Drawtide — Where Ideas Take Shape

Drawtide is a browser-based visual diagramming application for software architecture, system design, workflows and visual thinking.

Create editable diagrams with shapes and connectors, import Mermaid diagrams, organize reusable components and explore complex ideas through visual layouts.

Drawtide helps developers, architects and technical teams communicate ideas through clear, editable diagrams.

Everything you need to explain a system

Hand-drawn or clean
One click turns the whole board sketchy, and back.
Mermaid and templates
Paste Mermaid or pick a template, and get shapes you can move.
Icons for every service
Open-source icon packs, plus your own SVGs.
Tidy as you go
Make room, tidy a branch, and keep the layout you chose.
Components
Build a part once and reuse it on every board.
Detail views
Open any shape to its own page of detail.
Present from the board
Walk through it scene by scene, no slides needed.
Export anywhere
SVG, PNG, PDF and PowerPoint.

Your boards stay yours.

Signing in is optional. Your boards stay in this browser, and Drawtide’s server never receives them.