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# Docker container for mermaid
[mermaid](http://knsv.github.io/mermaid/) is an open source tool for generating diagram and flowchart from text in a similar manner as markdown. This docker image contains mermaid 7.0.0 and is build on top of the official node 8.8.1 image.
* [GitHub Repository with Dockerbuild files](https://github.com/felixlohmeier/mermaid-docker)
* [Docker Hub with docker images](https://hub.docker.com/r/felixlohmeier/mermaid)
## fixed versions
* [mermaid 7.0.0](https://yarn.pm/mermaid)
* [node 8.8.1](https://hub.docker.com/_/node/)
* [phantomjs 2.1.4](https://yarn.pm/phantomjs-prebuilt)
## usage
> docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/data:z felixlohmeier/mermaid
## typical workflow
1. Create your graph in [mermaid's live editor](https://mermaidjs.github.io/mermaid-live-editor/)
2. Copy & paste your graph config in a text editor and save it to a local file
3. Download a stylesheet from <https://unpkg.com/mermaid@7.0.13/dist/themes/> (and customize it if you want)
4. Run this docker container to create png and svg.
## Example
* render both formats (svg + png): `-s -p`
* width of the png: 600 pixel: `-w 600`
* apply custom stylesheet [mermaid.neutral.css](https://unpkg.com/mermaid@7.0.13/dist/themes/mermaid.neutral.css) from local file `-t mermaid.neutral.css`
* name of local file containing graph config: `myflowchart.mmd`
> docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/data:z felixlohmeier/mermaid -s -p -w 600 -t mermaid.neutral.css myflowchart.mmd