[HN Gopher] Show HN: Knotend - a keyboard-driven flowchart editor
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Show HN: Knotend - a keyboard-driven flowchart editor
Hey all, I made knotend [0] because I wanted a flowchart editor
that was keyboard-driven and super fast. I was tired of dragging
boxes around on a canvas. You may have seen knotend around here
before when I wrote an initial blog post [1] about why I wanted a
new kind of flowchart editor. Thank you to everyone who has given
me feedback here on HN! Since that blog post I've been working
hard to get to a v1 which I'm showing now. You can use the free
version without having to sign up for an account. I would love your
feedback! What makes knotend different is two main things: 1) The
nodes are constrained to a grid which enables a keyboard-centric
experience for selection and navigation, and 2) there's autolayout
so each time you add a node, the graph automatically lays itself
out and places each node in a cell. In the future I'll be working
on supporting more complex editing actions, linking graphs
together, collaboration, and more. Please drop your feedback
below, reach out on twitter [2], or email scott@knotend.com. [0]
https://www.knotend.com [1] https://www.scottantipa.com/why-
knotend [2] https://twitter.com/ScottyAntipa
Author : escot
Score : 21 points
Date : 2023-01-26 15:49 UTC (7 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.knotend.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.knotend.com)
| chezsoi wrote:
| Very cool, any plans to export to an open format like Mermaid?
| escot wrote:
| Thanks! You can get the mermaid code from the Export menu. And
| Im happy to support other formats.
| pouyarad_ wrote:
| This is awesome. I find myself avoiding Miro/Figjam these days
| because of how much point & clicking and formatting I need to do
| to get a flowchart going.
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| Would love to eventually have functionality with this to create
| UML or system architecture diagrams.
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| Props for setting up monetization from the get-go and having a
| super simple UI.
| dang wrote:
| Related:
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| _Show HN: Direct manipulation flowchart editor without the
| mouse_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27256861 - May 2021
| (19 comments)
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| _Knotend_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27049539 - May
| 2021 (1 comment)
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| _Show HN: A keyboard-centric flowchart editor_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27037432 - May 2021 (1
| comment)
| escot wrote:
| Ya its been a bit of a research project for a while so Ive
| posted for feedback. Thanks!
| blondin wrote:
| this is super cool!
| escot wrote:
| Thanks!
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