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Life & fun · January 26, 2023

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Knotend – a keyboard-driven flowchart editor

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…

Knotend – a keyboard-driven flowchart editor launched on January 26, 2023 with 80 votes, #660 of 3,901 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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Knotend is a keyboard-driven flowchart editor designed for users who want to create diagrams quickly without dragging boxes around a canvas. It features grid-constrained nodes that enable keyboard-centric navigation and selection, plus automatic layout that positions new nodes as they are added. The tool is available free without requiring an account and targets anyone seeking a faster, more efficient approach to flowchart creation.

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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…

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