SimpleDiagrams
Create hand-drawn diagrams with an easy-to-use application.
SimpleDiagrams is a diagramming application for creating simple, hand-drawn style diagrams. It is available as a desktop app for macOS and as a cloud/web application. The cloud version focuses on live, dynamic diagrams that can be updated in real time via a REST API or MCP (Model Context Protocol), making them suitable for representing changing systems. It uses the Excalidraw open-source library for its drawing tools. The desktop and cloud products are currently separate and do not interoperate.
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