About Mermaid.js
Mermaid lets you create diagrams and visualizations using text and code..
Mermaid.js is a JavaScript based diagramming and charting tool that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions to create and modify diagrams dynamically.
Mermaid is a JavaScript based diagramming and charting tool that uses Markdown-inspired text definitions and a renderer to create and modify complex diagrams. The main purpose of Mermaid is to help documentation catch up with development.
Diagramming and documentation costs precious developer time and gets outdated quickly.
But not having diagrams or docs ruins productivity and hurts organizational learning.
Mermaid addresses this problem by enabling users to create easily modifiable diagrams, it can also be made part of production scripts (and other pieces of code).
Adapted from the official mermaid documentation, learn more here.
Diagram Types
Flowchart
graph TD; A-->B; A-->C; B-->D; C-->D;
Sequence diagram
sequenceDiagram participant Alice participant Bob Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you? loop HealthCheck John->>John: Fight against hypochondria end Note right of John: Rational thoughts <br/>prevail! John-->>Alice: Great! John->>Bob: How about you? Bob-->>John: Jolly good!
Gantt diagram
gantt dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD title Adding GANTT diagram to mermaid excludes weekdays 2014-01-10 section A section Completed task :done, des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08 Active task :active, des2, 2014-01-09, 3d Future task : des3, after des2, 5d Future task2 : des4, after des3, 5d
Class diagram
classDiagram Class01 <|-- AveryLongClass : Cool Class03 *-- Class04 Class05 o-- Class06 Class07 .. Class08 Class09 --> C2 : Where am i? Class09 --* C3 Class09 --|> Class07 Class07 : equals() Class07 : Object[] elementData Class01 : size() Class01 : int chimp Class01 : int gorilla Class08 <--> C2: Cool label
Git graph
gitGraph commit commit branch develop commit commit commit checkout main commit commit
Entity Relationship Diagram
erDiagram CUSTOMER ||--o{ ORDER : places ORDER ||--|{ LINE-ITEM : contains CUSTOMER }|..|{ DELIVERY-ADDRESS : uses
User Journey Diagram
journey title My working day section Go to work Make tea: 5: Me Go upstairs: 3: Me Do work: 1: Me, Cat section Go home Go downstairs: 5: Me Sit down: 5: Me
Quadrant Chart
quadrantChart title Reach and engagement of campaigns x-axis Low Reach --> High Reach y-axis Low Engagement --> High Engagement quadrant-1 We should expand quadrant-2 Need to promote quadrant-3 Re-evaluate quadrant-4 May be improved Campaign A: [0.3, 0.6] Campaign B: [0.45, 0.23] Campaign C: [0.57, 0.69] Campaign D: [0.78, 0.34] Campaign E: [0.40, 0.34] Campaign F: [0.35, 0.78]
XY Chart
xychart-beta title "Sales Revenue" x-axis [jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct, nov, dec] y-axis "Revenue (in $)" 4000 --> 11000 bar [5000, 6000, 7500, 8200, 9500, 10500, 11000, 10200, 9200, 8500, 7000, 6000] line [5000, 6000, 7500, 8200, 9500, 10500, 11000, 10200, 9200, 8500, 7000, 6000]