Show HN: DrawCMS – An open-source animated diagramming tool for AI Agents

Category: devtools

Tags: diagramming, ai-agents, animation, visualization, local-first

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

DrawCMS is an open-source animated diagramming tool that lets AI agents or humans create technical diagrams with motion presets and narrated presentation steps. It supports 17 diagram types, exports to GIF, and is local-first with a portable file format. The project is interesting for its agent-first design and focus on explaining system behavior through animation rather than static topology.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, technical writers, solution architects

Repository: https://github.com/drawcms/drawcms · TypeScript · AGPL-3.0 · 31 stars

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