This theme comes with built in mermaid support powered by mermaid-js. To enable mermaid for a page, you have to put mermaid: true in your page front-matter. For example, this page has the following front-matter:

title: "Mermaid Support"
date: 2022-03-14T06:15:35+06:00
menu:
  sidebar:
    name: Mermaid
    identifier: writing-post-mermaid
    parent: writing-post
    weight: 60
mermaid: true

Then, you can use mermaid short code to add your mermaid content. For example:

{{< mermaid align="center">}}
  # your mermaid content here
{{< /mermaid >}}

The mermaid short code accept the following parameters:

  • align: Let’s you align your diagram at left, right, or center. The default alignment is center.
  • background: Let’s you change the background color of your diagram.

In addition, you can also customize the theme of yours diagrams, for example:

{{< mermaid align="center" >}}
%%{init: {'theme':'default'}}%%
  # your mermaid content here
{{< mermaid >}}

The theme parameter accept the following values:

  • default
  • neutral
  • dark
  • forest
  • base

Examples

Here, are few example of different diagram using mermaid.

Graph

{{< mermaid align="left" >}}
graph LR;
    A[Hard edge] -->|Link text| B(Round edge)
    B --> C{Decision}
    C -->|One| D[Result one]
    C -->|Two| E[Result two]
{{< /mermaid >}}
graph LR; A[Hard edge] -->|Link text| B(Round edge) B --> C{Decision} C -->|One| D[Result one] C -->|Two| E[Result two]

Sequence Diagram

{{< mermaid >}}
sequenceDiagram
    participant Alice
    participant Bob
    Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you?
    loop Healthcheck
        John->>John: Fight against hypochondria
    end
    Note right of John: Rational thoughts <br/>prevail!
    John-->>Alice: Great!
    John->>Bob: How about you?
    Bob-->>John: Jolly good!
{{< /mermaid >}}
sequenceDiagram participant Alice participant Bob Alice->>John: Hello John, how are you? loop Healthcheck John->>John: Fight against hypochondria end Note right of John: Rational thoughts
prevail! John-->>Alice: Great! John->>Bob: How about you? Bob-->>John: Jolly good!

Gantt diagram

{{< mermaid >}}
gantt
  dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
  title Adding GANTT diagram to mermaid
  excludes weekdays 2014-01-10

section A section
  Completed task            :done,    des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08
  Active task               :active,  des2, 2014-01-09, 3d
  Future task               :         des3, after des2, 5d
  Future task2               :         des4, after des3, 5d
{{< /mermaid >}}
gantt dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD title Adding GANTT diagram to mermaid excludes weekdays 2014-01-10 section A section Completed task :done, des1, 2014-01-06,2014-01-08 Active task :active, des2, 2014-01-09, 3d Future task : des3, after des2, 5d Future task2 : des4, after des3, 5d

Class Diagram

{{< mermaid >}}
classDiagram
  Class01 <|-- AveryLongClass : Cool
  Class03 *-- Class04
  Class05 o-- Class06
  Class07 .. Class08
  Class09 --> C2 : Where am i?
  Class09 --* C3
  Class09 --|> Class07
  Class07 : equals()
  Class07 : Object[] elementData
  Class01 : size()
  Class01 : int chimp
  Class01 : int gorilla
  Class08 <--> C2: Cool label
{{< /mermaid >}}
classDiagram Class01 <|-- AveryLongClass : Cool Class03 *-- Class04 Class05 o-- Class06 Class07 .. Class08 Class09 --> C2 : Where am i? Class09 --* C3 Class09 --|> Class07 Class07 : equals() Class07 : Object[] elementData Class01 : size() Class01 : int chimp Class01 : int gorilla Class08 <--> C2: Cool label

Git Graph

{{< mermaid background="black" align="center" >}}
%%{init: { 'themeVariables': {
           'commitLabelColor': '#000000',
           'commitLabelFontSize': '12px'
  } } }%%
gitGraph
commit
branch newbranch
checkout newbranch
commit
commit
branch master
checkout master
commit
commit
merge newbranch
{{< /mermaid >}}
%%{init: { 'themeVariables': { 'commitLabelColor': '#000000', 'commitLabelFontSize': '12px' } } }%% gitGraph commit branch newbranch checkout newbranch commit commit branch master checkout master commit commit merge newbranch

ER Diagram

{{< mermaid >}}
erDiagram
    CUSTOMER ||--o{ ORDER : places
    ORDER ||--|{ LINE-ITEM : contains
    CUSTOMER }|..|{ DELIVERY-ADDRESS : uses
{{< /mermaid >}}
erDiagram CUSTOMER ||--o{ ORDER : places ORDER ||--|{ LINE-ITEM : contains CUSTOMER }|..|{ DELIVERY-ADDRESS : uses