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24 alternatives to ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain text
ShakyDraw converts plain text into hand-drawn style block diagrams. Users input text descriptions and the tool generates sketchy-looking visualizations of their diagrams. It's designed for anyone who wants to create… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain text launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Sketch2scheme▲208Convert hand-drawn diagrams into digital schemes
2024 · sketch2scheme.com · its alternatives →
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Rough.js is a light weight javascript library that lets you draw graphics with a hand-drawn, sketchy, appearance.
2018 · roughjs.com · its alternatives →
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A small JavaScript library to create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page
2020 · roughnotation.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · code2flow.com · its alternatives →
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Handdraw▲145100% Free fully customisable hand-drawn illustrations
2022 · handdraw.xyz · its alternatives →
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Create plotter-like line drawings from your images.
2021 · javier.xyz · its alternatives →
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Airdraw▲269Hey Everyone! I wanted to show my passion project I made a few years back and recently turned into a web app. Airdraw is an app that takes in your hand gestures and converts it into real time drawing capabilities. There are tons of stuff I want to build with this, but most importantly just put it out into the world! Hope you all enjoy :) Tested on my MacOS with Chrome, Safari, and FF I included a link to the original GH project I wrote here - https://github.com/arefmalek/airdraw and a link to the blog where I explained how I made it here -…
2023 · airdraw.io · its alternatives →
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Flatdraw▲93Open-source canvas drawing web app with responsive UI
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · monodraw.com · its alternatives →
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Quick Diagram▲121A tool for generating diagrams and flowcharts from text.
2020 · quickdiagram.com · its alternatives →
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The easy way to make stunning diagrams
2021 · venngage.com · 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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HackerDraw▲99Your engineering team’s favourite diagramming tool
2022 · hackerdraw.com · its alternatives →
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Simple virtual whiteboarding. Contribute to jncraton/box-line-text development by creating an account on GitHub.
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Excalidraw▲103Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
2020 · excalidraw.com · its alternatives →
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Made an online tool for creating diagrams with TypeScript. I quite like it for thinking about how to shape my data, even if I end up using a different language in the end.
2023 · tsdiagram.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · aliciaunderhill.xyz · its alternatives →
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I'm excited to share my indie product, https://drawing.pics In this post, I'll share all the technical details behind it. So, what exactly is DrawingPics? It's an image-to-image and sketch-to-image generator that runs in a whiteboard, allowing you to draw your draft directly on the canvas and easily generate the desired image. How does it work from a technical perspective? TLDR: Miniconda + Diffusers + Electron + Excalidraw One of the most important aspects of creating this tool was finding a stable diffusion locally inference solution. There are many solutions available, such as…
2024 · drawing.pics · its alternatives →
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Speedy Flowchart▲103Make flowcharts easily and quickly convert them to text
2021 · alko2222.github.io · its alternatives →
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HtmlDrag▲100A freeform canvas for any HTML (no grids, no wireframes)
Jan 2026 · htmldrag.com · its alternatives →
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