diff --git a/.vite/build.ts b/.vite/build.ts
index 1be46ad5a..77cace03e 100644
--- a/.vite/build.ts
+++ b/.vite/build.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ const packageOptions = {
     packageName: 'mermaid-mindmap',
     file: 'detector.ts',
   },
+  'mermaid-flowchart-v3': {
+    name: 'mermaid-flowchart-v3',
+    packageName: 'mermaid-flowchart-v3',
+    file: 'detector.ts',
+  },
   // 'mermaid-example-diagram-detector': {
   //   name: 'mermaid-example-diagram-detector',
   //   packageName: 'mermaid-example-diagram',
@@ -120,6 +125,7 @@ export const getBuildConfig = ({ minify, core, watch, entryName }: BuildOptions)
   if (watch && config.build) {
     config.build.watch = {
       include: [
+        'packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/**',
         'packages/mermaid-mindmap/src/**',
         'packages/mermaid/src/**',
         // 'packages/mermaid-example-diagram/src/**',
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ const main = async () => {
 if (watch) {
   build(getBuildConfig({ minify: false, watch, core: true, entryName: 'mermaid' }));
   if (!mermaidOnly) {
+    build(getBuildConfig({ minify: false, watch, entryName: 'mermaid-flowchart-v3' }));
     build(getBuildConfig({ minify: false, watch, entryName: 'mermaid-mindmap' }));
     // build(getBuildConfig({ minify: false, watch, entryName: 'mermaid-example-diagram' }));
   }
diff --git a/cypress/platform/knsv2.html b/cypress/platform/knsv2.html
index ba7f41601..b5b8eea5e 100644
--- a/cypress/platform/knsv2.html
+++ b/cypress/platform/knsv2.html
@@ -56,14 +56,20 @@
   <body>
     <div>Security check</div>
     <pre id="diagram" class="mermaid">
-graph LR
-    subgraph external
-        inside
-    end
-    outside --> external
-    </pre>
-    <pre id="diagram" class="mermaid">
-mindmap
+cyto LR
+      subgraph test
+        inside1 --> inside2
+      end
+      subgraph test2
+        inside3 --> inside4
+      end
+      out
+</pre
+    >
+    a(letter a<br />a) ---> b(letter b)--> c(letter c) --> d -->e(letter e<br />e) --> a b <-->
+    d(letter b<br />d)
+    <pre id="diagram" class="mermaid2">
+      mindmap
   root
     child1((Circle))
         grandchild 1
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ mindmap
         ::icon(mdi mdi-fire)
           gc7((grand<br/>grand<br/>child 8))
         </pre>
-    <pre id="diagram" class="mermaid">
+    <pre id="diagram" class="mermaid2">
       gantt
         title Style today marker (vertical line should be 5px wide and half-transparent blue)
         dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
@@ -96,9 +102,10 @@ mindmap
 
     <script type="module">
       import mindmap from '../../packages/mermaid-mindmap/src/detector';
+      import flowV3 from '../../packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/detector';
       // import example from '../../packages/mermaid-example-diagram/src/detector';
       import mermaid from '../../packages/mermaid/src/mermaid';
-      await mermaid.registerExternalDiagrams([mindmap]);
+      await mermaid.registerExternalDiagrams([mindmap, flowV3]);
       mermaid.parseError = function (err, hash) {
         // console.error('Mermaid error: ', err);
       };
diff --git a/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/package.json b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7aefb890e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{
+  "name": "@mermaid-js/mermaid-mindmap",
+  "version": "9.2.2",
+  "description": "Markdownish syntax for generating flowcharts, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, gantt charts and git graphs.",
+  "module": "dist/mermaid-mindmap.core.mjs",
+  "types": "dist/detector.d.ts",
+  "type": "module",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "import": "./dist/mermaid-mindmap.core.mjs",
+      "types": "./dist/detector.d.ts"
+    },
+    "./*": "./*"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "diagram",
+    "markdown",
+    "mindmap",
+    "mermaid"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm -w run build"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid"
+  },
+  "author": "Knut Sveidqvist",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "standard": {
+    "ignore": [
+      "**/parser/*.js",
+      "dist/**/*.js",
+      "cypress/**/*.js"
+    ],
+    "globals": [
+      "page"
+    ]
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@braintree/sanitize-url": "^6.0.0",
+    "cytoscape": "^3.23.0",
+    "cytoscape-cose-bilkent": "^4.1.0",
+    "cytoscape-fcose": "^2.1.0",
+    "graphlib": "^2.1.0",
+    "dagre-d3-es": "7.0.4",
+    "d3": "^7.0.0",
+    "khroma": "^2.0.0",
