knotend
Keyboard-first flowchart editor
knotend launched on February 8, 2023 with 60 votes, #1,158 of 3,829 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
What it does
Knotend is a flowchart editor designed for speed through keyboard shortcuts and auto layout. It also supports spreadsheet-like functions.
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all alternatives →- KAKnotend – a keyboard-driven flowchart editor2023 · knotend.com · ▲80
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…
- DMDirect manipulation flowchart editor without the mouse2021 · knotend.com · ▲54
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…
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