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reladraw

Diagram language with your own layout

WHO USES ITDevelopers and planners who draw architecture diagrams often.

Use in the browser

A text language for diagrams where you decide where things go.

TRY
START IN 5 MINUTES ↓
A diagram drawn with reladraw: external drive, home server, desktops and laptops linked to cloud sync with arrows.

TESIGN TAKE

Agents can draw with it too, by stating relationships instead of computing coordinates.

Activity and discovery evidence
★ 564▲ +5 / 7d▲ 402 HNDaily star increases over 14 days. Hollow bars mean no data. The last day may be partial.2026-09-15 no data2026-09-16 no data2026-09-17 no data2026-09-18 no data2026-09-19 no data2026-09-20 no data2026-09-21 no data2026-09-22 no data2026-09-23 no data2026-09-24 no data2026-09-25 no data2026-09-26 +32026-09-27 +22026-09-28 no datalargest one-day increase in the 14 days+3last 14 days · stars per dayhollow = no data

564 stars · checked on GitHub GitHub check 39 h late · incl. +2 observed via GH Archive since then · 7-day +5 observed via GH Archive (as of ) · 402 Show HN points observed

NEW 9h OLD WHEN SEEN

AT A GLANCE

LICENSE
Apache-2.0
USAGE
Commercial use, redistribution OK. Keep notices; mark changes.
LANGUAGE
TypeScript
PLATFORM
web
ACTIVITY
last commit 1 day ago () · latest release [unconfirmed]
COMMUNITY
contributors [unconfirmed] · open issues [unconfirmed] · made by: [unconfirmed] Reference time unavailable
SOURCES
Show HN
OPEN SOURCE
YES
FIRST SEEN
CATEGORY
DESIGN · DEV TOOLS

A summary, not legal advice.

WHY IT MATTERS

Mermaid and friends choose the layout for you, and draw.io means dragging every box by hand. reladraw sits between: the convenience of text with the freedom to place things.

BUILD FROM THIS

  • You write boxes and connections as text and place them relative to each other. It runs in the browser, and the repository includes examples such as a server architecture diagram.

WHO IT'S FOR

Developers and planners who draw architecture diagrams often.

START IN 5 MINUTES

# Try it in the browser at reladraw.github.io/reladraw.

CAVEATS

  • There is a new syntax to learn, and the project is young.

RECEIPT

FIRST SEEN
AT SOURCE
KEPT
STAR DELTA
+2 ★ / 24h
CREATED → FIRST SEEN
9h
WHEN FIRST SEEN
562 ★
SOURCES
Show HN

The same facts in machine-readable form — View as Markdown · JSON

SIMILAR TOOLS

Up to five from DESIGN by ★ total: edited entries first, then repository cards; this entry is highlighted. Drawn from the same stored snapshot as the rankings — a comparison, not a recommendation.

IMAGENAME★ TOTAL▲ 7dLICENSEPLATFORMLAST PUSH
The UI UX Pro Max site: supported AI coding tools, the 'Design Intelligence' headline and the install command.
UI UX Pro MaxDesign sense for AI coding tools★ 127k▲ +3MITpermissivecli
Taste Skill README banner: logo on beige, the tagline 'The Anti-Slop Frontend Framework for AI Agents' and a white UI mock-up.
Taste-SkillFrontend taste for AI agents★ 90.9k▲ +4MITpermissive—
Archify README hero: a tagline and a browser window showing a service architecture diagram in dark and light themes.
archifySystem diagrams for coding-agent users★ 73.6k▲ +25MITpermissive—
A diagram drawn with reladraw: external drive, home server, desktops and laptops linked to cloud sync with arrows.
reladrawDiagram language with your own layoutTHIS ENTRY★ 564▲ +5Apache-2.0permissiveweb
toeverything/affineCARD★ 72.5k—Licence unconfirmedunconfirmed—

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