🇸🇪arkitektur

Visualises JavaScript, TypeScript and Flow codebases as meaningful and committable architecture diagrams

- Associates source files with configured architectural components
- Renders grouped components and dependency graph including Node.js modules
- Supports JavaScript, TypeScript and Flow source code and Vue/Nuxt
- Exports codebase architecture visualisation as SVG, PNG or Plant UML diagram
- Integrates into development flow, so your CI, VCS, README and PRs are happy

Usage

``sh


Run arkit straight away

npx arkit

Or add it to your project as a dev dependency

npm install arkit --save-dev
yarn add arkit --dev
`

`sh


Run arkit against your source folder and save result as SVG

npx arkit src/ -o arkit.svg

You can also specify source files to start from and output format

npx arkit -f src/main.js -o puml

And get some more with debugging and file exclusions

LEVEL=info npx arkit -e "node_modules,test,dist,coverage" -o puml
`

:warning: Arkit is using a web service to convert PlantUML to SVG/PNG.
It's hosted at arkit.pro and does not store any data.
If you want to use Arkit at work make sure this is fine with your company tools policy.

If your project is huge and first diagrams look messy, it's better to generate them per feature, architectural layer, etc.

Once you satisfied with results, add arkit command to your build script, so it will keep your architecture diagrams up-to-date.

Configuration

Arkit can be configured using basic CLI arguments or advanced JSON, JS module or package.json configuration.

#### Basic CLI arguments

`console
user@machine:~$ npx arkit --help
arkit [directory]

Options:
-d, --directory Working directory [default: "."]
-c, --config Config file path (json or js) [default: "arkit.json"]
-o, --output Output path or type (svg, png or puml) [default: "arkit.svg"]
-f, --first File patterns to be first in the graph [string]
-e, --exclude File patterns to exclude from the graph
[default: "test,tests,dist,coverage,/.test.,/.spec.,*/.min.*"]
-h, --help Show help [boolean]
-v, --version Show version number [boolean]
`

#### Advanced arkit.json with JSON schema for autocomplete and validation

`json
{
"$schema": "https://arkit.pro/schema.json",
"excludePatterns": ["test/", "tests/", "/.test.", "/.spec."],
"components": [
{
"type": "Dependency",
"patterns": ["node_modules/*"]
},
{
"type": "Component",
"patterns": ["/.ts", "/.tsx"]
}
],
"output": [
{
"path": "arkit.svg",
"groups": [
{
"first": true,
"components": ["Component"]
},
{
"type": "Dependencies",
"components": ["Dependency"]
}
]
}
]
}
`

See more possible JSON configuration options in the examples below

Real-world examples

#### Express.js using npx arkit
!Express architecture graph

#### Arkit itself using npx arkit and config in package.json
!Arkit dependency graph

#### ReactDOM using npx arkit and config in arkit.json
!ReactDOM architecture graph

#### Vue/Nuxt TodoMVC using yarn arkit -o arkit.svg`
!Vue and Nuxt dependency graph

Contribution

The tool is under active development, so please feel free to contribute with suggestions and pull requests. Your feedback is priceless.

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- colony in-browser graphs representing the links between your Node.js code and its dependencies
- TsUML generates UML diagrams from TypeScript source code

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