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by da39a3ee 1064 days ago
Yes, this is what I use and I can't recommend it highly enough. I'll try mermaid but I think swimlanes.io is going to win for most use cases. Here's why:

(1) you just open the web app and start typing and you have the beginnings of your diagram within 30 seconds literally.

(2) The web app is elegantly and thoughtfully designed, the diagrams are beautiful, export functionality is there.
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kcartlidge 1063 days ago
For your point (1) I can offer you https://sequence-diagrams.netlify.app which is my years-old quick diagramming tool for Mermaid and works similarly.

For your point (2) I offer the same alternative, but with the caveat that of the 3 criteria of elegant/thoughtful design, beautiful diagrams, and export functionality, it meets only the last 2 (and I claim little personal credit in any case).

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da39a3ee 1062 days ago
That looks like a fun project! But I'm not aware of a reason why anyone wouldn't want to use swimlanes.io.
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kcartlidge 1062 days ago
> But I'm not aware of a reason why anyone wouldn't want to use swimlanes.io

Totally fair; personal preference. For me I could quite easily replace swimlanes in your comment with my own site, and I'm sure others would have alternatives that also seem an obvious first pick - there's rarely one size fits all.

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