Discussion summary
A free Mermaid diagram editor is appreciated for its simplicity, though some users find the ecosystem lacking. Alternatives like Kroki and AI tools are also mentioned.
What the discussion says
- Some users criticize the official editor for paywalling features.
- AI can generate Mermaid diagrams effectively, reducing the need for dedicated tools.
- Kroki.io offers multiple diagram formats including Mermaid.
- Mermaid is popular for AI workflows and charting.
- Users express frustration with Mermaid's ecosystem and usability.
“Mermaid has become the de facto charting language when working with AI.”
“The ecosystem absolutely sucks.”
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- Probably because the official editor sucks after paywalling features and steering you into signing up.by nonethewiser
- The only problem with mermaid that GitHub UI renders it poorly. Large diagrams very difficult to view. Any solution for that?by k1r111
- https://kroki.io/#try
Shout out to Kroki, which offers Mermaid and many other text-based diagramming formats.
by thangalin - Handy.
I've been (very loosely) trying to get AI to generate diagrams for a while, and even Copilot can't get Visio's file format correct enough to allow Visio to open it successfully.
This is a nice clean interface I can just paste attempts into. Thank you!
by BLKNSLVR - Question for mermaid users out there. I have not used mermaid more than just superficially looking at it but it looks to me like a re-implementation of graphviz? Which has been around forever. Is there something it does that makes it more appealing?
I am not knocking this Free Mermaid Diagram Editor either. Seems decent. But, similarly, edotor has been around forever.
by hackthemack - Thanks for dropping this here. I have been frustrated for quite some time. I blindly followed the advice to learn some mermaid. Then I discovered that the ecosystem absolutely sucks.by rdwrrr