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Work · April 17, 2016

yEd

Powerful free app for generating high-quality diagrams

yEd launched on April 17, 2016 with 88 votes, #498 of 4,301 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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What it does

yEd is a free desktop application to quickly create, import, edit, and automatically arrange diagrams. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Unix/Linux.

yEd is a powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams. Create diagrams manually, or import your external data for analysis. Our automatic layout algorithms arrange even large data sets with just the press of a button. yEd is freely available and runs on all major platforms: Windows, Unix/Linux, and macOS. If you prefer to edit diagrams with an online tool or integrate them directly into Atlassian confluence , you can get an overview of our diagram editors here . The latest release is version 3.25.1 . Check out the release notes. Import your own data from an Excel® spreadsheet (.xls) or XML. Export bitmap and vector graphics as…from yworks.com

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