Awesome Node-Based UIs
A curated list with resources about node-based UIs.
Check out CONTRIBUTING.md for instructions on how to add a new link to the list.
Curators: Christopher, John and Moritz from React Flow
Javascript Libraries
Renderers
- baklavajs - Graph/node editor for VueJs
- beautiful-react-diagrams - React components and hooks to build diagrams
- cytoscape.js - Canvas based renderer with utilities and algorithms
- diagram-maker - Interactive editor for any graph-like data
- Flowy - Flowchart library
- GoJS - Diagramming library with a focus on customization and interactivity
- kedro-viz - Visualises Kedro data and machine-learning pipelines
- litegraph.js - A graph node engine and editor
- mermaid - Static diagrams for documentation
- ngx-graph - Graph visualization library for Angular
- react-digraph - A library for creating directed graph editors
- react-flow - React library for rendering node-based UIs
- reaflow - React library for building workflow editors
- rete - Framework for visual programming and node editors
- vue-flow - Flowchart component for Vue 3
- X6 - Diagramming library that uses SVG and HTML
Layouting
- elkjs - A port of the Java ELK layouting library to Javascript
- d3-hierarchy - Helpers and algorithms for working with hierarchical graphs
- d3-force - Library for creating interactive force directed graphs
- d3-dag - D3 plugin to work with DAG data structures
- dagrejs - Directed graph layout algorithms for Javascript
- graphology-layout - Layout algorithms
- springy - Force directed graph layouts
Graph Utilities
- behave-graph - Extensible behaviour-graph execution engine
- behave-flow - UI for behave-graph using react-flow
- graphlib - Helpers for directed graphs in JS
- graphology - Utilities and algorithms for all kinds of graphs
Misc
C Libraries
Renderers
- node-editor - Node Editor built using dear imgui
- nodeeditor - Dataflow programming framework
- nodify - Modular controls for node-based editors
- imnodes - Node editor for dear imgui
- graphviz - Graph visualization software
Rust Libraries
- egui_node_graph - Node applications using egui
Swift Libraries
- Flow - Swift Package Manager-based node graph editor
Applications
Workflow & Automation
- Cables - Visual programming environment
- Carto Workflows - Spatial analytics tool
- Concourse CI - Container-based continuous thing-doer [OSS]
- Controller Lab - Drag-and-drop tool for remapping input devices
- Dopt - Visual flow builder + APIs/SDKs for powering user onboarding and engagement experiences
- Dots - No-code bot builder for Discord community onboarding & engagement
- DoubleLoop - Dashboard builder to monitor business metrics
- customer.io - Automated messaging platform
- FME - ETL tool with spatial data support
- Flowhub - Visual programming tool [OSS]
- Kelp - Build interactive data-driven apps for operational analytics
- Kuwala - Data Pipelines for BI analysists [OSS]
- Mode - Tool for exploratory analysis
- n8n - Workflow automation platform
- novu - Notification infrastructure for developers [OSS]
- OneSignal Journeys - Workflow builder to automate messaging
- Patterns - Data processing and automation tool
- Power Automate - Automation tool
- Retool Workflows - ETL tool for Retool
- Stately - Application logic visualizer [OSS]
- Tracardi - Customer Journey Automation tool [OSS]
- whenthen - Payment orchestration
- workflow86 - Workspace to document, automate and manage business workflows
AI
- Netron - Visualizer for machine learning models
Data Processing
- Cascade - Data transformation and visualization
- CodeNect - Visual Programming Software that transpiles to C
- Datablocks - Data transformation and visualization
- Easy Data Transform - Data transformation tool
- Enso - Code based automation tool [OSS]
- Graphqleditor - Editor for GraphQL
- jsoncrack - JSON data visualizer
- node-red - Low-code programming for event-driven applications [OSS]
- Nifi - Data routing, transformation, and system mediation logic
- Rapidcanvas - Data science platform
- Slang - Data processing tool
- Y42 - Data pipeline tool
3D & Visuals
- Armory3d - Game engine for Blender
- Blackjack - Procedural modelling application [OSS]
- Blender - 3D graphics suite for multiple rendering engines [OSS]
- Cascade - Image editor [OSS]
- Chainner - Image processing GUI [OSS]
- Gaffer - Application for lookdev, lighting and automation [OSS]
- Dynamo - Open Source Graphical Programming for Design [OSS]
- Houdini - Procedural system for artists
- Mixture - Unity plugin to create textures in realtime [OSS]
- Natron - Compositing software for VFX and motion graphics [OSS]
- Nodebox - App for visualization and generative design [OSS]
- Nodes.io - Visual programming environment
- Nodetoy - Shader tool
- Notch - Motion graphics and interactive VFX in realtime
- Origami Studio - UI design prototyping tool
- Polygonjs - WebGL design tool [OSS]
- Protongraph - Procedural content generation [OSS]
- Puredata - Visual programming language for multimedia
- Retrobatch - Batch image processing for macOS
- VVVV - Visual live-programming environment
Audio
- Audio Hijack - Audio recording and routing for macOS
- Audulus - Modular synthesizer and DSP environment
- Axiom - Realtime audio synthesizer [OSS]
- Bespoke - Modular synthesizer
- Eternal - Audio and visual composition [OSS]
- Kronos - Visual & textual programming language designed for musical signals
- Max - Tool to create your own interactive software
- Ossia score - Sequencer for audio-visual artists [OSS]
- Reaktor - Modular digital signal processor
- Zupiter - Synthesizer
Scripting
- Natto - Javascript environment
- noflo - Flow-based programming for Javascript [OSS]
- PyFlow - Visual scripting framework for python [OSS]
- Ryven - Visual scripting for python [OSS]
Diagramming
- diagrams.net - also known as draw.io
- FigJam
- Flowchart Fun - Generate flowcharts and diagrams from text [OSS]
- Grapher - Flowchart tool [OSS]
- Knotend - Keyboard-centric flowchart editor
- Lucidchart
- Mermaid Live - Edit, preview and share mermaid charts/diagrams [OSS]
- Miro