What is the closest solution to Microsoft Visio with Latex text?

Thanks for all your suggestions. Here's a summary - feel free to edit it with other options:

  • Inkscape + textext extension
  • Ipe
  • Xfig

I went with Ipe because it's really user friendly.

Update:

I recently started using draw.io - it's much easier and has a lot of prefabricated shapes.


I'm not too familiar with Microsoft Visio, but another option might be the web app draw.io. It's a nice diagramming tool that interfaces with Google Drive and other services, and supports export to png, svg, and pdf.

Draw.io supports MathJax for mathematical typesetting.