hikerpig/pintora

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1284 stars · 37 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Pintora is an extensible JavaScript text-to-diagrams library that renders diagrams from plain text, inspired by Mermaid.js and PlantUML. It works in both the browser (SVG/Canvas output) and Node.js (PNG/JPG/SVG output), and offers a plugin system for custom diagram types.

Use cases

• generate diagrams from text in the browser
• render sequence diagrams from text in node.js
• create entity relationship diagrams as code
• draw gantt charts from plain text
• build mind maps from markdown-like text
• embed diagram-as-code rendering in documentation
• write custom diagram types with a plugin system

When to choose

• you want a Mermaid-like diagram renderer that works in both browser and Node.js
• you need clean, self-contained SVG/Canvas/PNG output without global style pollution
• you want to extend the tool with your own custom diagram types via plugins

When to avoid

• you need diagram types not supported by pintora and don't want to write a plugin
• you prefer a mature ecosystem with broad tooling integrations like Mermaid's
• you need a GUI-based diagram editor rather than text-driven diagrams

Facets

library · maturity active

templating developer-tools plugin-system developer-tools documentation web-development browser cross-platform cli diagram-as-code text-to-diagram mermaid-alternative plantuml-inspired svg sequence-diagram er-diagram gantt-chart mindmap nodejs

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