Open-source alternatives to LucidChart
2 open-source projects are offered as replacements for LucidChart. Drawio is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.
2 / 2
Pushed in the last 90 days
0 / 2
With a container command
2 / 2
Permissive licence
Side by side
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,861 | Active | Permissive | ○ | JavaScript | |
| 3,393 | Active | Permissive | ○ | TypeScript |
Each one, briefly
Drawio8,861 stars · permissive · activedraw.io is a JavaScript, client-side editor for general diagramming.

Where this comes from
Which projects are offered against LucidChart comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for LucidChart. Browse every open-source alternative.