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2026

The draw.io configuration dialog
New and updated export formats
Editable Mermaid diagrams
Better automatic layouts with ELK
More multi-coloured shapes and updated shape libraries
Draw custom polygon shapes

2025

The draw.io app for Confluence Cloud transitions to Forge-only
Shape library updates for multi-colour shapes
Configure draw.io online to disable AI diagrams
Deprecated - draw.io apps for Docs, Sheets and Slides
A modern and streamlined interface for draw.io

2024

draw.io app Editions for Atlassian Confluence Cloud (early access program)
More updated networking and cloud shape libraries
New IBM Cloud shape library for technical diagrams
Align connectors easily with a waypoint shape
draw.io updated for Atlassian Jira Software 10.0
draw.io for Confluence Data Center 9.0
Mermaid in draw.io updated to support ELK layout
Privacy policy updates
Collaborative editing in draw.io in Confluence DC
High contrast mode in draw.io
draw.io in Confluence DC - full version support and regular updates

2023

draw.io is sponsoring FOSDEM 2024
Swap and replace shapes and connectors
New keyboard shortcuts in draw.io
Updates to draw.io dark mode diagrams improve readability
draw.io automatically applies your Jira Cloud theme to diagram thumbnails
Using diagrams with GitLab
Thanks for supporting draw.io in 2022

2022

The many faces of draw.io
Gliffy vs draw.io - concurrent editing
Updated shapes for GCP and AWS network diagrams
Edit the connection points on a shape
Reporting issues, suggesting features and upvoting
Reviews from real draw.io users

2021

New draw.io features and updates in 2021
End of support for IE 11
Diagramming in a free Confluence Cloud instance
New draw.io Board macro for whiteboard-style diagrams in Confluence Cloud
UML 2.5 shape library with updated shapes

2020

Keep your diagrams on premises with draw.io
Manage your budget moving to Confluence Cloud
Maths equations in diagrams
Go to diagram.new to create a new diagram
Reference implementation moving to app.diagrams.net

2019

We are sponsoring FOSDEM 2020
Updates to the draw.io desktop app
More example diagrams and templates on GitHub

2018

Diagrams in Google Docs now support high resolution images

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