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yEd is a powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams. Create diagrams manually, or import your external data for analysis. Our automatic layout algorithms arrange even large data sets with just the press of a button.

Ready-to-use Diagram Elements

yEd comes with an extensive palette of beautiful, ready-to-use elements to get you started with your first diagrams, including:

a wide variety of shape nodes and edge types
group nodes that expand, collapse, and nest to tame large data sets
UML elements for class and object diagrams
swimlanes and table nodes to which other elements can be added or nested
BPMN symbols for business process diagrams
Entity Relationship symbols and crow's foot connections
flowchart symbols
people and computer network symbols

You can also easily import your own bitmaps (JPG, PNG), vector graphics (SVG), or shape stencils from Visio® VSX files into the palette to create custom element types.

Clearly Displayed Data

yEd also helps you annotate and position elements for maximum clarity:

clearly label elements with icons, multi-line text, HTML, or even multiple labels
automatic label positioning ensures labels are clearly readable
elements can show tooltips on hover and open URLs on click
neatly align elements using snap lines and orthogonal connections
use the properties mapper to turn an element's user-defined data into visual elements
use organic edge routing or orthogonal edge routing to re-route connections
let automatic layout algorithms do the heavy lifting for you

Intuitive User Interface

Editing diagrams in yEd feels intuitive and comfortable thanks to:

powerful search and selection tools
mouse wheel zoom
clipboard operations
extensive undo
the ability to work with multiple diagrams simultaneously
keyboard shortcuts
dockable panels that you can arrange to meet your needs
print preview, handy for poster printing
English and German localization
configurable and persistent settings
integrated help