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technical diagramming and visualization tools

Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-06), compared with the prior 5.3 months.

horizontal · 130 members · Data as of 2026-10-09

These products provide specialized editors, libraries, and engines for creating diagrams, technical graphics, and programmatic animations. They are primarily designed for software engineers, researchers, and technical writers who need to visualize complex data, codebases, or mathematical models. This cluster distinguishes itself from general graphic design software by its tight integration with markup languages, codebases, and technical workflows.

Metrics

Stage
heating
Recent count
80
Prior count
42
Total count
130
Momentum
90.48
Attention
0.69
Crowding
0.35
Concentration
0.82
Opportunity
0.50

Opportunity components

Attention
0.69
Low crowding
0.65
Momentum (normalized)
0.48
Low concentration
0.18

Source split

github
12 (0.15)
hn
24 (0.30)
ph
44 (0.55)
yc
0 (0.00)

Dominant source: ph · Divergence: 0.55

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Monthly trajectory

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
TikZ Editor HN 451 2026-06-23
Reladraw HN 407 2026-09-26
Lottie Creator 2.0 PH 374 2026-07-28
Ferrite HN 241 2026-01-11
deepseek-whale-girl GITHUB 229 2026-09-28
Kirki PH 204 2026-05-17
MiroMiro v2 PH 177 2026-05-11
M. C. Escher spiral in WebGL inspired by 3Blue1Brown HN 176 2026-04-04
Visdiff PH 168 2026-03-20
Lunagraph PH 162 2026-04-09
I saw this cool navigation reveal, so I made a simple HTML+CSS version HN 141 2026-02-07
I ported Manim to TypeScript (run 3b1B math animations in the browser) HN 140 2026-02-25
Nogic HN 135 2026-01-13
Interactive Tree of Life HN 114 2026-09-04
KiCad in the Browser HN 111 2026-07-05
editaplot2026 GITHUB 108 2026-09-19
Open-source .docx editor library for building document apps HN 107 2026-05-21
Q3Edit HN 106 2026-07-18
Line9 HN 87 2026-08-06
VectorNest responsive web-based SVG editor HN 86 2026-02-18
vellum.nvim GITHUB 79 2026-09-22
Floani PH 70 2026-10-06
TTF-DOOM HN 68 2026-04-06
Vibe Code your 3D Models HN 61 2026-02-27
CodaBridge PH 60 2026-09-18
Decktly PH 56 2026-09-25
Free Mermaid Diagram Editor HN 51 2026-07-07
Open-source Figma design to code HN 50 2026-01-24
Visual Lambda Calculus HN 49 2026-02-28
Sparktype HN 48 2025-11-04
Davia HN 47 2025-11-10
Minimalist library to generate SVG views of scientific data HN 47 2026-03-23
Mmdr HN 47 2026-02-04
Browser-based light pollution simulator using real photometric data HN 44 2026-05-02
excali-mode GITHUB 39 2026-09-28
Txt2plotter HN 35 2026-01-19
morph-ui GITHUB 35 2026-09-24
aws-drawio-diagram-skill GITHUB 33 2026-09-25
pdx-map-editor GITHUB 29 2026-10-05
Web-based ANSI art viewer HN 29 2026-03-10
Sfsym HN 29 2026-04-18
Tylax HN 27 2026-01-07
Vellum, the best diagram editor you'll ever use HN 25 2026-09-21
Rotating torus in terminal (but with kitty graphics protocol) HN 24 2026-08-02
Seapie HN 22 2026-01-12
Data-anim HN 19 2026-03-14
ae-blender-frame-recreation GITHUB 19 2026-09-11
TermDOM HN 18 2026-08-11
Visimer HN 17 2026-08-17
Microsoft-Visio-2026 GITHUB 15 2026-09-19