TALA
C4-PlantUML
TALA | C4-PlantUML | |
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3 | 24 | |
177 | 6,028 | |
2.8% | 1.0% | |
5.0 | 6.9 | |
13 days ago | about 1 month ago | |
Shell | PlantUML | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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TALA
- D2 Playground
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Architecture diagrams should be code
This is a problem with the languages, not a fundamental flaw. Manipulating text has a much higher ceiling than drag and drop, in terms of speed and simplicity. Every programmer has their own ecosystem for manipulating text. I can grep, version control, diff, jump with Vim key bindings, etc.
The layout engines are very hard. We've been making https://terrastruct.com/tala for over 2 years now. At first it seemed dubious whether it was even possible to beat Graphviz, but we've been designing it to emulate how diagrams might look on a whiteboard drawn by humans. That's a very different heuristic than the theoretical hierarchical cross-minimizations that previous algorithms strive for, and it's yielded good results for a subset of diagrams.
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D2 language, open source alternative to PlantUML
https://github.com/terrastruct/TALA
(apologies for this path. trying to strike the balance of making it findable for those who search for it while hidden to those who just want free.)
C4-PlantUML
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Ask HN: Guidelines for making clear architecture diagrams
Third this. Don't look any further, just do it!
Also, PlantUML + C4 is like peanut butter & jelly:
https://github.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML
I'll gladly give up control of layout, and accept some ugliness, to never again have to worry about dragging boxes and arrows to be pixel-aligned, and then do it all over again when I add another box...
It looks like Mermaid has C4 support too:
https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/c4.html
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Documentation as Code for Cloud - C4 Model & Structurizr
C4-PlantUML: Export your model as C4-PlantUML diagrams.
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Which tools do you use to create diagrams?
PlantUML + C4 plugin;
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Add quick sketches in emacs org mode
Yes. I use this all the time for software diagramming. With c4 model (https://github.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML) and AWS icons (https://github.com/awslabs/aws-icons-for-plantuml)
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Architecture diagrams should be code
The C4 model (https://c4model.com/) is great for architecture diagrams. You can use different tools to generate them. Here are the ones I've been using:
- https://github.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML
- D2 language, open source alternative to PlantUML
- Keep your diagrams updated with continuous delivery
- What FOSS programs would you recommend for creating concept maps on Linux?
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C4 model for system architecture design
3️⃣ Text-based diagramming- C4-PlantUML
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Ask HN: Confluence Alternative(s) Supporting Markdown?
> onboarding docs
yes, they're don't changing frequently
> system design docs
yes - see C4-PlantUML[1]
> meeting notes
no, unless they're directly code related like ADRs [2,3].
Although one can abuse Github Issues + comments for this, in my opinion it's better to use modern SaaS tools for this, i.e. Loom, Descript, Linear.app, etc. - you can automate this process, e.g. transcribe the meeting's recording and add the issue/repo using Github Actions.
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[1] https://github.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML
[2] https://adr.github.io/
[3] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/arc...
What are some alternatives?
d2 - D2 is a modern diagram scripting language that turns text to diagrams.
mermaid - Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown
d2-docs - Language documentation and blog for D2.
keenwrite-themes - Document typesetting configurations using ConTeXt
aws-icons-for-plantuml - PlantUML sprites, macros, and other includes for Amazon Web Services services and resources
flowchart-fun - Easily generate flowcharts and diagrams from text ⿻
Azure-PlantUML - PlantUML sprites, macros, and other includes for Azure services
text-to-diagram-site - Compare syntax, layouts, outputs between languages for generating diagrams with text.
backstage - Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals
excalidraw - Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
dsl - Structurizr DSL