{"id":13510478,"url":"https://github.com/aretecode/system-design-templates-excalidraw","last_synced_at":"2026-02-25T22:04:02.307Z","repository":{"id":41515073,"uuid":"387105280","full_name":"aretecode/system-design-templates-excalidraw","owner":"aretecode","description":"Rough shapes to do rapid system design in front-end, full-stack, back-end, distributed, and product settings.","archived":false,"fork":false,"pushed_at":"2021-08-01T01:16:31.000Z","size":286,"stargazers_count":111,"open_issues_count":7,"forks_count":3,"subscribers_count":2,"default_branch":"main","last_synced_at":"2025-07-22T01:03:03.199Z","etag":null,"topics":["design-templates","distributed-systems","emoji","excalidraw","front-end-system-design","prototyping","system-design","system-design-interview","system-design-template"],"latest_commit_sha":null,"homepage":"https://github.com/aretecode/system-design-templates-excalidraw","language":null,"has_issues":true,"has_wiki":null,"has_pages":null,"mirror_url":null,"source_name":null,"license":"mit","status":null,"scm":"git","pull_requests_enabled":true,"icon_url":"https://github.com/aretecode.png","metadata":{"files":{"readme":"README.md","changelog":null,"contributing":null,"funding":null,"license":"LICENSE","code_of_conduct":null,"threat_model":null,"audit":null,"citation":null,"codeowners":null,"security":null,"support":null}},"created_at":"2021-07-18T06:17:13.000Z","updated_at":"2025-06-09T19:00:03.000Z","dependencies_parsed_at":"2022-09-01T14:50:31.255Z","dependency_job_id":null,"html_url":"https://github.com/aretecode/system-design-templates-excalidraw","commit_stats":null,"previous_names":[],"tags_count":2,"template":false,"template_full_name":null,"purl":"pkg:github/aretecode/system-design-templates-excalidraw","repository_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/aretecode%2Fsystem-design-templates-excalidraw","tags_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/aretecode%2Fsystem-design-templates-excalidraw/tags","releases_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/aretecode%2Fsystem-design-templates-excalidraw/releases","manifests_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/aretecode%2Fsystem-design-templates-excalidraw/manifests","owner_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners/aretecode","download_url":"https://codeload.github.com/aretecode/system-design-templates-excalidraw/tar.gz/refs/heads/main","sbom_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/aretecode%2Fsystem-design-templates-excalidraw/sbom","scorecard":null,"host":{"name":"GitHub","url":"https://github.com","kind":"github","repositories_count":286080680,"owners_count":29842863,"icon_url":"https://github.com/github.png","version":null,"created_at":"2022-05-30T11:31:42.601Z","updated_at":"2026-02-25T21:18:31.832Z","status":"ssl_error","status_checked_at":"2026-02-25T21:18:29.265Z","response_time":61,"last_error":"SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 peeraddr=140.82.121.5:443 state=error: unexpected eof while reading","robots_txt_status":"success","robots_txt_updated_at":"2025-07-24T06:49:26.215Z","robots_txt_url":"https://github.com/robots.txt","online":false,"can_crawl_api":true,"host_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub","repositories_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories","repository_names_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repository_names","owners_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners"}},"keywords":["design-templates","distributed-systems","emoji","excalidraw","front-end-system-design","prototyping","system-design","system-design-interview","system-design-template"],"created_at":"2024-08-01T02:01:40.624Z","updated_at":"2026-02-25T22:04:02.291Z","avatar_url":"https://github.com/aretecode.png","language":null,"funding_links":[],"categories":["Others","system-design"],"sub_categories":[],"readme":"# System design template: excalidraw - `emoji edition`\n\n\u003e Rough shapes to do rapid system design in front-end, full-stack, back-end, distributed, and product settings.\n\n\u003cdetails open\u003e\u003csummary\u003ePreview\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n![system-design-template-emoji](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4022631/126106256-a60fc6c8-1924-4fe2-9a02-78c38254f060.png)\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4022631/126112944-a99bba6f-2117-43d0-a3c1-433d8af44f53.png\" alt=\"system-design-template-aretecode--user-requirement-analysis\" /\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003eGoals\u003c/summary\u003e\n  \u003col\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eMake it easy to do common system designs.\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eMake system design faster.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n## Usage\n\n### [1. Download]\n[1. Download]: #-download--clone\n\n```bash\ngh repo clone aretecode/system-design-templates-excalidraw \u0026\u0026 cd system-design-templates-excalidraw/src \u0026\u0026 ((open .) || (open `pwd`))\n```\n\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSee in action\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n![system-design-template-aretecode--how-to-download](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4022631/126106274-4e416beb-9bd9-4c76-92e4-d0c33a145245.gif)\n_clones repo, cd to cloned dir, and opens in finder/explorer._\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n### [2. Use in excalidraw]\n[2. Use in excalidraw]: #-use-in-excalidraw\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSee how to\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n\n![system-design-template-aretecode--how-to-import-to-excalidraw](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4022631/126106181-d37baa44-105f-4253-8fea-3d5b88fa22c4.gif)\n\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\n## More\n\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n  \u003csummary\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to customize?