Online Flowchart Diagram Tool (run from private wiki)

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red.october picture red.october · Mar 4, 2010 · Viewed 8.2k times · Source

Is there some flowchart diagram tool that would (or could be made to) integrate with a self-hosted wiki?

Requirements:

  • basic functionality (e.g., drawing some boxes and some arrows)
  • would strongly prefer it to be visual (i.e., not written out in text that then gets converted)
  • allows for dynamic editing
  • it is important that the tool can be integrated into the wiki (e.g., as an extra panel somewhere)
  • can be run from a personal server
  • free

I've looked around at other threads here concerning a diagram tool, but they are either desktop applications, online ones which reside on third-party servers, or cost money.

[Edit] Thanks for the responses, but I would like them to be dynamically editable (I've added this to the requirements). What I mean is that I would like to integrate (or run it from a private server) some online collaborative diagramming tool. While I could create a JPG of something made in Graphviz and upload it, this is not easily editable. I would have to upload the source file somewhere, which someone would have to download and edit, then upload the new JPG.

Answer

Stephen picture Stephen · Apr 2, 2010

Graphviz dot diagrams can be embedded in some wikis. Unfortunately for your requirements, it's text that gets converted. It's fairly simple to learn and use though.

http://www.graphviz.org/

EDIT: It's free / open source.

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