yED Live

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yEd Live. An automatic layout was applied to your diagram. These settings are only available for your current graph.

Free, Freemium

Tool Information

Company

yEd Live (by yWorks GmbH)

Founded

2000

Pricing

Free, Freemium

About yEd Live

yEd Live is a free, browser-based diagram editor from yWorks that enables rapid creation, editing, importing, and automatic arrangement of diagrams—all running entirely in the user’s local browser without sending data to any server. It supports a wide array of diagram types and integrates AI-powered tools for smart diagram creation and editing.

Pros

  • ✔️ Completely free and runs fully in the browser—no installation needed.
  • ✔️ Full data privacy—diagrams stay local unless you explicitly choose cloud storage.
  • ✔️ Powerful automatic layout options (hierarchic, organic, tree, radial, BPMN, UML, mind-map, etc.).
  • ✔️ AI-enhanced diagram creation and editing via ChatGPT integration.
  • ✔️ Supports custom palettes, data annotation, cloud import/export, and rich export formats (PNG, SVG, PDF, GraphML, JSON, GML, TGF).

Cons

  • ✖️ Lacks advanced collaboration tools—no real-time multi-user editing.
  • ✖️ AI integration may sometimes produce imperfect or inaccurate diagrams.
  • ✖️ Features beyond the browser version (like enterprise integrations) are limited or require other products.

Key Features

✔️ Browser-based operation with full local data privacy.
✔️ AI-assisted diagram creation and natural-language editing via ChatGPT.
✔️ Extensive automatic layout algorithms (hierarchic, organic, tree, UML, BPMN, mind-map, radial, etc.).
✔️ Custom palettes and context views for efficient diagram organization.
✔️ Cloud integration: load/save from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, GitHub Gists.
✔️ Export to multiple formats: PNG, SVG, PDF, GraphML, JSON, GML, TGF.
✔️ Import from various formats (GraphML, JSON, GML, TGF, DOT).
✔️ Autosave, grid/snaplines, grouping, printing support.

 

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AI-Powered Graphs from text with yEd Live and ChatGPT 🤖

Ready-to-Use Prompts

Copy and customize these prompts for your specific needs

Flowchart – Customer Service Process

Create a flowchart outlining the typical customer service process for handling product inquiries. Include steps like receiving the inquiry, identifying the issue, offering solutions, and following up with the customer. Specify decision points with clear conditions (e.g., issue resolved? warranty claim?).

Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) – Library Management System

Develop an ERD for a library management system. Include entities like Books, Authors, Members, Loans, and Reserves. Define relationships between entities (e.g., a Book has one Author, a Member can borrow multiple Books). Specify cardinalities (e.g., one-to-many, many-to-many) for each relationship.

Data Flow Diagram (DFD) – Online Shopping Website

Generate a Level 0 DFD for an online shopping website. Show the website as the central process, with external entities like Customers and Payment Gateways. Identify data flows like customer placing an order, payment processing, and order fulfillment.

UML Class Diagram – Social Media App

Create a UML class diagram for a social media application. Include classes like User, Post, Comment, and Like. Define attributes and methods for each class (e.g., User has attributes like username and email, methods like createPost and editProfile). Show relationships between classes (e.g., User can create Posts, Posts can have Comments).

Mind Map – Brainstorming Meeting Notes

Develop a mind map summarizing key ideas and discussion points from a brainstorming meeting on a new product launch. Start with a central theme (e.g., “New Product Launch”) and branch out to subtopics like target audience, features, marketing strategies, and potential challenges. Include keywords, visuals, and connections between ideas.

Network Diagram – Home Network Setup

Generate a network diagram illustrating your home network setup. Include devices like computers, smartphones, router, and printer. Show connections between devices using wired or wireless connections. Label each device and connection type for clarity.

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Pricing Plans

Free Plan

 

Use Cases

- Quickly draft flowcharts, UML diagrams, mind maps, BPMN diagrams in a browser.

- Create diagrams from natural-language prompts (e.g. “entity-relationship diagram”, “process flow”) via AI.

- Keep your diagram data private—ideal for sensitive or confidential information.

- Teach diagramming in classrooms—students can design concepts, mind maps, or plot outlines using browser-based tool.

- Explore complex graphs using context views and automatic layouts for clarity.

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