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Pencil Project alternatives

  • Inkscape

  • An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

    tags: boolean-operations illustration image-editing over-the-top pdf-editor
  • draw.io

  • draw.io is a free online diagram drawing application for workflow, BPM, org charts, UML, ER, network diagrams. No login or registration are required and features include the ability to save locally (including svg), a range of stencils, .vsdx, Lucidchart and Gliffy import and real time diagram sharing.

    tags: auto-aligment-rulers business-process-management chrome-extension diagram-designer diagrams
  • LibreOffice - Draw

  • Draw lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is a an excellent package for producing technical drawings, general posters, and much else.

    tags: Portable charting comic-maker diagramming drawing
  • Microsoft Office Visio

  • Microsoft Office Visio makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. Go from complicated text and tables that are hard to understand to Visio diagrams that communicate information at a glance. Instead of static pictures, create data-connected Visio diagrams that display data, are easy to refresh, and dramatically increase your productivity.

    tags: chart database-modeling diagramming diagrams flowchart
  • Balsamiq Mockups

  • Using Balsamiq Mockups feels like you are drawing, but its digital, so you can tweak and rearrange controls easily, and the end result is much cleaner. Teams can come up with a design and iterate over it in real-time in the course of a meeting.

    tags: drawing mockups
  • OmniGraffle

  • OmniGraffle can help you make eye-popping graphic documents—quickly—by providing powerful styling tools, keeping lines connected to shapes even when they’re moved, and magically organizing diagrams with just one click. Create flow charts, diagrams, UI and UX interactions, and more. Whether you need a quick sketch or an epic technical figure, OmniGraffle and OmniGraffle Pro keep it gorgeously understandable.

    tags: chart diagram flowchart graphs workflow
  • Apache OpenOffice Draw

  • Draw, part of the Apache OpenOffice suite, is a graphics editor that gives you the tools to communicate with visuals and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is powerful tool for posters, graphs, charts, and more.

    tags: chart desktop-publishing diagram openoffice-suite technical-drawing
  • Axure RP

  • Axure RP is the leading tool for rapidly creating wireframes, prototypes and specifications for applications and web sites.

    tags: development prototyping wireframes
  • Edraw Max

  • Creating flowcharts, organizational charts, business diagrams, science illustration, network diagrams, mind map and lots more. Free Examples Download.

    tags: business-card chart diagram educational-tool floor-plans
  • Gliffy

  • "If they could see what Im thinking, they'd get it!" People just understand faster with pictures. It helps them see how information is connected, whether it is complete, and how a shift in one element impacts something else. Its simpler to grasp when you can see the connections and test "what if" scenarios.

    tags: chart flowchart workflow
  • Diagramo

  • Diagramo is an online flowchart software

    tags: export-to-png flowchart graphs html5-based web-based
  • Diagram Designer

  • Simple vector graphics editor for creating flowcharts, UML class diagrams, illustrations and slide shows.

    tags: diagram diagrams flowchart uml
  • SmartDraw

  • Instead of starting with a blank screen, SmartDraw gives you the exact template you need. Then use simple commands to add your information and SmartDraw does the rest. There's no other drawing software like it.

    tags: chart ecomaps flowchart mind-mapping workflow
  • Scapple

  • Scapple is an easy-to-use tool for getting ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them. It isn’t exactly mind-mapping software—it’s more like a freeform text editor that allows you to make notes anywhere on the page and to connect them using straight lines or arrows. If you’ve ever scribbled down ideas all over a piece of paper and drawn lines between related thoughts, then you already know what Scapple does.

    tags: fullscreen-support ideas mathtype mind-mapping note-taking