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Someone needs to make a multi-OS clone of omniGraffle. I paid €179 for omniGraffle, I’d pay for a multi-OS alternative.

Does omniGraffle accept text input?

Because one of the points of GraphViz is text input, which can be easily source-controlled, diffed, machine-generated, etc.

Yes Omnigraffle accepted Graphviz files. But uses its own excellent layout engine and allows you to adjust the layout by hand. If you include integration with OmniOutliner, you also get Graffle can also use a wide variety of text based outline file formats.

https://support.omnigroup.com/doc-assets//OmniGraffle-Mac/Om...

Amusingly, graphviz had dotty way back in the day so that you could adjust by hand. Now, it looks like they have gvedit. I haven't tried that one.

That said, the ability to "fix" the location of some items by providing it in the dot file is a feature most folks seem to ignore. Or not know exists.

I objected to how often I had to upgrade the version and pay for very minor fixes.

I bought it 5 years ago and haven't given them a dime since, and got a lot of new feature since (scripting!). I'd love to have more library, but that's another issue :)

Draw.io

Not really. Draw.io is browser only. I like my diagramming tool offline.

There is an offline version: https://www.diagrams.net (they had to change their name from draw.io recently). There is a download button right on the main page.

That's awesome. Thank you.

Which looks to be an Electron app, so there's a browser engine doing the rendering. Can I save a diagrams.net/drawio-desktop drawing into a file, and convert that file into an SVG in a lightweight batch job?

Yes

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