Structurizr is specifically designed to support the C4 model for visualising software architecture, by its creator Simon Brown. Diagrams are interactive (e.g. zoom in/out), animatable, embeddable, and …

Visualise, document and explore your software architecture with Structurizr

Structurizr builds upon “diagrams as code”, allowing you to create multiple software architecture diagrams using the C4 model, in a variety of rendering tools, from a single model.

The Structurizr DSL sits on top of the Java Virtual Machine, making it possible to execute Java/Groovy/Kotlin/JRuby code during the workspace generation process. This is particularly useful …

Structurizr is a web-based rendering tool designed to help software development teams create software architecture diagrams and documentation. It can render diagrams that are interactive, animatable, …

This free and open source version of Structurizr allows you to view/edit diagrams, view documentation, and view architecture decision records defined via a DSL or JSON workspace.

This tutorial provides a good starting point for learning how to use the Structurizr DSL. It will use the Structurizr DSL demo page and doesn’t require any special tooling to be installed.

So, with that in mind, the easiest way to get started with Structurizr is to use the Structurizr DSL in combination with Structurizr Lite, both of which are free.

A view key will be generated for you if not specified; automatically generated view keys are not guaranteed to be stable over time, and you will likely lose manual layout information when using …

Because the code doesn’t tell the whole story, Structurizr provides support for lightweight supplementary technical documentation. The documentation is a collection of Markdown or AsciiDoc files, one per …