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Ilograph Export

Export your architecture model to Ilograph YAML format for interactive, multi-perspective architecture exploration.

Why Ilograph

Section titled “Why Ilograph”
  • Interactive exploration — Ilograph renders architecture as an interactive, explorable diagram where users can drill into levels and perspectives.
  • Multi-perspective views — Ilograph supports multiple perspectives from the same model, similar to C4 zoom levels.
  • Shareable — Publish Ilograph diagrams as interactive web pages that stakeholders can explore without tools.

How to export

Section titled “How to export”
  1. Open your workspace in ArchTect.
  2. Click Export → Ilograph in the toolbar.
  3. The Ilograph YAML file is generated and available for download.

Example output

Section titled “Example output”
resources:
  - name: User
    type: Person
    description: A user of the system
  - name: My System
    type: Software System
    description: The system being modeled
    children:
      - name: API
        type: Container
        description: REST API
        technology: Node.js


perspectives:
  - name: System Context
    relations:
      - from: User
        to: My System
        label: Uses

Using the output

Section titled “Using the output”
  1. Go to ilograph.com and create a new diagram.
  2. Paste the exported YAML into the editor.
  3. Ilograph renders the interactive diagram.

Alternatively, use the Ilograph CLI or VS Code extension for local rendering.

See also

Section titled “See also”