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Look at diagrams.net (formerly draw.io). It is gratis (free of cost). I use it intensively as a software engineer to architect and design different workflows.
There is also a desktop app for the same web tool.
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Before you try MS Visio, have a look at yEd. It's free, works on Windows as well and can also draw flowcharts.
You can adjust the colors etc. to make it look closer to Visio.
Downside: I needed to get used to its usability. It doesn't behave like I expected it would. Usually I accidentally draw a lot of more boxes than needed.
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I use yEd for this:
https://www.yworks.com/products/yed
Has worked very well for me. Available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and generic Java.
TWIMC, I have no affiliation whatsoever with its developer.
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Inspiration can do this. It costs £60.
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That looks like Visio to me. Personally I use Visual Paradigm, its a lot more than a drawing tool ...but it is a very good drawing tool.
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IMHO, the graphics in question was made with Microsoft Visio. It's from Microsoft and available in 2019 Standard version for ~440 €. It works on Windows.
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ALL FREE TOOLS:
I like yEd from https://www.yWorks.com (If you like to move your mouse/cursor).
To render DLS I use http://blockdiag.com/en/actdiag/index.html
(PlantUML is complexer: it allows more complexity in your diagrams, but you have to write more code to get the same diagram rendered).
I think this page is very usefull for questions like this:
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draw.io can be used to draw flowcharts among other schematics and drawings. If you want an offline version, you can download the app at https://about.draw.io/integrations/.
I have used both the online and the offline versions for flowcharts on OSX and I can say they work quite well.
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