Draw.io: The Free & Open Source Tool For Amazing Diagrams!

[@btran05]

I was watching one of your older videos in the morning and was wondering if you ever shared your diagrams. This answered question I haven't the chance to ask. Thank you.

[@TheCoolLama]

My fav diagram tool, been using it almost since first public release and still do, great video

[@sagarsriva]

This has killed Microsoft Visio business entirely in the enterprise. No one asks for it anymore. I love it too.

[@davidreddick3016]

I wish that was true, there are still an entire department at my company that uses that software and a few random other people. It's absolutely annoying because we have a 2019 license which does not like to play ball with O365 so to make it work there's a juggling of installing and uninstalling software.

[@whyomgwhywtf]

The DoD has entered the chat...

[@whyomgwhywtf]

​@@davidreddick3016 I don't know why Microsoft made it so difficult to install their own apps when O365 is installed. I have struggled with that exact situation dozens of times and it never gets any easier... especially if you are using ACAS or some other compliance scanner.

[@blueline15]

Thanks Tom for putting this all together and offering it for free, very helpful, cheers!

[@trosketj]

Thank you Tom for the demonstration and the files. Much appreciated!

[@gsftom]

Love it. Used to draw a lot of network diagrams when I did IT. Interested to try this app.

[@jimforbes]

Been using this for a while, thanks for the templates and the reminder I can use different storage options!

[@github2463]

Tom this is amazing thank you for sharing these templates!

[@mcury85]

Tom, I have been using it since you showed it for the 1st time, really thanks and good job

[@marcfruchtman9473]

Thanks for the cool tips and intro to draw io -- it is a really cool program. ( can't use the full name in the comment here because it gets deleted)
The handy flow animation also gives the diagrams a feeling of life.
It would be cool if there was an option to "copy or Export as GIF"

[@davidl6566]

What advantage does a GIF have in this case? 🤔

[@marcfruchtman9473]

@@davidl6566 My guess was that it would save the flow animation of the diagram... which would allow me to paste it into something like HTML or a word doc and retain the animation aspect?

[@michaelking1307]

You can also use it to plan placement for where items are going in your rack and then flow chart out from that for documentation purposes. I've found some of the icons and such can get a bit cumbersome for that but it has been a help for making maps of my server rooms to put in my documentation for others.

[@nickswebtsv]

Thanks for sharing, great tips and so glad I’m so glad I started using it after your recommendations in earlier videos.

[@torspedia]

I've known about this tool for a while now but it's not something I've used too often... I really need to change that, especially with my studies.

[@GrandpasPlace]

Ok, that looks a lot better than DIA. Thank you!

[@JasonsLabVideos]

wicked !! Just saw something i want to try now !! Thanks Tom.

[@tom_hengst]

Love your videos. Thank you for all the content.

[@nssk]

Awesome! Been looking for a tool aside from Visio

[@minigpracing3068]

Windows Portable Apps ecosystem has this too, no installation on the host machine. I run these apps on a larger USB drive so I have plenty of storage.

[@Richard_GIS]

Thanks a lot, animation was new to me

[@vijaykumarsingh1190]

Nice and helpful.
Thanks.

[@SB-qm5wg]

This is really cool.

[@tigerfanxiao]

Thanks a lot to share the template

[@looseycanon]

Love to use this... though I try to create diagrams of global supply chains.

[@scorpio_1312]

Thank you!

[@ThienPham-hy8ec]

Can we paste animation diagram in PPT?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

I don't think you can do this with the animations

[@ThienPham-hy8ec]

@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS can we export to video format?

[@joseph.micheal.romero]

Awesome

[@timoneal9654]

Thanks!

[@Felix-ve9hs]

Can you link the drawio icons you are using?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

As I said in the video, the templates and all they contain are linked in the description.

[@Felix-ve9hs]

​@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS I'm aware of the Github link, but I can only find your sample diagrams but no icons. :/

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

They are embedded in the samples.

[@Felix-ve9hs]

@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Oh okay, my bad

[@morpheox]

Do we... like hugs now? :D

[@firmanmaulanamf]

how to export .gif ?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

Not sure there is an option.

[@hawolex2341]

🎉

[@gusttavo_j]

it could be perfect if we can export .gif.

[@PeteDunes]

I don't understand why used that black interface, it's ugly like hell, especially in combination with pure white letters. Don't get me wrong, I love dark interfaces, as long as they're not black, but more like a darker medium grey like in Photoshop.

[@marlberg2963]

As a replacement for Erwin DM it suuuuucks. No reverse or forward engineering no scripting no UML shapes No relationship tools etc. However, for conceptualization data flow diagram, AWS shapes its the bees knees

[@mbourd25]

If only Erwin didn't have that many bugs. How many times was I almost done with my diagram and having Erwin just close on me.

[@marlberg2963]

@@mbourd25 Not sure why that might be. I only use ErwinDM 2.0 at work and its licensed through my Enterprise IT team so we keep it patched and up to date. I've never had Erwin just close on me.

[@pcwrangler09]

Meh, I'll stick to libreoffice.

[@MichaelGustavsonArchitect]

or you could use a pencil and paper.

[@infotelecom7095]

is there any risk to get the information of data centers?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

I don't understand the question