Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to KnotenWerk
Your granddad's UI design for simple trees and graphs
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hey all, I made knotend [0] because I wanted a flowchart editor that was keyboard-driven and super fast. I was tired of dragging boxes around on a canvas. You may have seen knotend around here before when I wrote an initial blog post [1] about why I wanted a new kind of flowchart editor. Thank you to everyone who has given me feedback here on HN! Since that blog post I’ve been working hard to get to a v1 which I’m showing now. You can use the free version without having to sign up for an account. I would love your feedback! What makes knotend different is two main things: 1) The nodes are…
2023 · knotend.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I made this because I wanted a fast editing experience when making flowcharts. Other tools (bottom)require clicking and dragging (or editing code). Knotend is keyboard centric and is supposed to feel more like editing a doc than dragging around boxes and arrows. I've tested in on safari and chrome desktop. Its difficult to use on mobile but you can view existing charts. I'd appreciate your feedback on how you use it, the design, any bugs etc. Thank you. Prior art - https://mermaid-js.github.io/ - Confluence (Atlassian) - draw.io - excalidraw EDIT: fixed the bug on…
2021 · knotend.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · svelvet.io · its alternatives →
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node-based editor for exploring, analyzing and transforming data without code
2021 · datablocks.pro · its alternatives →
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Shape 2▲5405000+ fully customizable assets for your web design projects
2020 · shape.so · its alternatives →
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In the past I've used declarative diagram generation tools like Mermaid.js a lot for quickly drawing up things but for presentations or deliverables I find that I have to then move the generated diagrams over to a tool like Lucidchart which allows full control of the organization and customization. Therefore I am now working on this to combine the benefits of both into just one tool which can do both functions. The project is certainly in the early stages but if you find yourself making architecture diagrams I'd love to hear your thoughts on the idea or even a Github issue for a feature…
Oct 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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For the last 5 years I've been working on a layout engine that targets CSS2 and some more modern properties. Live demo: https://chearon.github.io/dropflow/ It matches browsers in all cases I can find where they agree, and it's fast. It supports `position`, `inline-block`, `z-index`, and complex properties like `float` and `vertical-align`. It doesn't support high-level layout like flexbox or grid yet, but you can get intrinsics to easily divide space yourself and paint multiple layout trees. It has a great text layout implementation, and supporting non-Latin scripts is a…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · charts.com · its alternatives →
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Flowbite 2.0▲336Open-source ecosystem built on top of Tailwind CSS
2022 · flowbite.com · its alternatives →
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Hello, guys~ I recently developed a data exploration and visualization app which can be used as a different type of open-source alternative to Tableau. It is extremely easy to embed in your apps just as a react component. The original purpose is to develop a lite plugin that can be easily embedded in most cases, it doesn't have to be a large BI, but a lite graphic plugin. GitHub: Kanaries/graphic-walker, https://github.com/Kanaries/graphic-walker The main features implemented: * A user-friendly drag-and-drop-based interaction for exploratory data analysis with…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'm Gabriel, the author of dep-tree (https://github.com/gabotechs/dep-tree), and I wanted to show off this tool and explain why it's being really useful at my current org for dealing with code complexity. I work at a startup where business evolves really fast, and requirements change frequently, so it's easy to end up with big piles of code stacked together without a clear structure, specially with tight deadlines. I made dep-tree [1] to help us maintain a clean code architecture and a logical separation of concerns between parts of the application, which is…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GraphQL Editor▲156Online GraphQL IDE, visualize your GraphQL Schema
2019 · graphqleditor.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to zlu883/noodel-js development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · jaredly.github.io · its alternatives →
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2016 · omrelli.ug · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, It has been a while since I contributed to the web, so I decided to get back in shape and publish "something". This app is a POC of "what if diagrams were more dynamic". I'm a software engineer by trade, and with conventional tools, I often times struggle to explain flows of data in complex software systems. I got inspired by video games like The Incredible Machine and Factorio, as in some ways, software systems tend to become Rube Goldberg-esque machines ;) As a side quest, I also wanted to craft diagrams faster than text-based tools (ex: mermaid), as I am always forgetting their…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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☊ Tool for making node graphs. Inspired by dependency graph. Used mainly for automation services 📈 - aexol-studio/tree
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Layout is a rust library and a tool that renders Graphviz dot files. - nadavrot/layout
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Code based data manipulation tool for text, arrays, and JSON
2023 · sloth.sellersew.com · its alternatives →
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Sapling▲146A convenient way to traverse your React app
2021 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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The decision tree App. Contribute to claudioc/treenee development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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