# Install likec4 with Homebrew Architecture modeling tool with live diagrams from code. Version 1.58.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-07. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:likec4 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install likec4 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:likec4 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.58.0 - **Source summary:** Architecture modeling tool with live diagrams from code - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-07T22:16:07-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - likec4 (cli) - likec4 (alias) ## Dependencies - graphviz - node ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.58.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-07 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://likec4.dev - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: .likec4rc, .likec4.config.json, likec4.config.json, likec4.config.js, likec4.config.mjs, likec4.config.ts, likec4.config.mts ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** likec4 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [graphviz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/graphviz/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [node](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [calm-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/calm-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: architecture, architecture-as-code, cli, developer-tools. - [clang-uml](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clang-uml/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, diagramming. - [diagram](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/diagram/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, diagramming. - [dpic](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dpic/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, diagramming. - [msc-generator](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/msc-generator/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, diagramming. - [overarch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/overarch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: c4-model, cli, developer-tools, diagramming. - [sdedit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/sdedit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, diagramming. - [structurizr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/structurizr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: architecture, c4-model, cli, developer-tools. - [likec4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/likec4/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: architecture, diagrams, graphviz, likec4. - [likec4](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/likec4/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/likec4.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/likec4.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph