Ask HN: Architecture Diagrams for GitHub Readme.md?

[markhops]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a tool that can make architecture diagrams (flowcharts) like the one found here?

https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

Ideally, I would like the diagrams to be hosted somewhere, instead of attaching them to an Issue as described here:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14494747/add-images-to-readme-md-on-github

Also, this might be asking a lot, but it would be nice to have these images (preferably SVG) remain editable (similar to a Visio diagram) that I can put Auth in front of (since I would like to use it for my company too).

Does something like this exist?

[aratno]

Monodraw is one option: https://monodraw.helftone.com/

Whimsical is another: https://whimsical.co/

[markhops]

Monodraw is nice, but I wish it was web based

Whimiscal looks really cool. I really wish it would provide a shareable link to my rendered diagram (jpg or png) that I could embed in my Github readme.

[ParameterOne]

https://draw.io

[markhops]

Not a fan of how they need your Google drive to host your diagrams.

[ParameterOne]

You don't need Google drive. Go to Draw.io and draw a box, then click save as. You will see a github option as well as trello/dropbox/etc. Here, ask theses guys: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaudenzalder/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbensonuk/