Hey DEV community! 👋

I just launched Flowova — an AI flowchart generator that accepts anything as input. Text, images, PDFs, Word docs, PowerPoint, even photos of whiteboard sketches.

The idea: Drop anything, get flowcharts

Most flowchart tools start with a blank canvas. Flowova starts with whatever you already have:

• 📝 Text — Describe your process naturally
• 🖼️ Images — Screenshots, photos, existing diagrams
• 📄 PDF — Documentation, specs, reports
• 📊 Word / PPT / Excel — Your existing files
• 🔀 Mix them — Upload multiple files at once

The AI reads everything, understands the context, and generates a structured flowchart.

Why I built this

I kept running into the same problem: I’d have a process documented somewhere — in a PDF spec, a Word doc, a screenshot from a meeting — and I needed to turn it into a proper flowchart.

The old way: Read the doc → Open diagramming tool → Manually recreate everything → 30+ minutes gone.

Now: Drop the file → Done.

Features developers will care about

Mermaid round-trip support

This was a must-have for me:

flowchart TD
A[Start] --> B{Decision}
B -->|Yes| C[Action 1]
B -->|No| D[Action 2]

• Import existing Mermaid code
• Edit visually with drag-and-drop
• Export back to Mermaid

Paste directly into GitHub README, Notion, GitLab wikis, or any Markdown file.

Full visual editor

Not just AI-generated output — you get a real editor:

• 18+ shapes (rectangles, diamonds, parallelograms, etc.)
• 5 edge styles
• One-click auto layout
• Frames & grouping
• Keyboard shortcuts that actually work

40+ themes

Because flowcharts shouldn’t look like they’re from 2005.

Quick demo

Try it

👉 flowova.ai

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I’d love feedback from the community:

• What input formats would be most useful to add?
• Any features that would make this fit your workflow better?

Thanks for checking it out! 🙏