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Are there any good alternatives for Visio/PowerPoint? [closed]

Are there any good alternatives for Visio/PowerPoint for drawing architectural diagrams. Both Visio and PowerPoint are annoying to use even for some of the simplest tasks. wondering if someone out there has a better suggestion.

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Nevin Mathai Avatar asked Mar 31 '10 20:03

Nevin Mathai


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Try diagrams.net (previously draw.io). It free and open source, it works natively in any browser and you can save locally or to Google Drive, OneDrive, Github and Gitlab. There's also a Desktop app for Window, macOS and Linux.

I am a developer of diagrams.net.

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Thomas the Tank Engine Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 22:09

Thomas the Tank Engine