tools for diagrams [uts-0009]

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- Pikchr: an open-source text-to-diagram tool, the language is simple yet has great support for relative positioning and flexible path guiding.
- D2, a modern diagram scripting language, preferred over PlantUML, Mermaid, and Graphviz, for its great layout support for complex diagrams and its declarative design.
- draw.io: an open-source semi-auto feature-rich diagram tool, using .drawio.svg format to be both editable and web-presentable.
- kroki is a service to render many text-to-diagram languages.
- text-to-diagram.com compares many text-to-diagram tools.

For TikZ related, see test tikz drawing.