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Re:A Quick Introduction to Graphviz by bleair on Sunday September 24, 2017 @01:55PM (#15325732)
Graphviz is fantastic. I'm pretty sure you can still read your .dot files into OmniGraffle (for when you need to add a lot of color and annotations). I also think its power comes from being to be turned into a callable library useful in several other languages (python). Also I can't imagine using a service that hosts my private data in order to build a layout... but maybe that's just me.

Two other alternatives: The best one for network-bounce / sequence diagrams.. great for when you need to explain all the bounces in your mulit-tiered web app https://www.websequencediagrams.com/ and http://sverweij.github.io/mscgen_js/

Re:A Quick Introduction to Graphviz by cher14 on Monday September 25, 2017 @06:48AM (#15329359)
PLUG: Another alternative might be Breakdown Notes. It let's you upload graphviz xdot files so you can change colors, layout and text . https://www.breakdown-notes.com/blog/graphviz
Re:A Quick Introduction to Graphviz by donatj on Sunday September 24, 2017 @02:38PM (#15325877)
I believe you need the pro version of OmniGraffle to open them.
Re:A Quick Introduction to Graphviz by riffraff on Monday September 25, 2017 @02:19AM (#15328419)
I don't think so, the sites seem to indicate free can also open dot files[0], I do believe there is a limit on the number of elements though.

IIRC I did some graphs for my bachelor thesis (10+ years ago) with graphviz, and then basically just passed them through OmniGraffle to make them beautiful.

[0] https://support.omnigroup.com/doc-assets//OmniGraffle-Mac/Om...