We need a flowchart editor that doesn't give you carpal tunnel

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  • mermaid

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

  • GraphvizOnline

    Let's Graphviz it online

  • +1 for arrows. Since the edges are directed I like the option (maybe default?) to render the edges as arrows. The flows just reads better in that way.

    It is a very nice tool with a lot of potential. At the moment I use tools like https://dreampuf.github.io/GraphvizOnline, knotend just adds the missing gui for editing with drag/drop and easy keyboard interaction. With arrow rendering as option and some basic way of styling (changing the background color is good enough for me, to distinguish different types of nodes) this can become my default tool for documenting flows.

    The dot file import and svg/dot file/mermaid export as very useful for creating flows, including the svg/mermaid in documentation files and using the dot file for archiving / future changes.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • flowchart-fun

    Easily generate flowcharts and diagrams from text ⿻

  • drakon_editor

    DRAKON Editor

  • drakonhub

    The source code for DrakonHub.com

  • drakon.tech

    Drakon.Tech is an IDE based on the DRAKON visual language

  • diagrams

    :art: Diagram as Code for prototyping cloud system architectures

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • foss-acronyms

    List of abbreviations used within the FOSS community, and their definitions and usages.

  • Thanks. I open an issue in the list of acronyms I maintained: https://github.com/d-edge/foss-acronyms/issues/55

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