Mermaid ASCII Diagrams
Mermaid ASCII Diagrams launched on October 15, 2024 with 234 votes, #179 of 5,185 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
Mermaid ASCII Diagrams is a tool for creating flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and other visual representations using ASCII text. It converts simple text syntax into formatted diagrams suitable for documentation, code comments, and terminal environments. The tool is designed for developers and technical writers who need to generate diagrams without graphical software, making it useful for projects where plain-text formats are preferred or required.
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From the sources
Alternative Usage Methods There are alternative forms of generating mermaid graphs in ASCII using this same Gitfrom mermaid-ascii.art
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