Master Business Flowchart Design with LogicFlow: A Powerful Open‑Source Front‑End Framework

LogicFlow, an open‑source TypeScript‑based flowchart editor from Didi, offers high customizability, rich interactions, plugin extensions, and a browser‑side execution engine, enabling developers to quickly integrate diverse diagram types—such as flowcharts, mind maps, ER and UML—into business applications, with simple npm installation and comprehensive examples.

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Master Business Flowchart Design with LogicFlow: A Powerful Open‑Source Front‑End Framework

Project Overview

LogicFlow

is a TypeScript‑based flowchart editing framework focusing on customizable business scenarios. It supports regular flowcharts, mind maps, ER diagrams, UML, workflow diagrams, and provides node customization, plugin extensions, and a front‑end execution engine, suitable for individual developers and large companies like Meituan and Didi.

It has gained over 10.5K stars on GitHub, indicating strong community interest.

LogicFlow logo
LogicFlow logo

Key Features

High customizability: node styles, connectors, themes, custom shapes, colors, icons, and property panels can be tailored to business needs.

Rich interaction and visualization: drag‑and‑drop, connection, copy, undo, zoom, etc., enable easy creation and editing of complex logic diagrams.

Flexible plugins and extensions: built‑in property panel, layout, mini‑map, and the ability to develop complex custom plugins.

Front‑end execution engine: runs diagram logic directly in the browser without backend dependence.

Data format conversion: supports conversion with BPMN, Turbo and other backend engines.

Multi‑framework and scenario support: examples for React, Vue, and vanilla JS; supports flowcharts, UML, ER, mind maps, etc.

Quick Installation and Usage

Install via npm, yarn, or pnpm:

# npm install
npm install @logicflow/core @logicflow/extension --save

# yarn install
yarn add @logicflow/core @logicflow/extension

# pnpm install
pnpm add @logicflow/core @logicflow/extension

Basic usage example:

// Import LogicFlow core and extension
import LogicFlow from '@logicflow/core';
import '@logicflow/extension';

// Define nodes and edges
const data = {
  nodes: [
    { id: '21', type: 'rect', x: 100, y: 200, text: '矩形节点' },
    { id: '50', type: 'circle', x: 300, y: 400, text: '圆形节点' }
  ],
  edges: [
    { type: 'polyline', sourceNodeId: '50', targetNodeId: '21' }
  ]
};

// Initialize LogicFlow instance
const lf = new LogicFlow({
  container: document.querySelector('#container'),
  width: 700,
  height: 600
});
lf.render(data);

After running the code, a basic diagram with a rectangle node, a circle node, and a connecting edge is displayed, and further styling and interaction can be customized.

Conclusion

LogicFlow

is a robust open‑source solution for business‑oriented diagram needs, offering extensive customization, rich interaction, and front‑end execution capabilities.

Project Links

GitHub: https://github.com/didi/LogicFlow

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