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Architecture diagrams generated from your codebase
Import an Archify model of your codebase and get an architecture diagram where every component links to the file, lines and commit that prove it exists.
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The diagram and the data model are one artefact
Model entities, attributes and relationships once: the diagram and the data model are one artefact, with subject areas, a metadata repository and normal-form checks.
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DDL and migrations, generated from the model
Export PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigQuery and SQL Server DDL from your data model, and generate delta migration scripts from the difference between two versions.
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Diagrams that go through review, not around it
Put architecture diagrams through a real approval workflow: draft, review, approved, with reviewers, an audit log and validation gates that block submission.
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Diagrams in Git, on branches, with history
Store diagrams in your own GitHub repository, work on branches, browse version history and merge diagrams — the same workflow your code already uses.
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Standards that are enforced, not published
Define naming standards, validate the model against them, produce a health report, and enforce the same rules in CI so violations fail the build.
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Simulate the architecture before you build it
Run workload simulations against your architecture, detect bottlenecks, score resilience, inject failure with chaos scenarios and get ranked recommendations.
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Non-functional requirements attached to the architecture
Track non-functional requirements against the architecture, report technical debt, view the model through stakeholder viewpoints and check principle compliance.
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Know what a change breaks before you make it
Trace where data comes from and where it goes, map source to target, analyse the blast radius of a change, and compare environments.
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One agreed meaning per term
Keep an agreed business glossary and a data dictionary attached to the model, and export the dictionary to Excel for people who will not open the tool.
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AI that proposes, you approve
An AI assistant that drafts data models, analyses SQL, reads OpenAPI specs and suggests architecture changes — every suggestion reviewable before it lands.
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A canvas that does the tedious parts for you
A browser diagramming canvas with hierarchical, circular, force-directed and orthogonal auto-layout, alignment tools, templates, shape packs and freehand drawing.
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Interactions, in order, as a first-class model
Model interactions as sequence diagrams with participants, steps, segments and activations, and present a diagram as an ordered walkthrough.
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Show the diagram without handing over the model
Share a diagram by link, present it to an audience, or embed it in another site — read-only, without giving anyone an account or edit rights.
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Start from what you already have
Bring existing work in: Lucidchart .vsdx files, SQL DDL, CSV and Excel, live databases, OpenAPI specifications and Archify architecture models.
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Get the model out in whatever form is needed
Export a diagram or model as PNG, SVG, PDF, JSON, SQL DDL, an Excel data dictionary or Archify JSON, and keep generated documents in one place.
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The whiteboard stage, before the model exists
A freeform whiteboard for the messy stage of a design, with voting sessions so a group can converge on what matters before anything is formalised.
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The work around the architecture, tracked next to it
A board for the work around an architecture — cards linked to diagrams, entities and the artefacts each piece of work produced.
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Use cases expressed against the architecture
Model use cases as paths through the architecture, so a requirement is expressed against the components that have to deliver it.
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Practice standards and the cost of the design
Start from an established architecture practice, and put a cost figure against the architecture you are proposing.
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Access control that goes down to the row
Single sign-on with OIDC, multi-factor authentication, session policy, workspace roles and row-level access control on every record.