+    "non-layered-tidy-tree-layout": "^2.0.2"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "concurrently": "^7.5.0",
+    "mermaid": "workspace:*",
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.2"
+  },
+  "resolutions": {
+    "d3": "^7.0.0"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist"
+  ],
+  "sideEffects": [
+    "**/*.css",
+    "**/*.scss"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/detector.ts b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/detector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd4f670c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/detector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import type { ExternalDiagramDefinition } from 'mermaid';
+
+const id = 'flowchart-v3';
+
+const detector = (txt: string, config) => {
+  // If we have configured to use dagre-wrapper then we should return true in this function for graph code thus making it use the new flowchart diagram
+  if (config?.flowchart?.defaultRenderer === 'cytoscape' && txt.match(/^\s*graph/) !== null) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return txt.match(/^\s*cyto/) !== null;
+};
+
+const loader = async () => {
+  const { diagram } = await import('./diagram-definition');
+  return { id, diagram };
+};
+
+const plugin: ExternalDiagramDefinition = {
+  id,
+  detector,
+  loader,
+};
+
+export default plugin;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/diagram-definition.ts b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/diagram-definition.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfaf2ab56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/diagram-definition.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// @ts-ignore: TODO Fix ts errors
+import parser from '../../mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow';
+import * as db from '../../mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb';
+import renderer from './flowRenderer-v3';
+import styles from './styles';
+import { injectUtils } from './mermaidUtils';
+
+export const diagram = {
+  db,
+  renderer,
+  parser,
+  styles,
+  injectUtils,
+};
diff --git a/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/flowRenderer-v3.js b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/flowRenderer-v3.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..102a3c652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/flowRenderer-v3.js
@@ -0,0 +1,674 @@
+import graphlib from 'graphlib';
+import { select, line, curveLinear, curveCardinal, curveBasis, selectAll } from 'd3';
+import { log, getConfig, setupGraphViewbox } from './mermaidUtils';
+import { insertNode } from '../../mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js';
+import insertMarkers from '../../mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/markers.js';
+
+// Replace with other function to avoid dependency to dagre-d3
+import { addHtmlLabel } from 'dagre-d3-es/src/dagre-js/label/add-html-label.js';
+
+import common, { evaluate } from '../../mermaid/src/diagrams/common/common';
+import { interpolateToCurve, getStylesFromArray } from '../../mermaid/src/utils';
+
+import cytoscape from 'cytoscape';
+
+const conf = {};
+export const setConf = function (cnf) {
+  const keys = Object.keys(cnf);
+  for (const key of keys) {
+    conf[key] = cnf[key];
+  }
+};
+
+// /**
+//  * Function that adds the vertices found during parsing to the graph to be rendered.
+//  *
+//  * @param vert Object containing the vertices.
+//  * @param g The graph that is to be drawn.
+//  * @param svgId
+//  * @param root
+//  * @param doc
+//  * @param diagObj
+//  */
+export const addVertices = function (vert, cy, svgId, root, doc, diagObj, parentLookUpDb) {
+  const svg = root.select(`[id="${svgId}"]`);
+  const nodes = svg.insert('g').attr('class', 'nodes');
+  const keys = Object.keys(vert);
+
+  // Iterate through each item in the vertex object (containing all the vertices found) in the graph definition
+  keys.forEach(function (id) {
+    const vertex = vert[id];
+
+    /**
+     * Variable for storing the classes for the vertex
+     *
+     * @type {string}
+     */
+    let classStr = 'default';
+    if (vertex.classes.length > 0) {
+      classStr = vertex.classes.join(' ');
+    }
+
+    const styles = getStylesFromArray(vertex.styles);
+
+    // Use vertex id as text in the box if no text is provided by the graph definition
+    let vertexText = vertex.text !== undefined ? vertex.text : vertex.id;
+
+    // We create a SVG label, either by delegating to addHtmlLabel or manually
+    let vertexNode;
+    if (evaluate(getConfig().flowchart.htmlLabels)) {
+      // TODO: addHtmlLabel accepts a labelStyle. Do we possibly have that?
