Create diagrams with the free yEd Graph Editor for macOS

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yEd for Mac

February, 20th 2025 - 154.15 MB - Freeware

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Latest Version

yEd 3.25.1 LATEST
Review by

Juan Garcia
Operating System

Mac OS X 10.11 or later
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yWorks / External Link
Filename

yEd-3.25.1_with-JRE21_arm64.dmg
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07b462553e118cbe8e527b9217d86685

yEd for Mac is a powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams. Create diagrams manually, or import your external data for analysis.

Automatic layout algorithms arrange even large data sets with just the press of a button. yEd Graph Editor is freely available and runs on all major platforms: Windows, Unix/Linux, and macOS.

Import your own data from an Excel® spreadsheet (.xls) or XML
Create diagrams with ease via an intuitive user interface
Automatically arrange your diagram elements
Export bitmap and vector graphics as PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, SWF

yEd Graph Editor for macOS supports a wide variety of diagram types.

In addition to the illustrated types, yEd also supports organization charts, mind maps, swimlane diagrams, Entity Relationship diagrams, and many more.

Features and Highlights

Interactive Hierarchical Layout can be used to interactively layout hierarchical or pseudo-hierarchical scenarios.
Hierarchical Layout can be used to perfectly visualize hierarchical or pseudo-hierarchical scenarios.
Orthogonal Layout produces clear representations of complex networks.
Organic Layout and Smart Organic Layout produce clear representations of complex diagrams like ER-diagrams, UML diagrams, and many more.
Organic Edge Router reroutes edges in existing drawings organically.
Orthogonal Edge Router can reroute edges in existing drawings orthogonally.
Circular Layout portrays interconnected ring and star topologies perfectly.
Tree Layout can be used to visualize tree-like structures in many different ways.
The tree layout algorithms can also be used on graphs that are almost like trees.
a customizable workplace lets you arrange your tool windows to your needs
table-like property editors allow you to configure the graphical properties easily
Internationalization: yEd has been localized in English, German, and partially in Japanese
a sophisticated print preview allows you to preview the printing results (especially useful for poster-printing)
Session Management: yEd Graph Editor app remembers and manages your settings
Undoability support
Clipboard facility
Keyboard shortcuts for most of the functions
Integrated help system
Full support for the YGF file format. The native file format.
Full support for the XML-based GraphML file format.
Full support for the GML graph file format. GML is a popular text-based graph file format.
Full support for the XML-based GML graph file format. This is a variant of the GML language that uses XML syntax.
Import of arbitrary XML files. An XSLT stylesheet must be given that transforms the XML input into a valid GraphML. Predefined stylesheets for Ant build scripts, the OWL Web ontology language, and others are included.
Export to the SVG vector graphics file format.
Export to the Windows Meta File (WMF) file format. A vector graphics format used in almost any Windows application.
Export to JPG and GIF file formats. Export large images as multiple images and HTML tables also supported!
Export to BMP (on Windows machines) and PNG file formats.

How to Use

Install the app by dragging it into Applications
Launch yEd and choose a diagram type
Use the toolbar to add shapes and connectors
Customize layout using automatic layout algorithms
Import data from Excel, XML, or GraphML
Export diagrams as images or PDFs
Save projects in .graphml format

System Requirements

macOS 10.12 Sierra or later

Intel or Apple Silicon Mac

At least 2 GB RAM

100 MB of free disk space

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) included with installer

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