yEd Graph Editor
🇩🇪 DE
Desktop diagram editor with automatic layouts and cross-platform support
Features
Diagram creation
- Ready-to-use palettes for UML, BPMN, ER, flowchart, and network symbols
- Custom elements from JPG, PNG, SVG, and Visio VSX
- Diagramming containers such as swimlanes and table nodes
Labels and annotations
- Multiple labels and multiline text
- HTML-formatted text and automatic label placement
- Tooltips, clickable URLs, and Properties Mapper
Layout
- Automatic layout algorithms (hierarchical, orthogonal, organic, circular, tree, radial)
- Domain-specific layouts for flowcharts and swimlanes
- One-Click Layout
Editing and usability
- Customizable interface with dockable panels and tabs
- Search and selection tools, undo history, clipboard support
- Print preview, poster printing, and persistent settings
Import and export
- Import: GraphML, Excel, GEDCOM, GML, XML via XSLT
- Export: GraphML, compressed GraphML, PDF, SVG, EMF, EPS, bitmap images, HTML image maps
Pricing
Free for all use, including commercial. Contact sales for centralized or automated use agreements.
EU Trust Profile
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- Evidence →European legal entityyWorks GmbH, Tübingen (DE)
- Evidence →Documented data exportGraphML, PDF, PNG, JPEG, SVG, EMF, EPS, BMP, GIF, HTML Image Map
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Reviews
Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.
What users value
- Automatic layout algorithms for complex graphs
- Strong support for technical diagrams (flowcharts, UML, ERDs, network diagrams)
- Free to use with no licensing costs
- Cross-platform desktop app (Windows, macOS, Linux)
- Import structured data and export diagrams in multiple formats
- Connections remain structurally attached to nodes during rearrangements
- Covers most diagramming needs for professional use
Where users see room to improve
- · Steep learning curve and dated usability
- · Manual resizing required when text overflows
- · Limited native support for real-time collaboration or cloud storage
Integrations
yEd Graph Editor: frequently asked questions
- Which tools does yEd Graph Editor integrate with?
- yEd Graph Editor connects with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, XML via XSLT, GEDCOM and GraphML.
Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-10-08), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.