+      const node = {
+        label: vertexText.replace(
+          /fa[blrs]?:fa-[\w-]+/g,
+          (s) => `<i class='${s.replace(':', ' ')}'></i>`
+        ),
+      };
+      vertexNode = addHtmlLabel(svg, node).node();
+      vertexNode.parentNode.removeChild(vertexNode);
+    } else {
+      const svgLabel = doc.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'text');
+      svgLabel.setAttribute('style', styles.labelStyle.replace('color:', 'fill:'));
+
+      const rows = vertexText.split(common.lineBreakRegex);
+
+      for (const row of rows) {
+        const tspan = doc.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'tspan');
+        tspan.setAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace', 'xml:space', 'preserve');
+        tspan.setAttribute('dy', '1em');
+        tspan.setAttribute('x', '1');
+        tspan.textContent = row;
+        svgLabel.appendChild(tspan);
+      }
+      vertexNode = svgLabel;
+    }
+
+    let radious = 0;
+    let _shape = '';
+    // Set the shape based parameters
+    switch (vertex.type) {
+      case 'round':
+        radious = 5;
+        _shape = 'rect';
+        break;
+      case 'square':
+        _shape = 'rect';
+        break;
+      case 'diamond':
+        _shape = 'question';
+        break;
+      case 'hexagon':
+        _shape = 'hexagon';
+        break;
+      case 'odd':
+        _shape = 'rect_left_inv_arrow';
+        break;
+      case 'lean_right':
+        _shape = 'lean_right';
+        break;
+      case 'lean_left':
+        _shape = 'lean_left';
+        break;
+      case 'trapezoid':
+        _shape = 'trapezoid';
+        break;
+      case 'inv_trapezoid':
+        _shape = 'inv_trapezoid';
+        break;
+      case 'odd_right':
+        _shape = 'rect_left_inv_arrow';
+        break;
+      case 'circle':
+        _shape = 'circle';
+        break;
+      case 'ellipse':
+        _shape = 'ellipse';
+        break;
+      case 'stadium':
+        _shape = 'stadium';
+        break;
+      case 'subroutine':
+        _shape = 'subroutine';
+        break;
+      case 'cylinder':
+        _shape = 'cylinder';
+        break;
+      case 'group':
+        _shape = 'rect';
+        break;
+      case 'doublecircle':
+        _shape = 'doublecircle';
+        break;
+      default:
+        _shape = 'rect';
+    }
+    // // Add the node
+    const node = {
+      labelStyle: styles.labelStyle,
+      shape: _shape,
+      labelText: vertexText,
+      rx: radious,
+      ry: radious,
+      class: classStr,
+      style: styles.style,
+      id: vertex.id,
+      link: vertex.link,
+      linkTarget: vertex.linkTarget,
+      tooltip: diagObj.db.getTooltip(vertex.id) || '',
+      domId: diagObj.db.lookUpDomId(vertex.id),
+      haveCallback: vertex.haveCallback,
+      width: vertex.type === 'group' ? 500 : undefined,
+      dir: vertex.dir,
+      type: vertex.type,
+      props: vertex.props,
+      padding: getConfig().flowchart.padding,
+    };
+    const nodeEl = insertNode(nodes, node, vertex.dir);
+    const boundingBox = nodeEl.node().getBBox();
+    cy.add({
+      group: 'nodes',
+      data: {
+        id: vertex.id,
+        labelStyle: styles.labelStyle,
+        shape: _shape,
+        labelText: vertexText,
+        rx: radious,
+        ry: radious,
+        class: classStr,
+        style: styles.style,
+        link: vertex.link,
+        linkTarget: vertex.linkTarget,
+        tooltip: diagObj.db.getTooltip(vertex.id) || '',
+        domId: diagObj.db.lookUpDomId(vertex.id),
+        haveCallback: vertex.haveCallback,
+        width: vertex.type === 'group' ? 500 : undefined,
+        dir: vertex.dir,
+        type: vertex.type,
+        props: vertex.props,
+        padding: getConfig().flowchart.padding,
+        boundingBox,
+        el: nodeEl,
+        parent: parentLookUpDb[vertex.id],
+      },
+    });
+
+    log.trace('setNode', {
+      labelStyle: styles.labelStyle,
+      shape: _shape,
+      labelText: vertexText,
+      rx: radious,
+      ry: radious,
+      class: classStr,
+      style: styles.style,
+      id: vertex.id,
+      domId: diagObj.db.lookUpDomId(vertex.id),
+      width: vertex.type === 'group' ? 500 : undefined,
+      type: vertex.type,
+      dir: vertex.dir,
+      props: vertex.props,
+      padding: getConfig().flowchart.padding,
+      parent: parentLookUpDb[vertex.id],
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+/**
+ * Add edges to graph based on parsed graph definition
+ *
+ * @param {object} edges The edges to add to the graph
+ * @param {object} g The graph object
