Current outcome
Terrastruct's TALA layout engine, optimized for D2 software architecture diagrams, has been open-sourced. Previously a separate commercial and proprietary component, TALA is now available on GitHub and can be activated via the D2_LAYOUT environment variable. D2 users previously had to pay for or skip TALA, despite many finding its output markedly better than D2's default layout or ELK. Open-sourcing makes this layout engine freely available to the community and invites outside contributions, which could accelerate its improvement and broaden adoption. TALA is a separate install from D2, preserving D2 itself as fully free and open-source software, and it is invoked by setting the D2_LAYOUT environment variable rather than being the default renderer. It powers all diagrams in D2 Studio, and Terrastruct invites users to file bugs and feature requests as GitHub issues.
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TALA Layout Engine for D2 Diagrams Goes Open-Source
Terrastruct's TALA layout engine, optimized for D2 software architecture diagrams, has been open-sourced. Previously a separate commercial and proprietary component, TALA is now available on GitHub and can be activated via the D2_LAYOUT environment variable. D2 users previously had to pay for or skip TALA, despite many finding its output markedly better than D2's default layout or ELK. Open-sourcing makes this layout engine freely available to the community and invites outside contributions, which could accelerate its improvement and broaden adoption. TALA is a separate install from D2, preserving D2 itself as fully free and open-source software, and it is invoked by setting the D2_LAYOUT environment variable rather than being the default renderer. It powers all diagrams in D2 Studio, and Terrastruct invites users to file bugs and feature requests as GitHub issues.
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