Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Mermaid Drawing

Free online mermaid chart & diagram tool

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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   Mermaid Chart▲176

   A smarter way to create diagrams

   2023 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Mermaid Viewer▲3

   Online diagram editor with live preview

   Oct 2025 · mermaidviewer.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Modern Mermaid▲10

   Online flowchart & diagram editor

   Nov 2025 · modern-mermaid.live · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Mermaid Canvas▲7

   Create beautiful mermaid diagrams & charts online

   Oct 2025 · mermaidcanvas.app · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Mermaid AI▲256

   Maximize your diagramming efficiency with Mermaid AI

   2024 · mermaid.ai · its alternatives →

6. 6MA
   Mermaid ASCII Diagrams▲234

   2024 · mermaid-ascii.art · its alternatives →

7. 7GF
   GUI for editing Mermaid class diagrams▲230

   2025 · docs.mermaidchart.com · its alternatives →

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   Mermaid Online▲6

   Create diagrams with text | online mermaid editor

   Nov 2025 · mermaidonline.live · its alternatives →

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   Mermaid Whiteboard▲239

   Drag & drop whiteboard with text based diagramming

   2024 · mermaid.ai · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Beauty Diagram▲98

    Diagrams that don't look like they were auto-generated

    May 2026 · beauty-diagram.com · its alternatives →

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    Line9 – A Mermaid rendering engine with its own layout▲87

    Line9 is a new rendering engine for Mermaid flowchart diagrams that aims to remove the need for manual adjustment of layout. Mermaid is a popular text-based language for describing multiple types of diagrams. Several Mermaid rendering engines already exist. Most, like the original mermaid.js, use Dagre or ELK graph drawing libraries to automatically lay out their diagrams. I’ve used Mermaid for the past four years but often recreated my flowcharts in a diagram editor so that I could modify the layout to something that better suited my needs. Use Line9 when you want an automatic flowchart…

    Aug 2026 · line9.ai · its alternatives →

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    Mermaid Online▲1

    Export Mermaid diagrams as polished images and PDFs

    Jun 2026 · mermaidonline.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Sketch2scheme▲208

    Convert hand-drawn diagrams into digital schemes

    2024 · sketch2scheme.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Tidecharts▲4

    Mermaid.js diagrams made fast, simple and free!

    2025 · tidecharts.app · its alternatives →

15. 15MF
    Mermaid Flow▲32

    2023 · mermaidflow.app · its alternatives →

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    Chart Builder by TextQuery▲189

    Free online tool to create beautiful charts

    2024 · textquery.app · its alternatives →

17. 17IB
    I built an app to generate story relationships using Mermaidjs▲144

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Mermaid Diagram Studio▲1

    Professional flowchart & gantt chart editor

    Dec 2025 · mermaid-visuals.lovable.app · its alternatives →

19. 19FI
    Fanfa – Interactive and animated Mermaid diagrams▲154

    Dec 2025 · fanfa.dev · its alternatives →

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    KristNotes▲86

    Open-source shared notes with Markdown & Mermaid support

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Free Online Diagram to Image Converter▲4

    Export Mermaid diagrams to PNG/SVG

    2025 · diagram-to-image-converter.onspace.app · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Marker Illustrations▲140

    Free hand-drawn illustrations

    2020 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Chart It▲162

    Create and share beautiful charts for free

    2020 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    DiagramPreview▲4

    Paste Mermaid/PlantUML/OpenAPI/SQL and export diagrams

    Jun 2026 · diagrampreview.com · its alternatives →

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