+ * @param cy
+ * @param diagObj
+ */
+export const addEdges = function (edges, cy, diagObj) {
+  // log.info('abc78 edges = ', edges);
+  let cnt = 0;
+  let linkIdCnt = {};
+
+  let defaultStyle;
+  let defaultLabelStyle;
+
+  if (edges.defaultStyle !== undefined) {
+    const defaultStyles = getStylesFromArray(edges.defaultStyle);
+    defaultStyle = defaultStyles.style;
+    defaultLabelStyle = defaultStyles.labelStyle;
+  }
+
+  edges.forEach(function (edge) {
+    cnt++;
+
+    // Identify Link
+    var linkIdBase = 'L-' + edge.start + '-' + edge.end;
+    // count the links from+to the same node to give unique id
+    if (linkIdCnt[linkIdBase] === undefined) {
+      linkIdCnt[linkIdBase] = 0;
+      log.info('abc78 new entry', linkIdBase, linkIdCnt[linkIdBase]);
+    } else {
+      linkIdCnt[linkIdBase]++;
+      log.info('abc78 new entry', linkIdBase, linkIdCnt[linkIdBase]);
+    }
+    let linkId = linkIdBase + '-' + linkIdCnt[linkIdBase];
+    log.info('abc78 new link id to be used is', linkIdBase, linkId, linkIdCnt[linkIdBase]);
+    var linkNameStart = 'LS-' + edge.start;
+    var linkNameEnd = 'LE-' + edge.end;
+
+    const edgeData = { style: '', labelStyle: '' };
+    edgeData.minlen = edge.length || 1;
+    //edgeData.id = 'id' + cnt;
+
+    // Set link type for rendering
+    if (edge.type === 'arrow_open') {
+      edgeData.arrowhead = 'none';
+    } else {
+      edgeData.arrowhead = 'normal';
+    }
+
+    // Check of arrow types, placed here in order not to break old rendering
+    edgeData.arrowTypeStart = 'arrow_open';
+    edgeData.arrowTypeEnd = 'arrow_open';
+
+    /* eslint-disable no-fallthrough */
+    switch (edge.type) {
+      case 'double_arrow_cross':
+        edgeData.arrowTypeStart = 'arrow_cross';
+      case 'arrow_cross':
+        edgeData.arrowTypeEnd = 'arrow_cross';
+        break;
+      case 'double_arrow_point':
+        edgeData.arrowTypeStart = 'arrow_point';
+      case 'arrow_point':
+        edgeData.arrowTypeEnd = 'arrow_point';
+        break;
+      case 'double_arrow_circle':
+        edgeData.arrowTypeStart = 'arrow_circle';
+      case 'arrow_circle':
+        edgeData.arrowTypeEnd = 'arrow_circle';
+        break;
+    }
+
+    let style = '';
+    let labelStyle = '';
+
+    switch (edge.stroke) {
+      case 'normal':
+        style = 'fill:none;';
+        if (defaultStyle !== undefined) {
+          style = defaultStyle;
+        }
+        if (defaultLabelStyle !== undefined) {
+          labelStyle = defaultLabelStyle;
+        }
+        edgeData.thickness = 'normal';
+        edgeData.pattern = 'solid';
+        break;
+      case 'dotted':
+        edgeData.thickness = 'normal';
+        edgeData.pattern = 'dotted';
+        edgeData.style = 'fill:none;stroke-width:2px;stroke-dasharray:3;';
+        break;
+      case 'thick':
+        edgeData.thickness = 'thick';
+        edgeData.pattern = 'solid';
+        edgeData.style = 'stroke-width: 3.5px;fill:none;';
+        break;
+    }
+    if (edge.style !== undefined) {
+      const styles = getStylesFromArray(edge.style);
+      style = styles.style;
+      labelStyle = styles.labelStyle;
+    }
+
+    edgeData.style = edgeData.style += style;
+    edgeData.labelStyle = edgeData.labelStyle += labelStyle;
+
+    if (edge.interpolate !== undefined) {
+      edgeData.curve = interpolateToCurve(edge.interpolate, curveLinear);
+    } else if (edges.defaultInterpolate !== undefined) {
+      edgeData.curve = interpolateToCurve(edges.defaultInterpolate, curveLinear);
+    } else {
+      edgeData.curve = interpolateToCurve(conf.curve, curveLinear);
+    }
+
+    if (edge.text === undefined) {
+      if (edge.style !== undefined) {
+        edgeData.arrowheadStyle = 'fill: #333';
+      }
+    } else {
+      edgeData.arrowheadStyle = 'fill: #333';
+      edgeData.labelpos = 'c';
+    }
+
+    edgeData.labelType = 'text';
+    edgeData.label = edge.text.replace(common.lineBreakRegex, '\n');
+
+    if (edge.style === undefined) {
+      edgeData.style = edgeData.style || 'stroke: #333; stroke-width: 1.5px;fill:none;';
+    }
+
+    edgeData.labelStyle = edgeData.labelStyle.replace('color:', 'fill:');
+
+    edgeData.id = linkId;
+    edgeData.classes = 'flowchart-link ' + linkNameStart + ' ' + linkNameEnd;
+
+    // Add the edge to the graph
+    cy.add({ group: 'edges', data: { source: edge.start, target: edge.end, edgeData, id: cnt } });
+  });
+};
+
+const addmarkers = function (svgPath, edgeData, diagramType, arrowMarkerAbsolute) {
+  // // TODO: Can we load this config only from the rendered graph type?
