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Ask HN: Flow chart application for Mac?

by aepearson on 5/15/15, 6:38 PM with 4 comments

Hey everyone,

I'm looking for a simple, and free, application to build flow charts and diagrams.

I'm starting some documentation for a large project I've been working on and in need of something to build visual aides.

In the past, on Windows, I've used Dia - pretty cool, but very clunky as well.

Do any of you have a recommendation?

  • by cspags on 5/15/15, 7:03 PM

    Not specifically for Mac, but I've used the free plan for this Chrome app and it works quite well: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lucidchart-diagram...

  • by digikata on 5/15/15, 10:37 PM

    For simple diagrams, I've used Pencil (http://pencil.evolus.vn/). I don't know if I'd really want to build anything complex in it though.

    For intricate depictions, Inkscape is infinitely more flexible but is a little slow to use for quick diagrams.

  • by brudgers on 5/15/15, 8:00 PM

    Graphviz {and Dot}.

  • by aepearson on 5/20/15, 5:35 PM

    UPDATE: I ended up just using Google Docs. Looks pretty good!