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Dia
A classic open desktop diagram editor with flowchart, UML, network, and circuit shape sets, extensible XML shapes, and multiple export formats.
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Why use it
It remains useful on restricted networks or older hardware for technical flows and level-dependency diagrams without cloud accounts.
Where it fits
Use prototypes and playtests to find core experience problems while they are still cheap to fix.
technical-designdocumentation
What to check
The interface and interaction model are traditional and collaboration is file-based; complex modern architecture or presentation-polished diagrams may need another tool.
