AlgoDraw

AlgoDraw is a lightweight and easy-to-use software application that enables you to create simple flowcharts. It doesn't require any programming experience, making it accessible to all user levels.

Start with empty projects or templates

After a fast and uncomplicated setup operation, you are greeted by what looks like an outdated interface, made from a classical window that invites you to put together new empty pages with or without automatic links. Several templates are provided for generating general or simple flowcharts, or with subroutines or interruptions.

Insert and order flowchart elements

The drawing box contains tools for marking the start of processes, sequences, decisions, process terminators, macro structures, comments, initializing, inputting and outputting, loop begin and end, along with call subroutine and manual actions. Objects inserted into the project can be seamlessly re-arranged by resorting to the drag-and-drop support.

Copy flowcharts as images or save code as text

It's possible to enter full screen mode, zoom in and out, clean up and optimize the flowchart, erase all links, print the flowchart or copy it as a colored or black-and-white image, as well as edit properties regarding the grid contrast, position, modules size and arrow heads. Moreover, the code can be exported as a text document.

Evaluation and conclusion

The application worked smoothly in our tests, without causing the OS to hang, crash or prompt error messages. It had minimal impact on computer performance, using low CPU and RAM. On the other hand, AlgoDraw hasn't been updated for a pretty long time, which the interface makes quite obvious. Nevertheless, it provides less experienced users with a speedy method for drawing simple flowcharts.