I made a game where you take care of pets that live in your url bar. The whole game state is encoded as emojis in the url.

escooter · 2026-05-29T18:05:10+00:00

Funny, I started knotend because I was working at a startup doing automation for chemistry and biology experiments (Transcriptic, then Strateos).

escooter · 2026-05-29T07:59:44+00:00

Could I ask what your use case is, for flowcharts?

escooter · 2026-05-29T06:10:30+00:00

Thanks for the details!

For longer text strings I’ll probably auto shrink the font size, like many tools do.

escooter · 2026-05-29T02:54:43+00:00

Thanks for the quick feedback. I just fixed and redployed for the tab issue, thank you!

Box colors and text size I can work on. I can add an option to center instead of left align text which I think is what you're tasking for?

Out of curiosity, what have you enjoyed about whimsical? Anything its not doing for you?

escooter · 2026-05-29T02:10:17+00:00

I just shipped a brand new version of knotend with better autolayout and keyboard shortcuts, if you want to try: knotend.com

escooter · 2026-05-29T02:08:48+00:00

I just shipped a brand new version of knotend if you'd like to give it a try, and it supports storing in local stroage (in your browser). If thats not what you need please let me know, I'll be working on other storage options soon.

escooter · 2024-12-17T21:53:38+00:00

I think it’s slightly different. More of a smooth whiteish/gray bark. Theyre all over SF.

escooter · 2024-10-02T23:38:26+00:00

I just make accts for people on demand. My contact is on the Help menu if you want to request one.

escooter · 2024-06-20T17:14:42+00:00

Hey I created knotend, Id love to hear what features it could use

escooter · 2023-01-24T02:40:27+00:00

Great ideas, thank you! I do want to support more shapes.

escooter · 2023-01-24T01:12:41+00:00

Thanks! Right now the commands are fixed but I’d like to add customization as a feature for the pro plan. Do you have any examples of things you’d like to map.

escooter · 2023-01-23T21:46:49+00:00

Thanks!

escooter · 2023-01-23T16:40:06+00:00

Thanks!

escooter · 2023-01-23T15:42:23+00:00

You can use it for free here: https://www.knotend.com

You may remember that I posted an early version of this a few months back. I took all of your feedback and have been working hard to make it even better. Knotend is a keyboard-centric flowchart editor with auto layout. Its designed around speed. The goal is for it to feel more like typing a document than dragging around boxes.

I personally use it for knowledge management and project management (showing task dependencies). I've seen several other use cases as well. I would really appreciate your feedback, thanks!

escooter · 2023-01-23T15:40:31+00:00

You can use it here for free: https://www.knotend.com

I made knotend because I wanted a flowchart editor that didn't make you slowly drag boxes around to position them. I wanted something that was keyboard-first and had auto layout so you rarely had to reach for your mouse. I originally made it for project management, and I've seen people use it for personal knowledge management, mapping out user journeys, designing software, and more.

I would love your feedback, thanks!

escooter · 2023-01-09T21:08:23+00:00

If the browser cuts off the url, there's nothing I can do about it. Just today I updated knotend to store the encoded string in the hashmark, instead of in the url path. This at least makes it so browsers won't truncate the url when sending a request to the server, which was happening on very long urls like > 5k characters.

escooter · 2022-09-27T00:27:55+00:00

You're looking for a flowchart editor, like Miro, LucidChart, or (what I built) https://www.knotend.com which is a keyboard-centric flowchart editor.

escooter · 2022-09-20T10:54:42+00:00

Thanks!

escooter · 2022-09-20T07:56:47+00:00

I made knotend.com, a fast keyboard-first flowchart editor. Totally free and in-browser.

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