I am trying to finally get my homelab organized, and I need assistance visualizing my network. I am just wondering if there are tools out there that assist with this. I have tried the paint and gimp routes, and I find myself spending more time trying to make it look good and organized rather than actually mapping my network. Is there any utility out there that is purpose build just for visualizing network topology? Or am I better off with just graph paper, pencil and a straight edge?

  • @vegetaaaaaaaEnglish
    5•11 months ago

    dia diagram editor (desktop application). I like that .dia diagrams can be exported to PNG by command-line so this fits well in my automated setup (edit diagram in dia, run make doc, PNG diagram updated and embedded in my projects README).

    As others said, draw.io is also nice.

    • @snekerpimpOPEnglish
      1•11 months ago

      .dia is new to me. I am about to jump from arch to debian on my main rig, so this might be a good option. thanks!