Bastion Helix for Jira
04 Diagramming · built · in testing

Draw it where the work lives.

A flowchart editor on every project: drag, resize, connect and label, keep the last thirty versions, and bring your draw.io files in — or take them back out whenever you like.

Try it live
Flowchart shapes float while connectors draw between them
4shape types in 7 colours
30versions kept per diagram
.drawioimport and export
0servers outside Atlassian
Live demo

The real module, running right here.

Working software on sample data — the same interface that renders inside Jira. It plays a short tour when it comes into view; click anywhere in it to take over.

jira · Bastion Helix Diagrams
Sample data
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Drag, resize, connect and label. Export a .drawio file and open it in draw.io, or import one of yours — it never leaves your browser. Installed in Jira, diagrams live on each project and follow its permissions.

What it does

Built for the job, not the brochure.

01

Shapes that mean something

Boxes, rounded boxes, diamonds and ellipses in seven colours — the vocabulary of a process map without a palette of a thousand icons.

02

Direct manipulation

Drag, resize, connect, label and reverse arrows, with undo while you edit.

03

Every save is a version

The last thirty versions are kept. Open any of them, or restore it, without losing what came after.

04

Per project or site-wide

Diagrams belong to a project or to the whole site, so a team’s process map sits next to its issues.

05

draw.io in and out

Import a .drawio file and it opens as an editable diagram. Export any diagram back to .drawio, so nothing is locked in.

06

Project permissions apply

Only people who can browse a project can open its diagrams.

How it works

Three steps from install to answer.

1

Open a project

Diagrams sit on each project’s Bastion Helix page, in Jira’s project sidebar.

2

Draw or import

Start blank, or import a .drawio file you already have.

3

Save and share

Every save keeps a version; anyone who can browse the project can open it.

Where the data lives

Inside Atlassian, with Jira’s rules.

Diagrams are saved in the app’s Forge storage, alongside the project they belong to. Import and export happen in your browser — the file you choose is never uploaded anywhere else. What “never leaves your instance” means →

  • Opening a diagram needs permission to browse its project
  • Versions keep the last thirty saves
  • Import reads uncompressed .drawio files — what recent draw.io saves by default
  • Export writes a .drawio file that opens in draw.io
Questions

Straight answers.

Can I bring my draw.io diagrams?

Yes. Import a .drawio file into any project and it opens as an editable diagram, and any diagram can be exported back to .drawio. Import reads uncompressed .drawio files, which is what recent versions of draw.io save by default; for an older compressed file, untick Compressed under File → Properties in draw.io first.

Who can see a diagram?

Anyone who can browse the project it belongs to.

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Recorded from the live demo on this site: the module’s real code running on sample data. Nothing is edited apart from the title cards.