yEd Graph Editor

This is version 2.2.1 of the yEd Graph Editor.

yEd is a general purpose Graph Editor that can be used to create, view and layout diagrams. It exhibits many of the features provided by the graph visualization library yFiles.

yEd is a product of the diagraming company yWorks GmbH.

The yEd License Agreement applies to this software. You must read and accept this license before using yEd.

Starting the Graph Editor

Open a console and change to this directory. then type

java -jar yed.jar

Optionally start the editor for a given graph in YGF or GML format:

java -jar yed.jar <graphfile>

Under Windows you can simply doubleclick "yed.jar" in the the explorer window. This may not work if executable jar files have not the right file type associated.

Command Line Arguments

ArgumentDescription
-classic Starts YEd in classic mode, i.e. without the graph hierarchy feature enabled. There will be no tree view of the nodes and no hierarchy menu entry.
<graphfile> Loads and display the specified ygf or gml file on program startup

Troubleshooting

  1. If you get an OutOfMemoryException try starting the application with an additional argument:
    java -Xmx256m -jar yed.jar
  2. If yEd starts up in German (Deutsch) then switching to an English localization can be done by changing the setting in the menu [Datei->Einstellungen->Sprache] to English. After you restart yEd, the application will be fully localized in English.