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blockdiag vs Markdown

A side-by-side look at blockdiag and Markdown. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

blockdiag

blockdiag

Development

blockdiag is an open-source Python library and command-line tool that generates block-style diagram images from simple text files. It supports multiple diagram types like block diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and more.

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Markdown

Markdown

Office & Productivity

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, which is then converted to structurally valid HTML.

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