Flowchart software

Lucidchart offers intuitive, intelligent flowchart software to help you diagram with ease. No matter what you’re diagramming, we have the tools you need. Use Lucidchart to make your flowchart quickly and without fuss and to make it look polished and professional.

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se our intuitive, free flowchart software to make flowcharts quickly.

Visualize processes to improve efficiency

Make a flowchart in Lucidchart to document a process. After, you can analyze it—then improve the process for efficiency and quality. Identify bottlenecks, redundancies, and unnecessary steps in a process and make it better.

Get everyone on the same page

Use flowcharts to communicate processes for training new hires or other teams in your organization. When everyone can visualize the process, everyone can understand and follow it.

Enjoy Lucidchart’s advanced features

If you need to make a large, complex diagram, Lucidchart’s flowchart software has you covered. Use features like conditional formatting, data linking, layers, action buttons, and external links to include all the information you need and still be able to navigate your diagram.

Collaborate with your team

Work with your team to analyze how a process could be improved. Update and share information instantly with real-time collaboration, @mention commenting, and in-editor chat.

Work from anywhere

Our flowchart software is based in the cloud, so you can access your diagrams from any desktop, tablet, or mobile device. Wherever you go, you can use Lucidchart.

Ideate with a template

Lucidchart’s template gallery includes more than 1,000 custom-made diagramming templates for you to choose from. Use a template to get a head start on your flowchart.

Trust our reputation

Lucidchart has thousands of glowing reviews on third-party apps like G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius. You don’t have to take our word that Lucidchart is easy to use—take everyone else’s.

Master Lucidchart’s basics in 3 minutes

Master the basics of Lucidchart in 3 minutes

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Learn how to create your first flowchart from a blank canvas, use a template, or import a document.
Add shapes and connecting lines to your diagram, then write text to describe your subject.
Learn how to adjust the styling and formatting within your flowchart to make it look clean and professional.
Use Feature Find to locate any feature or tool within your flowchart.
Share your flowchart with your team and collaborate on it.

Create a flowchart

Free flowchart templates

Start creating your flowchart by using one of our free templates.

Algorithm flowchart template

Go to Algorithm flowchart template template

Production flowchart template

Go to Production flowchart template template

Swimlane flowchart example

Go to Swimlane flowchart example template

Lucidchart integrations

Connect Lucidchart to your favorite industry-leading apps.

See why teams use Lucidchart as their flowchart software

Diagram, visualize data, and collaborate all in one platform.

Collaborating with team members in Lucidchart

Collaboration

Use Lucidchart on any device with ease. Lucidchart helps teams collaborate in real time from anywhere in the world. Enhance productivity while working with your team to achieve your goals.

Clarity

Lucidchart brings clarity to the complex. Intelligent diagramming allows you to quickly visualize projects and processes from start to finish.

Alignment

Drive alignment with your team by collaborating in the same space. Quickly map out processes and ideas together in real time so that you never miss a beat.

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Better together

The Lucid Visual Collaboration Suite transforms the way you work from ideation to project completion. Brainstorm and plan in Lucidspark, then map it out in Lucidchart. Create a living blueprint of your organization.

What is a flowchart?

Flowcharts are diagrams that show processes, systems, or computer algorithms. Flowcharts can use a variety of shapes to represent each step of the process, with connecting arrows to show the sequence. Because they make complex processes clear and easy to understand, you’ll find flowcharts in both technical and non-technical fields to document, study, plan, improve, or communicate information. They are one of the most common kinds of diagrams.

How to use Lucidchart’s flowchart software

Start with a free flowchart template or a blank document
Start your flowchart by choosing one of our flowchart templates. You can also open a blank document and drag and drop shapes from our Containers shape library.

Drag and drop shapes onto the editor
Click on any flowchart shape, drag it onto the editor, and drop it in for placement. You can add whatever information you want, including colors, images, text, animations, and links.

Start connecting shapes
To connect shapes, click on the white dot that’s outlined in red on any shape, then drag a line out to connect or point to your desired location or shape.

Edit shapes and lines
To edit a single shape or line, click on it and enhance or reduce it to the desired size. Change the color by selecting a shade from the fill color icon in the top toolbar.

Share, embed, or publish your flowchart
Share your flowchart with anyone by clicking the Share button in the upper-right corner. Embed the document somewhere else by clicking on the Share tab, then clicking on Embed, and copying the embed code.

Frequently asked questions

What are the basic symbols and elements of a flowchart?

All flowcharts use five primary symbols. An oval indicates the start or end of the process. A rectangle indicates any step within the process. The diamond symbol indicates where a decision needs to be made. You’ll also see input and output symbols for information entering or leaving the process and arrows to show a directional path. Lucidchart has all the proper flowcharting symbols and notation.

How do I get the content in the swimlane flowchart to automatically move when I move the swimlanes?

Swimlanes are automatically “magnetized” so that all of the shapes within them move together. To turn magnetization on or off for specific lanes, select the swim lane and click the magnet symbol at the top right of the editor.

How do I format my line connections in Lucidchart?

By default, your lines will automatically connect to components and create line jumps when they intersect. You can modify these and other settings using the properties bar or by navigating to your page settings.

How can I color-code symbols and notation in my flowchart?

Lucidchart makes it easy. Use conditional formatting to color-code and organize symbols in your flowchart without having to switch everything manually.

If I’m making a flowchart for a very large process, how do I create a second page for the flowchart?

Turn on auto tiling under File > Page Settings. This will allow you to just drag and drop your shapes off the original page, and it will automatically create a second page. You can also change the size of your pages from this tab.

I need to share my flowchart with other teams and co-workers. What are my options within Lucidchart?

You can publish your flowchart diagram as an image, email your work to individuals or groups, or use the Lucidchart add-ons in popular team apps like Confluence and Slack