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Capacitor by Ionic vs Mermaid

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

Capacitor by Ionic

Capacitor by Ionic

Development

Capacitor is a cross-platform app runtime that allows developers to build web apps using HTML, CSS and JavaScript and deploy them to native iOS, Android and web. It includes a rich set of web APIs and allows wrapping web code into native code using plugins.

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Mermaid

Mermaid

Development

Mermaid is an open-source tool that allows you to create diagrams and visualizations using text and code. It is designed to integrate with documentation sites and wikis to add charts and graphs through a simple markdown-inspired script language. The key benefit is the ability to generate complex diagrams that are portable, themeable, and easy to edit programmatically.

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