# adrai/flowchart.js

Draws simple SVG flow chart diagrams from textual representation of the diagram

Repository: https://github.com/adrai/flowchart.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flowchartjs
Homepage: http://flowchart.js.org/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: flowchart, diagram, javascript, svg
Last push: 2026-01-15T10:51:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 62, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4795, "days_push": 230, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8697, forks 1197 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:24.287097+00:00)

## What it is
flowchart.js is a JavaScript library that renders SVG flowchart diagrams from a simple textual DSL, running in the browser (and via a companion CLI in the terminal). Nodes and connections are defined separately, with fine-grained styling and flowstate support.

## Use cases
- draw flowcharts from text in the browser
- render diagrams as SVG from a DSL
- embed flowchart diagrams in web pages
- generate flowchart images from the terminal
- style flowchart nodes and states programmatically

## When to choose
- you want simple flowcharts defined as plain text
- you need SVG output rendered client-side in JavaScript
- you want reusable node definitions with per-node styling

## When to avoid
- you need complex diagram types beyond flowcharts (UML, sequence, ER)
- you need server-side rendering to PNG/PDF
- you need a modern maintained alternative with active feature development

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, data-visualization, parser, cli
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, documentation, frontend
- platform: browser, cli
- tags: flowchart, svg, diagram-as-code, dsl, raphael, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- adrai/flowchart.js (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.287097+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 2026-08-29T17:25:34.004873+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adrai/flowchart.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:24.287097+00:00, sha bfaec3799715)
  - homepage: http://flowchart.js.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:06.402657+00:00, sha 2c10ca0c86e4)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/flowchart.js (fetched 2026-08-29T08:26:06.412237+00:00, sha 6202c241461f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.