A Open Source Software project that lets you map a computer network

[Jason Shaw]

I've been using http://www.lucidchart.com/ which runs just fine in Chromium
and in Firefox.  The downside is that you can't download an editable version
using the Free version.  I haven't bothered to upgrade to the paid version
as I just work on my diagrams "in the cloud" and download .png files to host
on our wiki.

-jason

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:19 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:31 PM, William O'Higgins Witteman
> <william.ohiggins-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 05:59:40PM -0400, Dave Germiquet wrote:
> >>
> >>I was wondering if anyone knows of a good open source product (or if any
> is
> >>available) that I can use to generate a Diagram of a computer network.
> >>
> >>(Computers,routers,switches,network boxes)
> >
> > I use dia[1] for all my non-scripted diagramming needs.  For generated
> > diagrams I use graphviz[2].
> >
> > [1] http://live.gnome.org/Dia
> > [2] http://www.graphviz.org/
>
> I mirror that list, though I often use TCM for "structural modelling"
>   http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~tcm/
>
> It's not nearly as "pretty" as Visio, but when designing stuff, less
> is often more.
>
> I'll observe that the MacOS product, OmniGraffle, uses GraphViz as its
> rendering tool.  I think there's room for a tool that helps generate
> GraphViz files, graphically, but then uses the very-smart capabilities
> of GraphViz to arrange the objects on the page.
>
> The two things Dia has as serious deficiencies, doubtless compared to
> Visio, are:
> a) Inability to import from dynamic things (e.g. - like reading in SQL
> schemas to generate E/R diagrams, and such), and
> b) Absence of automatic layout.
>
> The "OmniGraffle model" of using GraphViz to manage layout could be an
> answer to that.
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