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draw.io

Diagram software for flowcharts, org charts, UML, ER, and network diagrams

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draw.io (diagrams.net) is diagram software for creating flowcharts, process diagrams, org charts, UML, ER and network diagrams. It provides a browser-based editor for building and arranging diagrams from shape libraries.

The editor includes libraries for flowchart, UML 2.5, BPMN 2.0, SysML, ArchiMate, entity relation, data flow, network and electrical shapes, along with clipart and vendor icon sets covering AWS, Azure, GCP, Cisco, VMware, SAP and others. Menus include File, Edit, View, Arrange, Extras and Help, with a Share option and a Results panel for General, Misc, Advanced and Basic searches.

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