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Five free apps for creating diagrams in your browser

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    Five free apps for creating diagrams in your browser

    Creating great-looking, eye-catching diagrams is\r\na fairly simple task these days, thanks to all the software available on the\r\nmarket. However, most of these packages carry a price tag.

    Luckily, several free diagramming apps are available, and you don’t even need\r\nto download anything. Here are five free, web-based tools you can use to create different types of diagrams.

    Note: This gallery is also available as an article.

  • ASCII Flow

    Depending on your situation, ASCII Flow may not be the choice\r\nfor you, but it does fit a nice niche market. Instead of the fancy, graphical\r\ndisplays of most diagramming tools, ASCII Flow uses ASCII characters to draw\r\nthe elements of the flowchart.

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    Draw.IO

    Draw.IO also contains various specialty shapes for mocking up mobile device interfaces, laying out Cisco or other network hardware designs, and doing electronic schematics.

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    yUML

    yUML’s customization options allow\r\nyou to change the direction of the diagram — left-to-right, top-to-bottom, or\r\nright-to-left — and the size, from tiny to huge.

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