orthogram 0.3.0

Draw diagrams of graphs.

Orthogram is a command line program and Python library that lets you draw diagrams of graphs. It reads the definition of a diagram from a YAML file and produces a SVG file like this one:

Target audience

This project might be of interest to you if:

• You want to draw a network of boxes connected to each other with arrows.

• You do not want to use a GUI. You prefer your diagrams defined in plain text files.

• You know where your boxes should be, but you would rather have the computer maintain the connections for you.

• You are not exploring the interconnections of thousands of nodes in random networks. You are rather trying to prepare a slide for your little presentation or create a diagram for your software documentation project. A grid layout is probably all you need.

• You tried to force Graphviz to output the layout you want, but to no avail.

Installation and usage

Install from PyPI:

pip install orthogram

Assuming there is a diagram definition file named diagram.yaml in your current directory, run the following command to produce a SVG file:

python -m orthogram diagram.yaml

Please read the full online documentation for more.