+  let url;
+  if (arrowMarkerAbsolute) {
+    url =
+      window.location.protocol +
+      '//' +
+      window.location.host +
+      window.location.pathname +
+      window.location.search;
+    url = url.replace(/\(/g, '\\(');
+    url = url.replace(/\)/g, '\\)');
+  }
+  switch (edgeData.arrowTypeStart) {
+    case 'arrow_cross':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-start', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-crossStart' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'arrow_point':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-start', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-pointStart' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'arrow_barb':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-start', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-barbStart' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'arrow_circle':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-start', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-circleStart' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'aggregation':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-start', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-aggregationStart' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'extension':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-start', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-extensionStart' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'composition':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-start', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-compositionStart' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'dependency':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-start', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-dependencyStart' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'lollipop':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-start', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-lollipopStart' + ')');
+      break;
+    default:
+  }
+  switch (edgeData.arrowTypeEnd) {
+    case 'arrow_cross':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-end', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-crossEnd' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'arrow_point':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-end', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-pointEnd' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'arrow_barb':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-end', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-barbEnd' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'arrow_circle':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-end', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-circleEnd' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'aggregation':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-end', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-aggregationEnd' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'extension':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-end', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-extensionEnd' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'composition':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-end', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-compositionEnd' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'dependency':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-end', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-dependencyEnd' + ')');
+      break;
+    case 'lollipop':
+      svgPath.attr('marker-end', 'url(' + url + '#' + diagramType + '-lollipopEnd' + ')');
+      break;
+    default:
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Returns the all the styles from classDef statements in the graph definition.
+ *
+ * @param text
+ * @param diagObj
+ * @returns {object} ClassDef styles
+ */
+export const getClasses = function (text, diagObj) {
+  log.info('Extracting classes');
+  diagObj.db.clear();
+  try {
+    // Parse the graph definition
+    diagObj.parse(text);
+    return diagObj.db.getClasses();
+  } catch (e) {
+    return;
+  }
+};
+
+const addSubGraphs = function (cy, db) {
+  const parentLookUpDb = {};
+  const subgraphs = db.getSubGraphs();
+
+  subgraphs.forEach(function (subgraph) {
+    parentLookUpDb[subgraph.id] = subgraph.parent;
+  });
+
+  subgraphs.forEach(function (subgraph) {
+    cy.add({
+      group: 'nodes',
+      data: { id: subgraph.id, parent: parentLookUpDb[subgraph.id], classes: 'flowchart-subgraph' },
+    });
+  });
+  return parentLookUpDb;
+};
+
+const insertEdge = function (edgesEl, edge, edgeData, bounds, diagObj) {
+  const src = edge.sourceEndpoint();
+  const segments = edge.segmentPoints();
+  // const dest = edge.target().position();
+  const dest = edge.targetEndpoint();
+  const segPoints = segments.map((segment) => [segment.x, segment.y]);
+  const points = [
+    [src.x, src.y],
+    [segments[0].x, segments[0].y],
+    [dest.x, dest.y],
+  ];
+  // console.log('Edge ctrl points:', edge.segmentPoints(), 'Bounds:', bounds, edge.source(), points);
+  // console.log('Edge ctrl points:', points);
+  const curve = line().curve(curveCardinal);
+  const edge2 = edgesEl
+    .insert('path')
+    .attr('d', curve(points))
+    .attr('class', 'path')
+    .attr('fill', 'none');
+  addmarkers(edge2, edgeData, diagObj.type, diagObj.arrowMarkerAbsolute);
+  // edgesEl
+  //   .append('circle')
+  //   .style('stroke', 'red')
+  //   .style('fill', 'red')
+  //   .attr('r', 1)
+  //   .attr('cx', src.x)
+  //   .attr('cy', src.y);
+  // edgesEl
+  //   .append('circle')
+  //   .style('stroke', 'white')
+  //   .style('fill', 'white')
+  //   .attr('r', 1)
+  //   .attr('cx', segments[0].x)
+  //   .attr('cy', segments[0].y);
+  // edgesEl
+  //   .append('circle')
+  //   .style('stroke', 'pink')
+  //   .style('fill', 'pink')
+  //   .attr('r', 1)
+  //   .attr('cx', dest.x)
+  //   .attr('cy', dest.y);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Draws a flowchart in the tag with id: id based on the graph definition in text.
