draw.io
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Dec 28, 2025first mention
Sep 17, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“We moved to DrawIO desktop. I now also use it as a replacement for whiteboarding and have it open in most meetings.”
switched from Microsoft Visioon “I hate you Microsoft”
“For a long time I've used draw.io for making diagrams, and found it clever”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
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All comments 6
“We moved to DrawIO desktop. I now also use it as a replacement for whiteboarding and have it open in most meetings.”
“am really good at using draw.io (now app.diagrams.net)”
“For a long time I've used draw.io for making diagrams, and found it clever”
“I used to make beautiful drawings in diagramming software (draw.io and the lil). But man, it took a lot of time.”
“it is better than draw.io that I used to use before”
“Visio, draw.io, or dia do the logical layer nicely but it’s very difficult to lay out the ports consistently”