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dayuanjiang/next-ai-draw-io

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TLDR

Web app that generates draw.io diagrams from plain English descriptions using AI, with support for multiple AI providers and local browser storage of API keys.

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    What it does
      AI diagram generation
      Text to flowchart
      Image to diagram
    Features
      Version history
      Multiple AI providers
      Local API key storage
    Deployment
      Web demo
      Desktop app
      Docker self-hosted
    Tech stack
      Next.js
      React
      TypeScript
    Use cases
      System architecture
      Workflow visualization
      Quick prototyping
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Generate architecture diagrams for system design by describing the components and connections in plain English.

USE CASE 2

Convert existing images or PDFs into editable draw.io diagrams using AI extraction.

USE CASE 3

Create flowcharts and authentication flows without manually dragging shapes, saving time during planning.

USE CASE 4

Integrate diagram generation into AI coding assistants via the MCP server protocol.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptNext.jsReact

How does it compare?

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
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In plain English

Next AI Draw.io combines AI with draw.io, a popular tool for drawing flowcharts and diagrams. Instead of dragging and dropping shapes by hand, you describe what you want in plain English in a chat, and the AI builds or edits the diagram for you. The README shows example prompts like asking for a transformer architecture with animated connectors, a retrieval-augmented chat application diagram, an AWS authentication flow, or a sketch of a cat. Beyond writing prompts, you can upload an existing image of a diagram and have the AI recreate and improve it, or upload a PDF or text file so the AI can build a diagram from the contents of that document. There is an interactive chat panel for refining the result back and forth, and the app keeps a version history of every change so you can step back to an earlier version. For supported models, it can also show the AI's reasoning steps. It has specific support for cloud architecture diagrams covering AWS, GCP, and Azure, and can produce animated connectors between elements. It also ships an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, which lets AI agents such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, and VS Code drive the diagram tool from outside. You can ask one of those assistants to create a flowchart and the result appears in your browser. You can try it on a live demo site, install it as a desktop application for Windows, macOS, or Linux, run it in Docker, or clone the repository and run it locally with npm. Deployment guides cover EdgeOne Pages, Vercel, and Cloudflare Workers. The project is built with Next.js, written mainly in TypeScript, and licensed under Apache 2.0.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Generate a RAG architecture diagram for a chat application using Next AI Draw.io
Prompt 2
Draw an authentication flow using serverless architecture and convert it to a draw.io diagram
Prompt 3
Upload this system design image and ask the AI to extract and recreate it as an editable diagram
Prompt 4
Create a microservices deployment diagram showing how services communicate with each other
Prompt 5
Generate a database schema diagram with relationships between tables from a text description

Frequently asked questions

What is next-ai-draw-io?

Web app that generates draw.io diagrams from plain English descriptions using AI, with support for multiple AI providers and local browser storage of API keys.

What language is next-ai-draw-io written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Next.js, React.

What license does next-ai-draw-io use?

Use freely for any purpose including commercial. Keep the notice and disclose changes to the patent grant.

How hard is next-ai-draw-io to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is next-ai-draw-io for?

Mainly developer.

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