+ *
+ * @param text
+ * @param id
+ */
+
+export const draw = function (text, id, _version, diagObj) {
+  // Add temporary render element
+
+  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+    const renderEl = select('body').append('div').attr('style', 'height:400px').attr('id', 'cy');
+    // .attr('style', 'display:none')
+    const cy = cytoscape({
+      styleEnabled: true,
+      // animate: false,
+      // ready: function () {
+      //   log.info('Ready', this);
+      // },
+      container: document.getElementById('cy'), // container to render in
+      elements: [],
+      style: [
+        {
+          selector: 'edge',
+          style: {
+            'curve-style': 'segments',
+            // 'curve-style': 'bezier',
+            // 'segment-weights': '0.5',
+            // 'segment-distances': '0',
+            'edge-distances': 'node-position',
+
+            // 'source-endpoint': '180deg',
+            // 'target-endpoint': '0deg',
+          },
+          // 'edge-distance': 'intersection',
+        },
+        // {
+        //   selector: 'node',
+        //   style: {
+        //     width: 70,
+        //     height: 100,
+        //   },
+        // },
+      ],
+    });
+    log.info('Drawing flowchart using v3 renderer');
+    // Fetch the default direction, use TD if none was found
+    let dir = diagObj.db.getDirection();
+    if (dir === undefined) {
+      dir = 'TD';
+    }
+
+    const { securityLevel, flowchart: conf } = getConfig();
+
+    // Handle root and document for when rendering in sandbox mode
+    let sandboxElement;
+    if (securityLevel === 'sandbox') {
+      sandboxElement = select('#i' + id);
+    }
+    const root =
+      securityLevel === 'sandbox'
+        ? select(sandboxElement.nodes()[0].contentDocument.body)
+        : select('body');
+    const doc = securityLevel === 'sandbox' ? sandboxElement.nodes()[0].contentDocument : document;
+
+    const svg = root.select(`[id="${id}"]`);
+    const markers = ['point', 'circle', 'cross'];
+    insertMarkers(svg, markers, diagObj.type, diagObj.arrowMarkerAbsolute);
+    // Fetch the vertices/nodes and edges/links from the parsed graph definition
+    const vert = diagObj.db.getVertices();
+    const parentLookUpDb = addSubGraphs(cy, diagObj.db);
+    addVertices(vert, cy, id, root, doc, diagObj, parentLookUpDb);
+    const edgesEl = svg.insert('g').attr('class', 'edges edgePath');
+    const edges = diagObj.db.getEdges();
+    addEdges(edges, cy, diagObj);
+
+    // c.style();
+    // Make cytoscape care about the dimensions of the nodes
+    cy.nodes().forEach(function (n) {
+      const boundingBox = n.data().boundingBox;
+      if (boundingBox) {
+        n.style('width', boundingBox.width);
+        n.style('height', boundingBox.height);
+      }
+      n.style('shape', 'square');
+      n.layoutDimensions = () => {
+        // console.log('Node dimensions', boundingBox.width, boundingBox.height);
+        if (boundingBox) {
+          return { w: boundingBox.width, h: boundingBox.height };
+        }
+        // return { w: boundingBox.width, h: boundingBox.height };
+
+        // const data = n.data();
+        // return { w: data.width, h: data.height };
+
+        return { w: 206, h: 160 };
+      };
+    });
+
+    cy.layout({
+      // name: 'grid',
+      name: 'preset',
+      // name: 'cose',
+      // name: 'circle',
+      // name: 'concentric',
+      headless: true,
+      styleEnabled: false,
+      animate: false,
+    }).run();
+    // log.info('Positions', cy.nodes().positions());
+    window.cy = cy;
+    cy.ready((e) => {
+      log.info('Ready', e);
+      // setTimeout(() => {
+      cy.nodes().map((node, id) => {
+        const data = node.data();
+
+        log.info(
+          'Position: (',
+          node.position().x,
+          ', ',
+          node.position().y,
+          ')',
+          data,
+          cy.elements()[0].renderedBoundingBox()
+        );
+        if (data.el) {
+          data.el.attr('transform', `translate(${node.position().x}, ${node.position().y})`);
+          // document
+          //   .querySelector(`[id="${data.domId}"]`)
+          //   .setAttribute('transform', `translate(${node.position().x}, ${node.position().y})`);
+          log.info('Id = ', data.domId, svg.select(`[id="${data.domId}"]`), data.el.node());
+        }
+        // else {
+        //   // console.log('No element found for node', data, node.position(), node.size());
+        // }
+      });
+
+      cy.edges().map((edge, id) => {
+        const data = edge.data();
+        if (edge[0]._private.bodyBounds) {
+          const bounds = edge[0]._private.rscratch;
+          insertEdge(edgesEl, edge, data.edgeData, bounds, diagObj);
+        }
+      });
+
+      log.info(cy.json());
+      setupGraphViewbox({}, svg, conf.diagramPadding, conf.useMaxWidth);
+      // Remove element after layout
+      // renderEl.remove();
+      resolve();
+      // }, 500);
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+export default {
+  // setConf,
+  // addVertices,
+  // addEdges,
+  getClasses,
+  draw,
+};
diff --git a/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/mermaidUtils.ts b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/mermaidUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b575c201b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/mermaidUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+const warning = (s: string) => {
+  // Todo remove debug code
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.error('Log function was called before initialization', s);
+};
+
+export type LogLevel = 'trace' | 'debug' | 'info' | 'warn' | 'error' | 'fatal';
+
