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Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown

55 mentions on Hacker News by 46 people: 8 stories, 47 comments · first 2014-11-28 · latest 2026-08-12

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    Mermaid: Generate Diagrams and Flowcharts with Markdown Like Syntax
    story by shubhamjain · 2017-01-05 · 52 comments
  2. …Do people actually manually write ASCII diagrams like that? This is a great place to use Mermaid ( https://github.com/knsv/mermaid )
    comment by replete · 2016-10-31 · in Show HN: Spongedown – markdown renderer with ascii diagram support
  3. The ASCII to graph feature reminds me of https://github.com/knsv/mermaid . But I like the more WYSIWYG approach (if I dare say) of Markdeep.
    comment by juliend2 · 2015-10-17 · in Markdeep
  4. …weak points is "messy" diagrams. But it supports subgraphs, which can help making them cleaner. [1] https://github.com/knsv/mermaid
    comment by atombender · 2015-09-28 · in Shaky: ASCII Diagram to PNG
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    Generation of diagram and flowchart from text in a similar manner as markdown
    story by laacz · 2014-11-28 · 4 comments