yEd Graph Editor
For my work I regularly need flowcharts to display data and structures. Today I will introduce you yEd. It is a free graph editor and even I tried several alternatives I stick to it. I use it mostly for custom diagrams like the display of pages and button structures. Usually I try not to make complex graphs because it is a pain for the most people to create the” big picture” from a graph. If others don’t get the main idea immediately, you failed. So i cut them in smaller areas and make them as simple as possible.
A nice feature of yEd is the automatic layout structure. You can select conected objects and choose a layout format the rest is doing yEd by its own. It is shown in the introduction video beneath. It is a nice software available for Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac OS.