Lucidchart alternatives

Open-source alternatives

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  draw.io

  Fit: PartialCore overlap exists; named gaps need replacing or rebuilding.Fit is not feature parity. A Tier ANo paid feature gates in the self-run edition Apache License 2.0 A permissive license whose main conditions require preservation of copyright and license notices. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPatent usePrivate use Must License and copyright noticeState changes No Trademark useLiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com Self-hostable: yesYou can run it on your own server.

  Import supported Lucidchart diagram files or .vsdx exports into the visual editor. Validate layout and custom shapes on representative files. Hosted comments, permissions and integration behavior are not established as transferable.

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  Mermaid

  Fit: Different approachSolves the same job differently; plan a redesign, not a copy.Fit is not feature parity. A Tier ANo paid feature gates in the self-run edition MIT License A short and simple permissive license with conditions only requiring preservation of copyright and license notices. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code. May Commercial useModificationDistributionPrivate use Must License and copyright notice No LiabilityWarranty Summary from GitHub's choosealicense.com Self-hostable: noNot offered as software you run yourself.

  Recreate supported flowcharts, sequence, class or entity-relationship diagrams as Mermaid text. Suitable for versioned documentation; switching from canvas editing changes the authoring workflow. No native Lucidchart import or transfer of hosted collaboration asserted.