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Architecture modeling tool with live diagrams from code. Version 1.58.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-07.
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Package summary
Architecture modeling tool with live diagrams from code
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- likec4
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Project history and usage
LikeC4 is an architecture-as-code toolkit for describing software architecture in a textual DSL and generating live, interactive diagrams from that model. Its name reflects its relationship to the C4 model while deliberately allowing custom notation, element types, and nesting beyond the strict C4 levels.
Project history
The project appeared publicly with early 0.x tags in 2024 and grew as a TypeScript/Node-based toolchain around a domain-specific language, CLI, web viewer, editor support, and generated artifacts. The README describes LikeC4 as inspired by the C4 Model and Structurizr DSL, but aimed at more flexible notation and model depth.
Adoption history
LikeC4's adoption has followed the broader move from hand-edited architecture diagrams to diagrams-as-code workflows. Its CLI supports preview, static-site builds, image and data exports, and generated React/Web Component artifacts, which made it easy to put architecture diagrams into repositories, documentation sites, CI, and IDE workflows.
How it is used
Users write architecture models in LikeC4 files, run the CLI to preview or build diagrams, and keep those models under version control with the rest of the system. The package is most relevant to teams that want architecture documentation to change through code review instead of through separate drawing tools.
Why package nerds care
For package nerds, LikeC4 is a modern example of a documentation tool distributed like a developer CLI: a fast-moving npm-centered project that also lands in Homebrew so architecture modeling can be installed next to compilers, formatters, and static-site tooling.
Timeline
- 2024-04-20: The v0.6.0 tag was published in the public GitHub repository.
- 2025: Discussions and releases show LikeC4 expanding around multi-project workflows and Vite-style integration.
- 2026: The LikeC4 site described a toolkit for modeling, visualizing, validating, exporting, and embedding architecture from code.
Related projects
- LikeC4 is closely related to Simon Brown's C4 model, Structurizr DSL, Mermaid, D2, PlantUML/C4-PlantUML, and documentation systems that embed generated diagrams. Its generated component workflow also connects it to React and web-component publishing.
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Risk level: green
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green risk · low confidence · appliance
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- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
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- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
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.likec4rc.likec4.config.jsonlikec4.config.jsonlikec4.config.jslikec4.config.mjslikec4.config.tslikec4.config.mts
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| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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likec4 | cli | global executable |
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page generated2026-07-08
manager version1.58.0
manager updated2026-06-07
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- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://likec4.devnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:likec4 |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.58.0 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/likec4 |
| Homepage | https://likec4.dev |
| Repository | https://github.com/likec4/likec4 |
| Upstream docs | https://likec4.dev/ |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://registry.npmjs.org/likec4/-/likec4-1.58.0.tgz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-07T22:16:07-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | graphviz, node |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
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| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | likec4 |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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