JaxoDraw is a Java program for drawing Feynman diagrams. It has a complete graphical user interface that allows to carry out all actions in a mouse click-and-drag fashion. Fine-tuning of the diagrams is possible through keyboard short-cuts. Graphs may be exported to various image formats (including postscript, EPS, JPG, PNG, PDF, SVG) and can be saved in XML files to be used in later sessions.

However, the main feature of JaxoDraw is the possibility to include LaTeX snippets in the generated diagrams. As of version 3.0, JaxoDraw uses the JLaTeXMath library for that purpose. A separate plugin exists that makes use of J. Vermaseren's axodraw package to compile (historically, the main motivation for writing JaxoDraw, and the reason for its name, was to create a graphical user interface for the axodraw package).

In any case, JaxoDraw is designed to combine the power of LaTeX with the easiness of a what-you-see-is-what-you-get interface.

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JaxoDraw is free and open source software, distributed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. The full JaxoDraw license can be found here, and you implicitly agree upon it if you decide to download and use the program.

If you like the program, please leave a User Rating, or possibly write a short review, at the JaxoDraw SourceForge project page.

As a sign of appreciation we ask physicists who draw Feynman diagrams with JaxoDraw to cite our publications ( 1, 2 ) in the acknowledgment of their papers (or wherever they feel like).

This is of course not compulsory (we WANT people to USE JaxoDraw IRRESPECTIVELY of that), but it will help us to gain thrust for continuing improving the code with additional features. Thank you.