draw.io Alternatives

draw.io is described as 'Privacy-focused diagramming software supporting real-time collaboration, offline mode, and cloud storage without ads or registration' and is a leading Diagram Editor in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to draw.io for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and SaaS apps. The best draw.io alternative is Dia, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like draw.io are LibreOffice - Draw, yEd Graph Editor, Excalidraw and TreeSheets.

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draw.io alternatives are mainly Diagram Editors, but if you're looking for Mind Mapping Tools or UML Modeling Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Self-Hosted, Open Source, iPad, Diagram Editor, Android, Self-Hosted + Mind Mapping and Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to draw.io.
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  1. Creately icon

    Creately

     109 likes

    Web-based diagram platform offers real-time teamwork, 50+ diagram and mind mapping types, technical wireframing, smart objects, templates, version control, secure cloud storage, PDF export, collaboration tools, commenting, and integration for business and education use.

    77 Creately alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    Comments about Creately as an Alternative to draw.io
    Nishadha
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    Its an online diagram tool that supports many diagram types and have powerful diagramming capabilities

    Lucky Fernandez
    Positive
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    Has a free plan, better features than draw.io, especially when it comes to collaboration and easy of drawing.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Creately is Freemium and Proprietarydraw.io is Free and Proprietary
  2. TiddlyMap icon

    TiddlyMap

     35 likes

    TiddlyMap is a TiddlyWiki plugin that turns your favourite personal note taking software in a wiki-concept-map hybrid! Yes, you will be able to do both: drawing maps and putting down knowledge in a wiki way.

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    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Kroki icon

    Kroki

     7 likes

    Creates diagrams from textual descriptions! It provides a unified API with support for BlockDiag, BPMN, Bytefield, C4 (with PlantUML), Ditaa, Erd, GraphViz, Mermaid, Nomnoml, PlantUML, SvgBob, UMLet, Vega, Vega-Lite, WaveDrom.

    25 Kroki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Umbrello

     40 likes

    Umbrello is a Unified Modelling Language (UML) modelling tool and code generator. It can create diagrams of software and other systems in the industry-standard UML format, and can also generate code from UML diagrams in a variety of programming languages.

    53 Umbrello alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. Cacoo icon

    Cacoo

     75 likes

    Cacoo is a user-friendly online diagramming tool that allows you to create a variety of diagrams such as wireframes, flowcharts, UML diagrams, network diagrams, mindmaps, sitemaps, database diagrams, and more.

    82 Cacoo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. Kinopio icon

    Kinopio

     16 likes

    Kinopio is a visual thinking tool for new ideas and hard problems. Used for note taking, planning, journaling, and diagramming – by yourself or collaboratively.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Heimer icon

    Heimer

     13 likes

    Heimer is a desktop application for creating mind maps and other suitable diagrams. It's written in Qt and targeted for Linux and Windows.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    Simple mind map of Heimer itself running on Ubuntu 18.04
     
  12. D2 icon

    D2

     3 likes

    Create beautiful diagrams in minutes. Simple syntax. Endlessly customizable. D2 is the fastest and easiest way to get a mental model from your head onto the screen, then make edits with your team.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    D2 flexibles Layouting https://d2lang.com/tour/layouts
     
  13. DBDiagram.io icon

    DBDiagram.io

     12 likes

    Quick and simple free tool to help you draw your database relationship diagrams and flow quickly using simple DSL language.

    26 DBDiagram.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  14. Gliffy icon

    Gliffy

     51 likes

    "If they could see what Im thinking, they'd get it!" People just understand faster with pictures. It helps them see how information is connected, whether it is complete, and how a shift in one element impacts something else.

    81 Gliffy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Chrome OS
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  15. Minder icon

    Minder

     16 likes

    What is Minder? Minder is a mind-mapping application with many features that make it ideal for capturing, organizing and visualizing your ideas. Minder has automatic node layout features.

    17 Minder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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