D2 Ink — D2 Architecture Diagrams for Inkscape

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Overview

D2 Ink integrates the D2 diagram language into Inkscape. D2 produces beautiful, automatically-laid-out architecture diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams, and software design maps from a declarative text syntax.

Why D2?

D2’s automatic layout engine (powered by ELK, Dagre, or TALA) produces publication-quality diagrams without manual positioning. Combined with Inkscape’s SVG editing capabilities, D2 Ink is perfect for creating and then polishing technical architecture figures for papers and presentations.

Example

User -> API Gateway -> Auth Service
API Gateway -> Business Logic
Business Logic -> Database

Installation

git clone https://github.com/YouvenZ/D2_ink

Requires D2 CLI to be on your PATH.

Mermaid Ink — Mermaid Diagrams for Inkscape

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Overview

Mermaid Ink brings Mermaid.js diagram syntax directly into Inkscape. Write a flowchart, sequence diagram, Gantt chart, or entity-relationship diagram in Mermaid’s plain-text syntax and render it as fully editable SVG — no browser, no external service.

Supported diagram types

Flowcharts (graph TD, graph LR)
Sequence diagrams
Gantt charts
Entity-relationship diagrams
Class diagrams
State diagrams

Installation

git clone https://github.com/YouvenZ/mermaid_ink

Requires the Mermaid CLI (npm install -g @mermaid-js/mermaid-cli).

Diagrams on Rachid Youven Zeghlache

D2 Ink — D2 Architecture Diagrams for Inkscape

Overview

Why D2?

Example

Installation

Mermaid Ink — Mermaid Diagrams for Inkscape

Overview

Supported diagram types

Installation