Zorowire vs WireViz / Filare
WireViz ist ein kostenloses Open-Source-Werkzeug in Python, das aus einer YAML-Beschreibung von Steckverbindern und Kabeln klare Verbindungsdiagramme und eine Stückliste macht. Ein physisches Layout zeichnet es bewusst nicht. Zorowire importiert WireViz-YAML und ergänzt, was die Fertigung braucht: Segmentlängen, ein Formbrett 1:1, eine Leitungsliste und ein Angebot, im Browser.
github.com/wireviz/WireViz · geprüftKurz gesagt
Für klare Verbindungsdiagramme in Git ist WireViz zu diesem Preis kaum zu schlagen. Wenn Sie den Kabelbaum bauen müssen — Brett, Leitungsliste, Etiketten, ein Preis für den Kunden —, importieren Sie das YAML in Zorowire und ergänzen die Segmentlängen.
Was Sie mit Zorowire bekommen
- A 1:1 formboard from branch lengths, tiled for office printers.
- A cut list with cut lengths, strip lengths, terminals and seals per end.
- A quote from your labour times.
- Excel and CSV import, so nobody has to write YAML by hand.
- Nothing to install: no Python, no Graphviz on each computer.
Wo WireViz stark ist
- Free and open source (GPL-3.0), with a large community: 5,316 stars on GitHub on 30 October 2026.
- Clean, readable connection diagrams.
- Plain-text files that version well in git.
- Filare, a fork, adds multi-page documents.
Plan für Plan
| WireViz / Filare | Zorowire | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funktion | Free, open source | Free | Starter | Shop | Pro |
| Preis laut Liste | Free, GPL-3.0Quelle: github.com · geprüft | €0 | €24 a month or €190 a year | €79 a month or €790 a year | €149 a month or €1,490 a year |
| Nutzer | Anyone; files shared through gitQuelle: github.com · geprüft | 1 | 1 | 5, plus unlimited read-only viewers | 15, plus unlimited read-only viewers |
| Grenzen | NoneQuelle: github.com · geprüft | Unlimited harnesses × 150 connections; 3 quotes a month | 1,000 connections per harness; unlimited quotes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Plattform | Python command line with Graphviz, installed on each computerQuelle: news.ycombinator.com · geprüft | Browser on macOS, Windows and Linux; nothing to install | Browser on macOS, Windows and Linux; nothing to install | Browser on macOS, Windows and Linux; nothing to install | Browser on macOS, Windows and Linux; nothing to install |
| Formbrett 1:1 | No: connection diagrams, not a physical layoutQuelle: github.com · geprüft | Automatic 1:1 layout; tiled A4/A3/Letter/Tabloid with overlap, registration marks and a 100 mm check ruler, or one piece; peg coordinates | Automatic 1:1 layout; tiled A4/A3/Letter/Tabloid with overlap, registration marks and a 100 mm check ruler, or one piece; peg coordinates | Automatic 1:1 layout; tiled A4/A3/Letter/Tabloid with overlap, registration marks and a 100 mm check ruler, or one piece; peg coordinates | Automatic 1:1 layout; tiled A4/A3/Letter/Tabloid with overlap, registration marks and a 100 mm check ruler, or one piece; peg coordinates |
| Leitungsliste und Leitungslängen | No dedicated cut list (requested in issue #434); cable lengths appear in the BOMQuelle: github.com · geprüft | Your allowances per connector and splice end, loops, slack, rounding; strip length, terminal and seal per end | Your allowances per connector and splice end, loops, slack, rounding; strip length, terminal and seal per end | Your allowances per connector and splice end, loops, slack, rounding; strip length, terminal and seal per end | Your allowances per connector and splice end, loops, slack, rounding; strip length, terminal and seal per end |
| Etiketten | NoQuelle: github.com · geprüft | Wire-end, connector and bundle labels: PDF sheets and CSV for label software | Wire-end, connector and bundle labels: PDF sheets and CSV for label software | Wire-end, connector and bundle labels: PDF sheets and CSV for label software | Wire-end, connector and bundle labels: PDF sheets and CSV for label software |
| Stückliste | BOM as TSV and HTMLQuelle: github.com · geprüft | BOM CSV, wire and covering in metres | BOM CSV, wire and covering in metres | BOM CSV, wire and covering in metres | BOM CSV, wire and covering in metres |
| Angebot und Kalkulation | NoQuelle: github.com · geprüft | Labour from operations, setup, quantity breaks, margin, customer PDF: 3 a month | Same, unlimited; your labour table and price list | Same, for 5 users; quote PDF with your logo | Same, plus NRE lines and several price lists |
| Fehlende Angaben vor dem Angebot | NoQuelle: github.com · geprüft | Missing part numbers and prices flagged | Flagged; basic RFQ checklist | Full RFQ checklist: missing customer information, unidentified parts, supplier price requests | Full RFQ checklist |
| Revisionen | Through git diffs of the YAML textQuelle: github.com · geprüft | Last 2 revisions | Full history; diff of inputs, cut list, BOM and operations | Full history with diff | Full history with diff |
| Importe | YAML only; Excel import requested (issue #341)Quelle: github.com · geprüft | Excel and CSV with column mapping | Excel, CSV and WireViz YAML | Excel, CSV and WireViz YAML | Excel, CSV and WireViz YAML |
| Export für Schneidmaschinen | NoQuelle: github.com · geprüft | Generic metric cut-list CSV | Generic metric cut-list CSV | Generic metric cut-list CSV | Saved machine column profiles (planned)geplant |
| Sprachen | EnglishQuelle: github.com · geprüft | 32 interface languages; native text in English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian | 32 interface languages; native text in English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian | 32 interface languages; native text in English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian | 32 interface languages; native text in English, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian |
| Testen und Support | Free; help through GitHub issuesQuelle: github.com · geprüft | Free plan, no card; community support | E-mail support | E-mail support | Priority support |
Preisunterschied pro Jahr
| Documentation only | €0Quelle: github.com · geprüft | €0 on Free (150 connections per harness) | None: the difference is the board, the cut list and the quote |
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WireViz is free software. Zorowire's own WireViz reader was written from our own description of the file format; no WireViz code is used.
Suchen Sie eine WireViz-Alternative mit Formbrett?
Zorowire liest Ihr WireViz-YAML und macht daraus im Browser ein Brett 1:1, eine Leitungsliste und ein Angebot.
Wechsel von WireViz?
Zeigen Sie uns eine bezahlte Lizenz oder Rechnung von WireViz, und Sie erhalten das erste Jahr Shop zum Gründungspreis von 49 € statt 79 € im Monat. Wir helfen beim Import Ihrer ersten Kabelbäume.
So wechseln Sie
- Import your WireViz .yml file: connectors, pins, cables, conductors and connections come across.
- A WireViz file has no branch points or branch lengths, so add the branches in the Segments sheet or the branch tree. A cable's overall length is kept as its conductors' fixed length.
- Read the findings — for example colour codes outside IEC 60757 are kept as written and reported.
- Print the calibration sheet, then the board.
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