that the filetype is just json, so I can source control my diagrams. Even better, their "export to png" function has a box to embed the json data _into_ the png, allowing me to slap the diagram in places that only accept images (think confluence) and still be able to change the diagram later if needed. 10/10.
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/ - Gitlab's CI/CD toolset is really impressive, and I've gotten really intimate with it's deeper features over the past year. I'd be curious though to hear from someone who's familiar with it vs it's competitors.
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Penrose – Penrose
Sketch easy and go back to work...
- Rough.js: Create graphics with a hand-drawn, sketchy, appearance
- Database Fundamentals
- Show HN: Airdraw
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Need help identifying a good open source data annotation tool
Also, a lot of image annotation is quite similar to vector editing and white boarding, so depending on what you need you might be able to adapt something like https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw (also MIT) for your purposes.
draw.io
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Monodraw
For anyone who is willing to use a webapp, I like drawio[0]. You can download locally[1] and self host (I just use the python webserver).
While finding the Github, I see they now actually package an Electron application, so that is probably worth exploring[2].
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Is a fully open-source draw.io possible?
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The source code authored by us in this repo is
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Ask HN: Tell us about your project that's not done yet but you want feedback on
There are also mockups with more features, so ignore weird UI at first.
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Draw.io
> Additional minified JavaScript files and Java libraries are used in this project. All of the licenses are deemed compatible with the Apache 2.0, nothing is GPL or AGPL, due dilgence is performed on all third-party code.
Here's an issue that was opened:
https://github.com/jgraph/drawio/issues/3782
> The file for converting the mermaid code to mxgaph xml is available only in minified version. the unminified version "mermaid2drawio.js" is missing. Please include that.
Answer:
> We do not supply the source to that file.
With such phrasing, for now, I'll consider drawio proprietary with some parts in Apache 2 (even if it's actually the majority of the code).
It might be possible to have a fork with some optional features related to these non provided files removed, if by luck no critical feature is impacted.
Nah, they took the bulk of the renderer behind closed doors a while ago. Behold: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio/blob/dev/src/main/webapp/mx...
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Pikchr: A PIC-like markup language for diagrams in technical documentation
> you will never know if draw.io will be around in a few years' time.
https://github.com/jgraph/drawio#readme (Apache 2, at least for now)
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Narrative Game Design
Never heard of Backlight Gem, sounds like a flashlight up your ass... Use this, it's free: https://www.drawio.com/
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Publicly used computers in Munich?
Just wanted to mention this here. You don't need a PC with lots of resources these days. Anything that can run a browser can also be used to edit images, create graphics, or even resumes. I think with those tools, you could even use a crappy library PC as long as it has a modern browser running.
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HarvardX CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python
Protip: get draw.io if you want to edit that file. Or just use the online https://www.drawio.com/ (previously diagram.net?)
What are some alternatives?
tldraw - Infinite canvas.
mermaid - Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown
GoJS, a JavaScript Library for HTML Diagrams - JavaScript diagramming library for interactive flowcharts, org charts, design tools, planning tools, visual languages.
obsidian-excalidraw-plugin - A plugin to edit and view Excalidraw drawings in Obsidian
plantuml - Generate diagrams from textual description
drawio-desktop - Official electron build of draw.io
docker-draw.io - Dockerized draw.io based on tomcat:9-jre11 & tomcat:9-jre8-alpine official image.
HackMD - CodiMD - Realtime collaborative markdown notes on all platforms.
venn.nvim - Draw ASCII diagrams in Neovim
mirotalk - 🚀 WebRTC - P2P - Simple, Secure, Fast Real-Time Video Conferences Up to 4k and 60fps, compatible with all browsers and platforms.