Tool
Mermaid Live Editor
Browser playground for Mermaid diagrams-as-code with PNG/SVG export.
About
Simplify documentation and avoid heavy tools. Open source Visio Alternative. Commonly used for explaining your code! Mermaid is a simple markdown-like script language for generating charts from text via javascript.
Features
- Markdown diagrams-as-code
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Pricing detail
- Free editor; Mermaid MIT
- Platforms
- Web Markdown
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