Mermaid
An open-source JavaScript library that renders readable text definitions as diagrams in documentation and developer tools.
- System category
- Software systems
- AI capabilities
- Diagram as code
- Best for
- Keeping technical diagrams beside code in version control.
- Capabilities
- Sequence, ERD, Flowcharts
- Mode
- Text syntax; external AI optional
- Workflow
- Text definitions rendered into diagrams
- License
- MIT
- Limitations
- Separate from the commercial Mermaid Chart service. AI generation requires an external assistant or integration.