Diagrams.net

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Diagrams.net
Original author(s) Gaudenz Alder
Developer(s) JGraph Ltd
Stable release
22.1.21 [1]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / January 17, 2024;26 days ago (January 17, 2024)
Repository https://github.com/jgraph/drawio
Written in HTML5, JavaScript
Operating system Cross-platform
Type graph drawing
License Apache 2
Website www.drawio.com

diagrams.net (previously draw.io [2] [3] ) is a cross-platform graph drawing software developed in HTML5 and JavaScript. [4] Its interface can be used to create diagrams such as flowcharts, wireframes, UML diagrams, organizational charts, and network diagrams. [5]

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diagrams.net is available as an online web app, and as an offline desktop application for Linux, macOS, and Windows. [5] Its offline application is built using the Electron framework. The web app does not require online login or registration and can open from and save to the local hard drive. [5] [6] Supported storage and export formats to download include PNG, JPEG, SVG, and PDF. [6]

It also integrates with cloud services for storage including Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, GitHub, and GitLab.com. [5] [6] [7]

It is also available as plugin to embed the web app in platforms such as NextCloud, MediaWiki, Notion, Atlassian Confluence, and Jira. [8] [9]

It has been described by tech reviewers such as TechRadar and PCMag as an alternative to Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio, and SmartDraw. [10] [11] [12] [4] [13] [14]

History

JGraph Ltd

JGraph Ltd is a private limited company founded by Gaudenz Alder and David Benson in 2000 in the United Kingdom. [15] [16]

JGraph
Final release
5.14.0 / 2010
Repository https://github.com/jgraph/legacy-jgraph5
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform

JGraph

JGraph started as a pure Java language software project by Gaudenz Alder and as a university project in 2000 at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. The initial public release of JGraph 1.0 was in May 2002. [17] The original design for JGraph was to make it an architectural extension of the Swing Java-toolkit and its JTree class. [18]

mxGraph
Final release
4.2.2 / 28 October 2020
Repository https://github.com/jgraph/mxgraph
Written in PHP, JavaScript, Java, C#
Operating system Cross-platform
Website jgraph.github.io/mxgraph/

mxGraph

In 2005, development began on mxGraph, which is a graph drawing software library written in JavaScript using HTML5 and SVG technologies. [19] The project was publicly released in 2006, and supported Firefox 1.5 and Internet Explorer 5.5. [19] [20]

mxGraph was originally made available as freeware through a hosted demo of the software for online use, [21] [22] with publicly available source under a end-user license agreement for non-commercial use with the option to purchase a commercial license. [20]

In 2009, mxGraph was open sourced under the Apache license. JGraph also bundled official ports of mxGraph in other languages including Java, C#, and PHP.

In 2021, the mxGraph Github repository was archived by its owner and is now read-only. [23]

JGraphX
Final release
4.2.2 / 28 October 2020
Repository https://github.com/jgraph/jgraphx
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
License Apache 2

JGraphX

After the final JGraph 5.x release in February 2010, [17] the project renamed its Java-language application to JGraphX, integrated the mxGraph library, and took on mxGraph's version numbering, starting with JGraphX 1.10.0.5 released in 2012. [24]

Diagramly

In 2011, the company started publishing its hosted service for the mxGraph web application under a separate brand, Diagramly with the domain "diagram.ly". [12]

After removing the remaining use of Java applets from its web app, the service rebranded as draw.io in 2012 because the ".io suffix is a lot cooler than .ly", said co-founder David Benson in a 2012 interview. [25] [26] [19]

In February 2020, the company announced on its blog that the hosted version of the web application would move from "draw.io" to the "diagrams.net" domain, citing security reasons. [2] The move was completed a month later. [27] [3] The software library, file format, and integrated services remain branded as "drawio".

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