Rappid is a diagramming framework for advanced applications, delivering the best of HTML 5 + SVG and providing you with the right tools to build outstanding products.
Create your next visual tools in days, not months, by focusing on your underlying business logic instead of worrying about the UI.
Enjoy interactive flowcharts, diagrams, graphs and more directly inside your apps, and enable users to manipulate the data from within.
Every part of the user interface can be customized to match your experience and brand, and can be embedded in any page, and communicate via AJAX and JSON with any back-end.
many examples to use and explore, with source code
What It Does
There are many ways Rappid can bring your visions to life. Here are just a few examples.
Workflow Systems
Integrate a visual interface to workflow systems such as IVR, ETL, marketing automation applications and more.
BPMN Tools
Quickly create Business Process Management tools, and connect any backend technology via JSON Ajax.
Project Management
Build project management applications with highly interactive, visual, and customized components.
Diagramming Editors
Build diagramming applications such as Org Chart Editors, Mind Mapping Tools, Flowchart Editors and more.
Floor Planners
Add a floor planner editor to your applications dealing with floor layout, event planning and others.
Dependency Management
Design a dependency management interface to make it easy for app users to follow dependencies in a visual way.
It Works Everywhere
Rappid works across all devices so you can deploy an unlimited number of commercial applications with full access to source code. And it's compatible with all major JavaScript frameworks, including:
Extensive Plugin Sets
You can easily expand and customize Rappid's functionality. Here are some popular examples of the many plugins available.
Control Panels
A configurable control panel above diagram elements to keep important tools close at hand.
Element Palettes
Element palette with accordion like grouping for quick and easy access to what you need.
Export
Export your diagrams to other useful formats such as JSON, PNG, JPEG or SVG.
Free Transform
Resize your elements on all sides and in any direction, including when rotated.
Layouts
Automatically and conveniently layout your elements in a tree, grid, or any directed graph.
Undo / Redo
Undo and Redo actions down to an arbitrary level and as often as needed.
Charts
Plots, Bars, Area, Pie & Donuts, Matrix and Knobs. Charts are an element that you can use like any other shape.
Tree Layouts
Automatic tree layout of elements is great for org charts, class inheritance, sitemaps and other similar structures.
Local Storage
A high level API to conveniently and efficiently store graphs and any other documents in a browser's local storage.
Validator
Make sure your documents are always in the state you need them to be by automatically cancelling invalid actions.
Channel
A great feature that allows you to bring real-time collaboration to your applications.
Tooltips
Display your info messages anywhere in the user interface while also supporting HTML content.
"Rappid was really a great find, as it gave us a great boost in the diagramming frontend of our application. These guys know their business and give you a great support on your development. One of our requirements was to have a BPMN diagram support in our app and they quickly supplied this as a plugin to Rappid!"
KEVIN MANSEL
Senior Software Engineer, Patent Navigation
"The Rappid toolkit is the best solution we found as a full fledged diagramming library for the web. The client IO team has been extremely responsive to our needs and it’s been great to help contribute back to the product throughout our development process."
RYAN GETEK
Information Systems Security Engineer, U.S. Dept. of Defense
"Thanks for making JointJS and Rappid available, and for continuing to refine it. It is doing exactly what I need."
