Nomnoml
Sketchy, hand-drawn UML-style diagrams from a small DSL. Perfect for whiteboard-style figures in talks and papers.
Templates
22
Source language
plaintext
Workstation
Studio
Engine id
nomnoml
In the same space
Most users come to Nomnoml from Excalidraw or draw.io sketch. Glyph runs this engine in the browser — no install, shareable via URL, exportable to PNG / SVG / PDF / source.
Syntax at a glance
[Foo] -> [Bar]
[Bar] -> [Baz]Paste this in the Studio code pane to see Nomnoml render live. The full grammar is at the upstream-docs link above.
Sample templates
All 22 →uml
Sketchy Class Diagram
Hand-drawn-look UML for slides/papers.
architecture
Sketchy Architecture
Whiteboard-style system overview.
uml
Sketchy State Machine
Casual state diagram.
uml
Sketchy sequence
Whiteboard-style request/response flow.
uml
Sketchy state machine
Order lifecycle as a state machine.
data
Sketchy ER — shop
Customer / Order / LineItem / Product / Inventory.
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