Draw architecture or flow diagrams as ASCII art and paste them directly into code comments or README files.
Create text-based box-and-arrow diagrams for documentation that must remain readable in a plain text editor.
Embed diagrams in source code files where image files would be impractical to version control or maintain.
| lewish/asciiflow | op7418/codepilot | komodorio/helm-dashboard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 5,697 | 5,694 | 5,693 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | moderate |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | ops devops |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Use it live at asciiflow.com with no install needed, local dev setup requires installing Bazel which takes additional time.
ASCIIFlow is a web-based drawing tool for creating diagrams made entirely out of text characters. Instead of producing image files, it outputs diagrams using standard keyboard characters like dashes, pipes, and plus signs, which can then be pasted into code comments, plain text documents, emails, or anywhere else that accepts plain text. The live version of the tool is available at asciiflow.com. The application runs entirely in the browser with no server side processing involved. This means your diagrams are handled locally and nothing is sent to a server. The README is brief and focuses mainly on how to set up a local development environment for contributors. Developers who want to run the project locally need to install a build tool called Bazel, which the project uses to compile and serve the application. The README provides the commands to install Bazel and run a local development server. An optional companion tool called ibazel enables live reloading so the browser refreshes automatically as you edit code. The project is written in TypeScript. The README does not mention a software license.
A browser-based drawing tool that creates diagrams using plain text characters like dashes, pipes, and plus signs, so you can paste them directly into code comments, plain text files, or emails.
Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Bazel.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
This repo across BitVibe Labs
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