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Ask HN: Flow chart application for Mac?

2 pointsby aepearsonabout 10 years ago
Hey everyone,<p>I&#x27;m looking for a simple, and free, application to build flow charts and diagrams.<p>I&#x27;m starting some documentation for a large project I&#x27;ve been working on and in need of something to build visual aides.<p>In the past, on Windows, I&#x27;ve used Dia - pretty cool, but very clunky as well.<p>Do any of you have a recommendation?

4 comments

cspagsabout 10 years ago
Not specifically for Mac, but I&#x27;ve used the free plan for this Chrome app and it works quite well: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;lucidchart-diagrams-onlin&#x2F;apboafhkiegglekeafbckfjldecefkhn?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;lucidchart-diagram...</a>
digikataabout 10 years ago
For simple diagrams, I&#x27;ve used Pencil (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pencil.evolus.vn&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pencil.evolus.vn&#x2F;</a>). I don&#x27;t know if I&#x27;d really want to build anything complex in it though.<p>For intricate depictions, Inkscape is infinitely more flexible but is a little slow to use for quick diagrams.
brudgersabout 10 years ago
Graphviz {and Dot}.
aepearsonabout 10 years ago
UPDATE: I ended up just using Google Docs. Looks pretty good!