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Diagrams as Code with go?
I have used https://github.com/gregoryv/draw before to do some simple diagramming for autogenerated docs. It's not a super advanced library, but depending on your use cases it might be enough.
d2
- NMAP-formatter: convert NMAP results to HTML, CSV, JSON, graphviz (dot), SQLite
- Penrose – Penrose
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Pikchr: A PIC-like markup language for diagrams in technical documentation
While not embedded in markdown, I like d2 [1]. I can use it with org-babel to embed and view the diagrams on emacs. After using graphviz for years, the visual output seems more polished to me. With that said, I want to give pikchr a try.
[1]:https://d2lang.com/
- Ask HN: How do you build diagrams for the web?
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Documentation as Code for Cloud - C4 Model & Structurizr
In the next post I'll deep-dive into the D2 language which also has a huge set of features. Stay tuned.
- Inkscape Cloud Architect
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Nomnoml
That site is created by the maintainers of D2[1], so it might be biased, but I still think D2 has the friendliest syntax of the bunch, including nomnoml.
[1]: https://d2lang.com/
- Software Architecture Tools
- D2: Declarative Diagramming
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Architecture diagrams enable better conversations
I've been using https://structurizr.com/ to automatically generate C4 diagrams from a model (rather than drawing them by hand). It works well with the approach for written documentation as proposed in https://arc42.org/. It's very easy to embed a C4 diagram into a markdown document.
The result is a set of documents and diagrams under version control that can be rendered using the structurizr documentation server (for interactive diagrams and indexed search).
I also use https://d2lang.com/ for declarative diagrams in addition to C4, e.g., sequence diagrams and https://adr.github.io/ for architectural decision records. These are also well integrated into structurizr.
What are some alternatives?
go-diagrams - Create beautiful system diagrams with Go
mermaid - Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown
diagrams - :art: Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architectures
C4-PlantUML - C4-PlantUML combines the benefits of PlantUML and the C4 model for providing a simple way of describing and communicate software architectures
inframap - Read your tfstate or HCL to generate a graph specific for each provider, showing only the resources that are most important/relevant.
d3 - Bring data to life with SVG, Canvas and HTML. :bar_chart::chart_with_upwards_trend::tada:
Mermaid - Edit, preview and share mermaid charts/diagrams. New implementation of the live editor.
mermaid-cli - Command line tool for the Mermaid library
plantuml - Generate diagrams from textual description
text-to-diagram-site - Compare syntax, layouts, outputs between languages for generating diagrams with text.
TALA - A diagram layout engine designed specifically for software architecture diagrams