Penrose Alternatives

Penrose is described as 'Platform that enables people to create beautiful diagrams just by typing mathematical notation in plain text. The goal is to make it easy for non-experts to create and explore high-quality diagrams and provide deeper insight into challenging technical concepts' and is a Diagram Editor in the business & commerce category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Penrose for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best Penrose alternative is draw.io, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Penrose are LibreOffice - Draw, yEd Graph Editor, Microsoft Visio and PlantUML.

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  1. Kroki icon
     8 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. QuikFlow icon
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    Create flowcharts (and mind maps) without worrying about layout with QuikFlow. With our innovative interactive layout algorithms, you can work as if you were using a mind mapping application while creating flowcharts. Define your structure and the app handles the layout!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  3. Code2flow icon
     7 likes

    Code2Flow is an innovative diagram creator that uses simple programming structure to build flowcharts in the most intuitive way possible. It employs syntax from the C programming language in a way that makes it easily usable for non-programmers and programmers alike.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  4. ClickCharts icon
     7 likes

    Design flowcharts, UML, Venn, and mind map diagrams with customizable templates, varied symbols, shapes, connector styles, overlapping sheet support, and intuitive drag-and-drop editing. Export visuals as images, edit multiple diagrams, and organize complex data visibly.

    124 ClickCharts alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
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  5. D2 icon
     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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    D2 flexibles Layouting 

https://d2lang.com/tour/layouts
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  6. Graphs icon
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    Graphs is a simple, yet powerful tool that allows you to plot and manipulate your data with ease. You can import data from two-column files or generate it via an equation. All data can be manipulated using a variety of operations such as the ability to select, cut, translate...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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  7. ikolinks icon
     1 like

    Explore a world of curated content, helpful resources, and exciting updates. Sign Up below to discover more about Bio Links Tool. Do everything with one platform.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8.  3 likes

    A Powerful idea processor.It's Open Source and Freeware. Create UML Diagrams, Network Diagrams, Flowcharts and many other types of diagrams with the versatile Dynamic Draw Software.

    57 Dynamic Draw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. LaTeXDraw icon
     16 likes

    LaTeXDraw is a graphical drawing editor for LaTeX. LaTeXDraw can be used to 1) generate PSTricks code; 2) directly create PDF or PS pictures. LaTeXDraw is developed in Java and thus runs on top of Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. Linkurious icon
     10 likes

    Linkurious provides a graph visualization and analysis platform used for fraud detection, anti-money laundering, intelligence or cybersecurity. Easy to deploy and highly extensible, Linkurious Enterprise makes it easy to uncover insights hidden in complex connected data.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. PGF and TikZ icon
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    PGF/TikZ is a tandem of languages for producing vector graphics from a geometric/algebraic description. PGF is a lower-level language, while TikZ is a set of higher-level macros that use PGF. The top-level PGF and TikZ commands are invoked as TeX macros, but in contrast with...

    18 PGF and TikZ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. PlantText icon
     6 likes

    The PlantText tool is an online tool for quickly creating UML (Unified Modeling Language) diagrams. Unlike most tools, PlantText can build diagrams without the use of a mouse because it is based on PlantUML markup language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • PlantUML
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