# Next AI Draw Io (open-source diagram and mind-mapping app)

> Next AI Draw Io is a free, open-source diagram and mind-mapping app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Draw and edit draw.io diagrams by chatting with an AI. It has 36,455 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at DayuanJiang/next-ai-draw-io.

Draw and edit draw.io diagrams by chatting with an AI. Describe a diagram in a sentence and the AI draws it on a real draw.io canvas. Edit it by hand like any draw.io file, or select a few shapes and tell the AI what to change. Every AI change is a version you can compare, restore or undo, and the result exports as.drawio,.png or.svg.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/DayuanJiang/next-ai-draw-io |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 36,455 |
| License | Apache-2.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Website | https://next-ai-drawio.jiang.jp/ |
| Official | no |
| Category | Diagrams & mind maps |
| Latest release | v0.5.0 (Oct 10, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/DayuanJiang/next-ai-draw-io/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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