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Mermaid Viewer
✓ verifiedFreemium
Browser-based Mermaid diagram editor with live preview, AI generation and multi-format export.
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The New GitBook
✓ verifiedFreemium
Documentation platform for publishing accurate, AI-ready docs sites, with Git sync and an MCP server for AI tools.
653K visits/mo2.9K saves
Pricing
Free: $0 (3 diagrams, watermarked export)
Starter: $69.99/yr (30 diagrams)
Pro: $119.99/yr (unlimited diagrams)
No public pricing
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦Live diagram preview while typing
- ✦AI (GPT-4) text-to-Mermaid generation
- ✦Export to SVG, PNG, PDF and Markdown
- ✦Syntax error highlighting and auto-correction
- ✦Real-time collaborative editing
- ✦Docker private deployment with access control
- ✦Publish structured documentation sites
- ✦Git sync for docs-as-code workflows
- ✦AI setup agent to build and import docs
- ✦GitBook MCP server for AI access
- ✦Enterprise controls
- ✦Free tier to start
Use cases
- →Draft and preview Mermaid diagrams quickly
- →Generate diagrams from plain-text descriptions
- →Share and co-edit diagrams with a team
- →Self-host diagram editing for enterprises
- →Publish product and API documentation
- →Maintain docs-as-code with Git sync
- →Make docs consumable by AI assistants
- →Import existing docs into a hosted site
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