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BurntSushi/erd

Translates a plain text description of a relational database schema to a graphical entity-relationship diagram. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/BurntSushi/erd · Haskell · Unlicense (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4694
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 723
  • n_releases_24m: 0

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1864 stars · 153 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Haskell CLI utility that converts a plain text description of a relational database schema into a graphical entity-relationship diagram using GraphViz/Dot. It supports multiple output formats including pdf, svg, png, and dot.

Use cases

  • generate an ER diagram from a plain text schema file
  • visualize relational database entities and relationships
  • convert .er text files to pdf or svg diagrams
  • document database schema as a diagram
  • render entity-relationship diagrams in CI pipelines

When to choose

  • you want to version-control your schema diagrams as plain text
  • you need reproducible ER diagrams generated via CLI or Docker
  • you already use GraphViz and want a text-to-diagram workflow

When to avoid

  • you need diagrams generated directly from a live database connection
  • you want an interactive GUI diagram editor
  • you need support for non-relational (NoSQL) schema modeling

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

parser data-visualization cli databases developer-tools documentation windows cli erd entity-relationship-diagram graphviz haskell database-schema diagram-generation command-line linux macos docker

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