Diagramming Done Right
Start Drawing With Ease
With LucidChart, there’s no learning curve. Start from a blank canvas or use one of the hundreds of templates available in the Community Library.
Drag and drop functionality simplifies the entire experience. Draw a line by dragging out from the edge of one object; let go and you can drop a new shape that is automatically connected.
Hundreds of Shapes and Fonts
With an extensive library of shapes for software and web development, business process modeling, network diagrams, and just about everything else, your whole team can communicate more effectively.
Use Your Own Images
Upload your own images to use in your diagrams -- add your company logo to documents, photos to org charts, and so on. With a Team account, you can share those images with other members of your organization.
Easy Sharing and Publishing
When you're done drawing, printing a high-quality PDF or image is just a click away. If you want to share it online, publish it as a web page or share it on Twitter or Facebook.
Embed the diagram in a wiki, corporate website, or blog and it will automatically update if you make changes in LucidChart.
Collaboration
Work Together in Real Time
LucidChart's free diagramming software is built to be collaborative from the ground up. It enables you to invite as many people as you’d like to work with you and to watch their changes appear in real time! Group chat is right in the editor so you can chat with colleagues about changes you're considering.
Never Lose Work Again
LucidChart's revision history lets you see who changed a document, when they changed it, and what they changed. Don’t agree with changes that have been made? Simply revert back to or start a new document from a previous version.
Accessibility
No Compatibility Issues
Never worry again about compatibility issues between different operating systems or programs. Regardless whether team members or clients are using Windows, Mac, or Linux, you can now easily work together with LucidChart.
Available On the Fly
Wherever you have access to any device with a browser, you have access to your documents. Now you can create your diagram on the computer at work, view it on your phone in the cab, and touch it up on your iPad at home.
Safely Store Your Work
We store every version of your diagrams that you create and your changes are automatically saved. Your documents are backed up hourly to multiple data centers, so you don't have to worry about misplacing your files or dealing with hard drive failures.
Technology
HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
Every modern browser supports web standards including HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript. Building to these standards means that LucidChart is available on virtually any internet-enabled device on any operating system.
LucidChart supports W3C's standards and their mission "to enable Web access anywhere, anytime, using any device."
jQuery and Closure
LucidChart's user interface makes heavy use of both jQuery and Google's Closure Library (also used for Gmail, Google Docs, etc) to ensure that users have the same experience on any modern web browser.
Google's Closure Compiler is used to cram our entire application (not counting jQuery and a few other minor libraries) into less than 100KB for our users to download.
LessCSS
LucidChart also recently began using LessCSS, which helps us maintain consistent and easily-customizable styling for the entire application with less code. Less code means fewer bugs and more happy customers.
