Diagrams generated from plain-text syntax, renderable inside Markdown.
Why we recommend it
Because diagrams are text, they live in the repo next to the code and stay reviewable in pull requests — the fix for documentation diagrams that silently go stale.
Strengths
- Diagrams version-control properly as text
- Renders natively in GitHub, GitLab and Notion
- No separate tool to open or licence
Drawbacks
- Limited layout control — the engine decides positioning
- Complex diagrams become hard to read
- Not suited to freeform or visually designed diagrams
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