\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/u\u003e \u003ca href=\"#-tips-faq--customization\"\u003e🔗\u003ca\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4022631/126106291-eb966e66-6ee2-4abb-9f8c-e7649d9e03da.gif\" alt=\"system-design-template-aretecode-excalidraw--how-to-customize-and-use-tips\" /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n  \u003csummary\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are so many icons, how do you use this in a real world setting?\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/u\u003e \u003ca href=\"#-tips-faq--too-big\"\u003e🔗\u003ca\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eOpen 2 tabs, 1 you can drop in all the icons, then copy into the other tab, delete the unused, then re-arrange as-needed.\u003c/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4022631/126108386-952c197f-46c0-4dee-b7ca-bb10d71122af.gif\" alt=\"system-design-template-aretecode--how-to-use-across-tabs-quickly\" /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n  \u003csummary\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy are the shapes not each in their own library component?\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/u\u003e \u003ca href=\"#-tips-faq--why-shapes-in-1\"\u003e🔗\u003ca\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eWhen I used other libraries on excalidraw, it was difficult to see the shape from the thumbnail/preview. Without a search feature, I found myself dragging and dropping each shape 1-by-1 to find the one I was looking for. The shapes here are loosely-grouped. This (ideally) makes the icons easier to find and copy in to any system design.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to use in excalidraw without a gif?! TLDR\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOpen \u003ca href=\"https://excalidraw.com\"\u003eexcalidraw\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOpen library (\u003cem\u003eat the top right\u003c/em\u003e).\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eClick import (\u003cem\u003efolder icon\u003c/em\u003e).\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eSelect the \u003ccode\u003e.excalidrawlib\u003c/code\u003e from your computer.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\u003csummary\u003e\u003ci\u003eI want to download some other way, how?\u003c/i\u003e \u003ca href=\"#-tips-faq--why-shapes-in-1\"\u003e🔗\u003ca\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n  \u003ch5\u003ewget\u003c/h5\u003e\n  \u003cpre\u003e\u003ccode class=\"lang-bash\"\u003ewget -O \"system-design-template-emoji.excalidrawlib\" \"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aretecode/system-design-templates-excalidraw/main/src/system-design-template-emoji.excalidrawlib\"\n  \u003c/code\u003e\u003c/pre\u003e\n  \u003ch5\u003eSave file\u003c/h5\u003e\n  \u003col\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOpen the \u003ca href=\"https://github.com/aretecode/system-design-templates-excalidraw/raw/main/src/system-design-template-emoji.excalidrawlib\"\u003eraw library file\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ePress \u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95759?hl=en\u0026amp;co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop\"\u003e\u003ccode\u003eCommand-S\u003c/code\u003e (\u003cem\u003e\u003ccode\u003e[Cmd ⌘]\u003c/code\u003e + \u003ccode\u003e[s]\u003c/code\u003e on osx, \u003ccode\u003eCtrl+S\u003c/code\u003e on windows\u003c/em\u003e) to save the file\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAppend \u003ccode\u003e.excalidrawlib\u003c/code\u003e extension to the file name \u003cstrong\u003eand\u003c/strong\u003e change format from \u003ccode\u003etxt\u003c/code\u003e to \u003ccode\u003eall files\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eClick save in the save-as modal.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003c/ol\u003e\n  \u003chr /\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails\u003e\n  \u003csummary\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat tools did you use?\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/u\u003e\u003ca href=\"#-tips-faq--tools used\"\u003e🔗\u003ca\u003e\u003c/summary\u003e\n  \u003csection\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://excalidraw.com\"\u003eexcalidraw\u003c/a\u003e to create and use the library\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://imageoptim.com/\"\u003eimageoptim\u003c/a\u003e to reduce size of images exported by excalidraw\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw-libraries\"\u003eexcalidraw libraries\u003c/a\u003e for naming, formatting, library standards and instructions\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://emoji.muan.co/\"\u003eemoji.muan\u003c/a\u003e to search for emoji\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/sindresorhus/Gifski\"\u003eGifski\u003c/a\u003e to convert mov recordings to gif\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://github.com/keycastr/keycastr\"\u003ekeycastr\u003c/a\u003e to show key strokes\u003c/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://docs.github.com/en/github/writing-on-github\"\u003egithub md docs for reference\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://github.github.com/gfm/\"\u003egfm\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003c/ul\u003e\n  \u003c/section\u003e\n\u003c/details\u003e\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Faretecode%2Fsystem-design-templates-excalidraw","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Faretecode%2Fsystem-design-templates-excalidraw","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Faretecode%2Fsystem-design-templates-excalidraw/lists"}