# tikzit/tikzit

pgf/TikZ diagram editor

Repository: https://github.com/tikzit/tikzit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tikzit
Homepage: http://tikzit.github.io
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2024-04-17T17:30:34+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": 4214, "days_push": 868, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1246, forks 81 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:07.274167+00:00)

## What it is
TikZiT is a simple GUI desktop application for rapidly creating graphs and string diagrams using PGF/TikZ. Its native file format is a subset of PGF/TikZ, so diagrams can be included directly in LaTeX papers.

## Use cases
- draw TikZ diagrams visually instead of writing code
- create string diagrams for category theory papers
- edit nodes and edges in PGF/TikZ graphs
- produce figures for LaTeX documents
- preview and edit .tikz files

## When to choose
- you need publication-quality diagrams in LaTeX papers
- you find hand-writing TikZ code tedious
- you draw many graph or string diagrams

## When to avoid
- you need general-purpose vector graphics editing
- you want diagrams outside the PGF/TikZ subset
- you need a web-based collaborative diagram tool

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, editor, graphics, documentation
- domain: graphics, documentation, education, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: tikz, pgf, latex, diagram-editor, string-diagrams, qt, vscode-extension, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- tikzit/tikzit (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.274167+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 2026-08-30T05:08:06.057746+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tikzit/tikzit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.274167+00:00, sha 92ba84115040)
  - homepage: http://tikzit.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:19:23.228002+00:00, sha c64be934de99)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.