# cidrblock/drawthe.net

drawthe.net draws network diagrams dynamically from a text file describing the placement, layout and icons. Given a yaml file describing the hierarchy of the network and it's connections, a resulting diagram will be created.

Repository: https://github.com/cidrblock/drawthe.net
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/drawthenet
Homepage: http://go.drawthe.net
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: icons, diagram, network
Last push: 2024-03-19T08:34:34+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3634, "days_push": 897, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1182, forks 133 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.327967+00:00)

## What it is
drawthe.net is a tool that renders network diagrams as SVG in the browser from a YAML text file describing icons, groups, connections, and layout. It replaces manual mouse-driven diagramming tools like Visio with a text-based, code-driven workflow.

## Use cases
- draw network diagrams from a yaml file
- generate aws architecture diagrams as code
- create cisco network topology diagrams without a mouse
- render svg network diagrams in the browser
- version-control network diagrams as text
- quickly sketch infrastructure diagrams on a whiteboard-like tool

## When to choose
- you want reproducible, text-based network diagrams that live in version control
- you need AWS, Cisco, or Azure icon sets for cloud architecture diagrams
- you prefer describing layout in YAML over dragging icons in Visio or OmniGraffle

## When to avoid
- you need general-purpose diagramming beyond network topologies
- you require polished export to formats beyond SVG/PNG
- you want auto-layout from live network discovery rather than manual placement

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: data-visualization, templating, developer-tools
- domain: networking, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: network-diagrams, yaml-to-svg, diagram-as-code, aws-icons, cisco-icons, azure-icons, svg-rendering, diagrams, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- cidrblock/drawthe.net (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.327967+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:24:47.140794+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cidrblock/drawthe.net (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.327967+00:00, sha 99445d74f84a)
  - homepage: http://go.drawthe.net (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:44.654202+00:00, sha e0e439c4eb5d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.