+export const LEVELS: Record<LogLevel, number> = {
+  trace: 0,
+  debug: 1,
+  info: 2,
+  warn: 3,
+  error: 4,
+  fatal: 5,
+};
+
+export const log: Record<keyof typeof LEVELS, typeof console.log> = {
+  trace: warning,
+  debug: warning,
+  info: warning,
+  warn: warning,
+  error: warning,
+  fatal: warning,
+};
+
+export let setLogLevel: (level: keyof typeof LEVELS | number | string) => void;
+export let getConfig: () => object;
+export let sanitizeText: (str: string) => string;
+// eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+export let setupGraphViewbox: (
+  graph: any,
+  svgElem: any,
+  padding: any,
+  useMaxWidth: boolean
+) => void;
+
+export const injectUtils = (
+  _log: Record<keyof typeof LEVELS, typeof console.log>,
+  _setLogLevel: any,
+  _getConfig: any,
+  _sanitizeText: any,
+  _setupGraphViewbox: any
+) => {
+  _log.info('Mermaid utils injected');
+  log.trace = _log.trace;
+  log.debug = _log.debug;
+  log.info = _log.info;
+  log.warn = _log.warn;
+  log.error = _log.error;
+  log.fatal = _log.fatal;
+  setLogLevel = _setLogLevel;
+  getConfig = _getConfig;
+  sanitizeText = _sanitizeText;
+  setupGraphViewbox = _setupGraphViewbox;
+};
diff --git a/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/styles.ts b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/styles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a89d33d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3/src/styles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/** Returns the styles given options */
+export interface FlowChartStyleOptions {
+  arrowheadColor: string;
+  border2: string;
+  clusterBkg: string;
+  clusterBorder: string;
+  edgeLabelBackground: string;
+  fontFamily: string;
+  lineColor: string;
+  mainBkg: string;
+  nodeBorder: string;
+  nodeTextColor: string;
+  tertiaryColor: string;
+  textColor: string;
+  titleColor: string;
+}
+
+const getStyles = (options: FlowChartStyleOptions) =>
+  `.label {
+    font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
+    color: ${options.nodeTextColor || options.textColor};
+  }
+  .cluster-label text {
+    fill: ${options.titleColor};
+  }
+  .cluster-label span {
+    color: ${options.titleColor};
+  }
+
+  .label text,span {
+    fill: ${options.nodeTextColor || options.textColor};
+    color: ${options.nodeTextColor || options.textColor};
+  }
+
+  .node rect,
+  .node circle,
+  .node ellipse,
+  .node polygon,
+  .node path {
+    fill: ${options.mainBkg};
+    stroke: ${options.nodeBorder};
+    stroke-width: 1px;
+  }
+
+  .node .label {
+    text-align: center;
+  }
+  .node.clickable {
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+
+  .arrowheadPath {
+    fill: ${options.arrowheadColor};
+  }
+
+  .edgePath .path {
+    stroke: ${options.lineColor};
+    stroke-width: 2.0px;
+  }
+
+  .flowchart-link {
+    stroke: ${options.lineColor};
+    fill: none;
+  }
+
+  .edgeLabel {
+    background-color: ${options.edgeLabelBackground};
+    rect {
+      opacity: 0.5;
+      background-color: ${options.edgeLabelBackground};
+      fill: ${options.edgeLabelBackground};
+    }
+    text-align: center;
+  }
+
+  .cluster rect {
+    fill: ${options.clusterBkg};
+    stroke: ${options.clusterBorder};
+    stroke-width: 1px;
+  }
+
+  .cluster text {
+    fill: ${options.titleColor};
+  }
+
+  .cluster span {
+    color: ${options.titleColor};
+  }
+  /* .cluster div {
+    color: ${options.titleColor};
+  } */
+
+  div.mermaidTooltip {
+    position: absolute;
+    text-align: center;
+    max-width: 200px;
+    padding: 2px;
+    font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
+    font-size: 12px;
+    background: ${options.tertiaryColor};
+    border: 1px solid ${options.border2};
+    border-radius: 2px;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    z-index: 100;
+  }
+
+  .flowchartTitleText {
+    text-anchor: middle;
+    font-size: 18px;
+    fill: ${options.textColor};
+  }
+`;
+
+export default getStyles;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js b/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js
index fda789323..694ba074d 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/dagre-wrapper/nodes.js
@@ -1064,6 +1064,7 @@ export const insertNode = (elem, node, dir) => {
   if (node.haveCallback) {
     nodeElems[node.id].attr('class', nodeElems[node.id].attr('class') + ' clickable');
   }
+  return newEl;
 };
 export const setNodeElem = (elem, node) => {
   nodeElems[node.id] = elem;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
index 9181ab9cc..928889138 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowDb.js
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ const destructEndLink = (_str) => {
   return { type, stroke, length };
 };
 
-const destructLink = (_str, _startStr) => {
+export const destructLink = (_str, _startStr) => {
   const info = destructEndLink(_str);
   let startInfo;
   if (_startStr) {
@@ -744,6 +744,9 @@ const makeUniq = (sg, allSubgraphs) => {
   return { nodes: res };
 };
 
+export const lex = {
+  firstGraph,
+};
 export default {
   parseDirective,
   defaultConfig: () => configApi.defaultConfig.flowchart,
@@ -776,9 +779,7 @@ export default {
   indexNodes,
   getSubGraphs,
   destructLink,
-  lex: {
-    firstGraph,
-  },
+  lex,
   exists,
   makeUniq,
   setDiagramTitle,
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow.jison b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow.jison
index fae7c6cf2..d8a0d07bc 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow.jison
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/flowchart/parser/flow.jison
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ that id.
