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Hey, thank you. There is no self-hosted version as such, but there is Ilograph Desktop (https://www.ilograph.com/desktop/index.html), which is non-SaaS and works with local diagram files. You can then check your diagrams into e.g. GitHub.

A self-hosted version of what you see on web is probably a 2022 feature, after Confluence support. Real-time collaboration like Google docs is probably the same timeframe. Thanks for this feedback!

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I'd be a regular user in a heartbeat if there's a self-hosted version.

I regularly use a self-hosted version of draw.io / diagrams.net for creating what you're calling "multiperspective" diagrams and walkthroughs by hand - basically drawing dozens of variants of a single diagram and embedding them into docs with some text around them. I know I'm not alone, there are probably 100s of potential users in my workplace alone.

This tool can save me days/months of time but the nature of my work is confidential and I cannot use any tools that are hosted elsewhere.

Thanks this, this is great to know. If I can ask, do you self-host as part of an organization, or using your own personal setup? I'm thinking about how authorization, data storage, backups etc. would work for your use-case.

I self-host as as part of an organization with a custom auth that integrates with the orgs SSO. Storage and backups aren't enabled.

I had to pass on it previously because it was hosted, the self-hosting + confluence support for next year will definitely put it in the running.

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