Wang says Terrastruct is shutting down and open-sources its proprietary layout engine
The MPL-2.0 release folds Terrastruct's architecture-focused layout engine into D2 v0.9.0, where developers can select it with --layout=tala.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: D2
Why it matters
Terrastruct's proprietary layout engine is becoming open-source infrastructure inside D2, giving developers direct access to TALA as Wang moves the diagramming project to nonprofit stewardship.
Terrastruct founder Alexander Wang said on September 7th that he had open-sourced Terrastruct's TALA diagram layout engine and bundled it into D2, a language that turns text into diagrams, starting with v0.9.0. The release follows his announcement that Terrastruct was shutting down and that D2 would continue under nonprofit stewardship.…
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