Vithanco — A New Chapter
The new way of diagramming
Over the last years, Vithanco has been my place to explore structured visual thinking: how ideas, arguments, and change initiatives can be made clearer through well-defined visual structures.
You will most likely know that I have been working on the Vithanco software to support this way of thinking. Until now, that software existed only as a standalone application for macOS. It served me well, but it also came with obvious limitations: platform dependency, installation friction, and limited reach.
I recently reimplemented and reimagined this software from the ground up.
From Desktop App to WebAssembly
The new implementation is delivered as a WebAssembly. In practical terms, this means the software now runs directly in the browser. No installation. No platform restrictions. If you have a modern browser, you can use it.
This first version focuses on a core idea:
graphs are created from a textual representation.
Instead of drawing boxes and arrows manually, you describe the structure in text. The system then renders this structure as an SVG diagram. This approach is intentionally simple and explicit. It favours clarity of structure over visual tweaking.
Current State
This is a screen shot from my Vithanco website.
The software already generates clean SVG diagrams for a first set of notations. You can follow each link and will find a way to create diagrams directly in your browser.
Each of these notations represents a specific way of thinking, not just a diagramming style as you have read here before. The goal is not to replace general-purpose drawing tools, but to support structured reasoning.
What This Is — and What It Is Not
This is an early version. It does not yet offer all the capabilities of the original macOS application. The focus so far has been on correctness, structure, and a clean rendering pipeline.
Over time, it will gradually move closer to feature parity with the old software. But for now, it is intentionally limited and opinionated.
Try It Out
Everyone can already start building their own diagrams directly in the browser. No account required. No setup.
If you try it, I would genuinely appreciate your feedback—especially around usability, notation support, and where the textual approach helps (or gets in the way).
As always, the aim is not more diagrams, but better thinking.
Let me know what you think.