Diagrams.net

Diagrams.net version 14.6.13
Original author(s)	Gaudenz Alder
Developer(s)	JGraph Ltd
Stable release	24.2.5 [1] / 2024-04-12
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]

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

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

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mxGraph was originally made available as freeware through a hosted demo of the software for online use, ^{[21] [22]} with publicly available source under a end-user license agreement for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

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".

See also

• JUNG
• NetworkX, a Python library for studying graphs and networks.
• Dia (software)

References

External links

• Official website
• app.diagrams.net
• Java API for working with Drawio diagrams Archived 2022-12-05 at the Wayback Machine