Mermaid live editor in your browser: write diagram code, see the preview and any syntax errors, and export SVG or PNG without an account.
What is Mermaid Editor?
Mermaid Editor is a free online tool that lets you write Mermaid diagram code and see the diagram in your browser. It shows the preview and any syntax error, and exports the diagram as SVG or PNG, with no account and no remote rendering service.
What it supports
- Mermaid diagram code, such as flowcharts, in the syntax of the bundled Mermaid library.
- Export as SVG or as PNG.
Good to know
- Mermaid has its own syntax. Invalid code shows an error instead of a diagram; a line number is shown when the parser supplies one.
- The diagram is drawn by the open-source Mermaid library. This site is not affiliated with the Mermaid project.
- Configuration directives (%%{...}%%), YAML frontmatter and unsafe SVG content are refused. Do not paste configuration with your diagram.
How do I use Mermaid Editor?
- Write or open Mermaid code, or choose a Sample: Flowchart, Sequence diagram, Class diagram, State diagram, Gantt chart, Pie chart or ER diagram. Inserting a sample replaces the source.
- Check the preview and fix any syntax error it shows.
- Export the diagram as SVG or PNG.
Example
A small flowchart.
graph TD
A[Write] --> B{Valid?}
B -->|Yes| C[Export SVG]
B -->|No| AThe preview shows two steps and a decision. A typo in the first line, such as graf TD, shows an unknown diagram type error instead.
Limits and privacy
Limits
- Diagram code: up to 20,000 bytes. Longer code is rejected.
- Image: an exported picture is capped at 16,384 pixels on each side and 16,000,000 pixels in total, and its file at 40,000,000 bytes. A document that needs more is refused. A run longer than 20 seconds is stopped.
Is my content sent to a server?
No. Your content and files are processed in your browser and never uploaded. OCR and PDF reading download processing files, including OCR language data and the PDF worker, from this same site only when those tools run; no content goes to third parties. Markdown previews show external images as alt text instead of loading them.
Copying puts a result on your clipboard and downloading saves it as a file, but only when you press the button. The file is created in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.
For the full details, see the Privacy Policy
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