25,600 stars · MPL-2.0 · v0.9.0 (2026-09-07) · Track this in Scout
A short text file becomes a finished diagram, so a picture can be kept beside the code and reviewed like code.
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LicenceMPL-2.0
Latestv0.9.0 (2026-09-07)
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