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xyflow
Company blog · xyflow.com/blog · on HN as moklickprogrammingweb
xyflow is the company blog at xyflow.com, writing about programming and web. Since 2023, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Svelte Flow – a library for rendering interactive node-based UIs”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link xyflow as the library behind node-based diagram UIs, React Flow, which one suggests as a guess for what Obsidian's canvas uses. The comments concern the library, not any writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Powerful open source libraries for building node-based UIs with React or Svelte. Ready out-of-the-box and infinitely customizable.
Most-linked posts?
- Svelte Flow – a library for rendering interactive node-based UIs3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-11-07
- Show HN: Strudel Flow 2 – A visual music sequencer built with React Flow2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-09-06
What Hacker News says?
The canvas in Obsidian is as the whole app very well made. I wondered what they are using as well. My guess is https://www.xyflow.com/ , which is for drawing nodes. More general purpose would be http://fabricjs.com/ . Or very low level https://pixijs.com/ .
Comment linking /
on “JSON Canvas – An open file format for infinite canvas data”Submitted Show HN: React Flow 12 as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYou can programmatically remove the watermark, either via a flag or by changing the source code. > [1] No, you can do whatever you want with it since it’s MIT But if you use it in a commercial project, they'll likely shame you if you don't pay - like what happened to OpenAI with Agent Builder: > [2] Hey @OpenAI :) We just saw that you are using our open source library React Flow We offer startup discount codes :) Le…
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on “React Flow, open source libraries for node-based UIs with React or Svelte”Submitted Show HN: Strudel Flow 2 – A visual music sequencer built with React Flow as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Benchmarking node collision algorithms for React/Svelte Flow as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Strudel Flow as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Svelte Flow – a library for rendering interactive node-based UIs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why _Svelte_ Flow? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Svelte Flow – a library for rendering interactive node-based UIs as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Svelte Flow – a library for rendering interactive node-based UIs as a story · 1 points
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