Ariel
Create diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown
Ariel is the sister project of mermaid.
Ariel is a fictional character and the title character of Walt Disney Pictures' 28th animated film The Little Mermaid (1989).
Install
yarn add ariel-diagrams
Usage
const graph = layoutOptions: 'elk.direction': 'DOWN' 'elk.layered.crossingMinimization.semiInteractive': true children: id: 'n1' label: 'Chrismas' id: 'n2' label: 'Go shopping' id: 'n3' label: 'Let me think' id: 'n4' label: 'Laptop' layoutOptions: 'elk.position': '(1,0)' id: 'n5' label: 'iPhone' layoutOptions: 'elk.position': '(2,0)' id: 'n6' label: 'Car' layoutOptions: 'elk.position': '(3,0)' edges: expr: 'n1 ==> n2' label: width: 80 text: 'Get money' expr: 'n2 ==> n3' expr: 'n3 ==> n4' label: 'One' expr: 'n3 ==> n5' label: 'Two' expr: 'n3 ==> n6' label: 'Three' const svg = await
Graph format
Ref: https://www.eclipse.org/elk/documentation/tooldevelopers/graphdatastructure/jsonformat.html
FAQ
What are the differences between ariel-diagrams and mermaid?
The underlying layout engines are different. arield-diagrams is powered by elkjs while mermaid is powered by dagre
ariel is a node library, it can work without a browser. mermaid requires browser to work. mermaid.cli is for node, but it also depends on headless browser solution puppeteer.