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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
Using draw.io with attachment retention rules in Confluence Data Center
Using adaptive colours to diagram in light and dark modes

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
Updated Citrix shape library for clean infrastructure diagrams
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
Useful medical diagrams for patients
draw.io automatically applies your Jira Cloud theme to diagram thumbnails
Using diagrams with GitLab
Feature flag development with tags in gitflow diagrams
Thanks for supporting draw.io in 2022

2022

Keep a draw.io diagram out of the recent diagrams list and search results with a sensitive label
Draw Azure architecture diagrams with updated shapes
Gliffy vs draw.io - concurrent editing
Updated shapes for GCP and AWS network diagrams
Reporting issues, suggesting features and upvoting
Reviews from real draw.io users

2021

New draw.io features and updates in 2021
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

Manage your budget moving to Confluence Cloud
Go to diagram.new to create a new diagram
Diagrams attached to Jira Server issues are now versioned

2019

We are sponsoring FOSDEM 2020
Updates to the draw.io desktop app
Use Cloudcraft to export your AWS architecture to a .drawio diagram

2018

Using the diagrams.net Chrome app

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