 <click>[\s\n]           this.popState();
 <click>[^\s\n]*         return 'CLICK';
 
+"cyto"                 {if(yy.lex.firstGraph()){this.begin("dir");}  return 'GRAPH';}
 "graph"                {if(yy.lex.firstGraph()){this.begin("dir");}  return 'GRAPH';}
 "flowchart"            {if(yy.lex.firstGraph()){this.begin("dir");}  return 'GRAPH';}
 "subgraph"            return 'subgraph';
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 55d775801..561d55e8d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -300,6 +300,46 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^3.0.2
         version: 3.0.2
 
+  packages/mermaid-flowchart-v3:
+    dependencies:
+      '@braintree/sanitize-url':
+        specifier: ^6.0.0
+        version: 6.0.0
+      cytoscape:
+        specifier: ^3.23.0
+        version: 3.23.0
+      cytoscape-cose-bilkent:
+        specifier: ^4.1.0
+        version: 4.1.0_cytoscape@3.23.0
+      cytoscape-fcose:
+        specifier: ^2.1.0
+        version: 2.1.0_cytoscape@3.23.0
+      d3:
+        specifier: ^7.0.0
+        version: 7.6.1
+      dagre-d3-es:
+        specifier: 7.0.4
+        version: 7.0.4
+      graphlib:
+        specifier: ^2.1.0
+        version: 2.1.8
+      khroma:
+        specifier: ^2.0.0
+        version: 2.0.0
+      non-layered-tidy-tree-layout:
+        specifier: ^2.0.2
+        version: 2.0.2
+    devDependencies:
+      concurrently:
+        specifier: ^7.5.0
+        version: 7.5.0
+      mermaid:
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../mermaid
+      rimraf:
+        specifier: ^3.0.2
+        version: 3.0.2
+
   packages/mermaid-mindmap:
     dependencies:
       '@braintree/sanitize-url':
@@ -3538,7 +3578,7 @@ packages:
   /axios/0.21.4_debug@4.3.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-ut5vewkiu8jjGBdqpM44XxjuCjq9LAKeHVmoVfHVzy8eHgxxq8SbAVQNovDA8mVi05kP0Ea/n/UzcSHcTJQfNg==}
     dependencies:
-      follow-redirects: 1.15.2_debug@4.3.2
+      follow-redirects: 1.15.2
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - debug
     dev: true
@@ -6171,18 +6211,6 @@ packages:
         optional: true
     dev: true
 
-  /follow-redirects/1.15.2_debug@4.3.2:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-VQLG33o04KaQ8uYi2tVNbdrWp1QWxNNea+nmIB4EVM28v0hmP17z7aG1+wAkNzVq4KeXTq3221ye5qTJP91JwA==}
-    engines: {node: '>=4.0'}
-    peerDependencies:
-      debug: '*'
-    peerDependenciesMeta:
-      debug:
-        optional: true
-    dependencies:
-      debug: 4.3.2
-    dev: true
-
   /foreground-child/2.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-dCIq9FpEcyQyXKCkyzmlPTFNgrCzPudOe+mhvJU5zAtlBnGVy2yKxtfsxK2tQBThwq225jcvBjpw1Gr40uzZCA==}
     engines: {node: '>=8.0.0'}
@@ -6518,6 +6546,12 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-bzh50DW9kTPM00T8y4o8vQg89Di9oLJVLW/KaOGIXJWP/iqCN6WKYkbNOF04vFLJhwcpYUh9ydh/+5vpOqV4YQ==}
     dev: true
 
+  /graphlib/2.1.8:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-jcLLfkpoVGmH7/InMC/1hIvOPSUh38oJtGhvrOFGzioE1DZ+0YW16RgmOJhHiuWTvGiJQ9Z1Ik43JvkRPRvE+A==}
+    dependencies:
+      lodash: 4.17.21
+    dev: false
+
   /handle-thing/2.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-9Qn4yBxelxoh2Ow62nP+Ka/kMnOXRi8BXnRaUwezLNhqelnN49xKz4F/dPP8OYLxLxq6JDtZb2i9XznUQbNPTg==}
     dev: true
