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24 alternatives to Vellum, the best diagram editor you'll ever use
Vellum is a diagram editor launching in 2026. It enables users to create and edit visual diagrams through an intuitive interface. The tool is designed for anyone who needs to create flowcharts, organizational charts… 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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Diagrams for Mac▲196A diagram editor for visualizing structures and processes
2020 · diagrams.app · its alternatives →
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2018 · blog.jupyter.org · its alternatives →
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Vecta is a real time, collaborative SVG editor with a powerful Javascript based plugin system, for teams. Easily extend and automate, or create flowcharts, UML, network, isometric and web diagrams with thousands of included symbols. Export to multiple formats and resolution, including PNG, JPG and m
2017 · vecta.io · its alternatives →
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This is a recent addition to Vexlio which I think the HN crowd may find interesting or useful. TL;DR: easy creation of interactive diagrams, meaning diagrams that have mouse click/hover hooks that you can use to display pop-up content. The end result can be shared with a no-sign-in-required web link. My thought is that this is useful for system docs, onboarding or user guides, presentations, etc. Anything where there is a high-level view that should remain uncluttered + important metadata or details that still need to be available somewhere. You can try it out without signing up for…
2017 · vexlio.com · its alternatives →
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Mark▲358Create flowcharts & diagrams in seconds powered by AI
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Overflow▲1,139The world’s first user flow diagramming tool for designers
2018 · overflow.io · its alternatives →
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The easy way to make stunning diagrams
2021 · venngage.com · its alternatives →
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Creately 3.0▲365The simplest way to visualize ideas, plans & processes
2020 · creately.com · its alternatives →
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One canvas for every image asset you need
Jun 2026 · layerproof.app · its alternatives →
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Charts▲348The most comprehensive collection of charts for Sketch
2019 · charts.graphics · its alternatives →
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2016 · code2flow.com · its alternatives →
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Overflow 2.0▲262Create interactive user flow diagrams that tell a story
2022 · overflow.io · its alternatives →
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This unofficial extension integrates Draw.io (also known as diagrams.net) into VS Code. - vscode-drawio/README.md at 14209ad462028cbf7013bc8e094bf0fc6e811d30 · hediet/vscode-drawio
2020 · github.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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Vellum▲413Build AI agents using plain English to do your boring tasks
Jan 2026 · vellum.ai · its alternatives →
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Flowkit▲290Sketch library for user flows/content maps/annotations
2017 · useflowkit.com · its alternatives →
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Hi all! TikZ is a widely-used LaTeX package for drawing figures in papers. It uses commands like \draw[->] (0,0) -- (1,2); to draw lines, shapes, text, etc. Academics usually code up their figures by hand, so there is lots of twiddling around with the coordinates and recompiling until things look nice. I guess it’s a bit like SVG, but it’s more code than markup, for example it has loops with \foreach. I built an open-source WYSIWYG TikZ editor (available for web and desktop) that allows you to edit your TikZ source code visually by dragging and resizing elements. It simultaneously shows the…
Jun 2026 · tikz.dev · its alternatives →
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2025 · docs.mermaidchart.com · its alternatives →
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Online WYSIWYG Mathematics Editor (Equation Editor), fast and powerful Editing features, inputting Normal text, Math symbols, and drawing Graph/Diagram in one single editor, help writing Math Document much easier. Export to Latex, Tikz, SVG, or Image (PNG).
2017 · mathcha.io · its alternatives →
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Hey all! I released drawDB about a month ago and now it's open source. I hope you find it useful. If you want to check out the app you can go to https://drawdb.vercel.app/ . Thank you:)
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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