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diagrams.net (previously draw.io[2][3]) is a cross-platform graph drawing software application developed in HTML5 and JavaScript.[4] Its interface can be used to create diagrams such as flowcharts, wireframes, UML diagrams, organizational charts, and network diagrams.[5]
diagrams.net is available as an online web app, and as an offline desktop application for Linux, macOS, and Windows.[5] Its offline application is built using the Electron framework. The web app does not require online login or registration and can open from and save to the local hard drive.[5][6] Supported storage and export formats to download include PNG, JPEG, SVG, and PDF.[6]
It also integrates with cloud services for storage including Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, GitHub, and GitLab.com.[5][6][7]
It is also available as plugin to embed the web app in platforms such as NextCloud, MediaWiki, Notion, Atlassian Confluence, and Jira.[8][9]
It has been described by tech reviewers such as TechRadar and PCMag as an alternative to Lucidchart, Microsoft Visio, and SmartDraw.[10][11][12][4][13][14]
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JGraph Ltd
JGraph Ltd is a private limited company founded by Gaudenz Alder and David Benson in 2000 in the United Kingdom.[15][16]
JGraph
JGraph started as a pure Java language software project by Gaudenz Alder and as a university project in 2000 at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. The initial public release of JGraph 1.0 was in May 2002.[17] The original design for JGraph was to make it an architectural extension of the Swing Java-toolkit and its JTree class.[18]
mxGraph
In 2005, development began on mxGraph, which is a graph drawing software library written in JavaScript using HTML5 and SVG technologies.[19] The project was publicly released in 2006, and supported Firefox 1.5 and Internet Explorer 5.5.[19][20]
mxGraph was originally made available as freeware through a hosted demo of the software for online use,[21][22] with publicly available source under a end-user license agreement for non-commercial use with the option to purchase a commercial license.[20]
In 2009, mxGraph was open sourced under the Apache license. JGraph also bundled official ports of mxGraph in other languages including Java, C#, and PHP.
In 2021, the mxGraph Github repository was archived by its owner and is now read-only.[23]
JGraphX
After the final JGraph 5.x release in February 2010,[17] the project renamed its Java-language application to JGraphX, integrated the mxGraph library, and took on mxGraph's version numbering, starting with JGraphX 1.10.0.5 released in 2012.[24]
Diagramly
In 2011, the company started publishing its hosted service for the mxGraph web application under a separate brand, Diagramly with the domain "diagram.ly".[12]
draw.io
In 2012, after removing the remaining use of Java applets from its web app, the service rebranded as draw.io because the ".io suffix is a lot cooler than .ly", said co-founder David Benson in a 2012 interview.[25][26][19]
diagrams.net
In February 2020, the company announced on its blog that the hosted version of the web application would move from "draw.io" to the "diagrams.net" domain, citing a security incident with the .io top-level domain. The company also remarked that "the islands which should own the domain suffix, don’t, thanks to a wonderful piece of modern day British Imperialism."[2] The move was completed a month later.[27][3] The software library, file format, and integrated services remain branded as "drawio".
In August 2024, starting with version 24.7.8, the company briefly replaced the Apache 2.0 license with a modified Apache 2.0 license, to incldue a clause prohibiting the use of the software in Atlassian's Confluence and Jira products, in order to protect sales of their own Confluence integration.[28] The project reverted back to the Apache 2.0 license by December 2024 with version 25.0.2.[29]
In December 2024, the company replaced some source files in its GitHub repository to provide only a minified form, with Benson clarifying the project will generally not accept patches from non-maintainers.[30]
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