C3

What is C3?

C3 is a tool to build system context and container diagrams, based on the exellent C4 software architecture model developed by Simon Brown.

Example c3.json

{
    "id": "system1",
    "actors": [
        {
            "id": "actor1"
        }
    ],
    "containers": [
        {
            "id": "container1"
        },
        {
            "id": "container2"
        }
    ],
    "externalSystems": [
        {
            "id": "externalSystem1"
        }
    ],
    "usings": [
        {
            "sourceId": "actor1",
            "targetId": "container1"
        },
        {
            "sourceId": "container1",
            "targetId": "container2"
        },
        {
            "sourceId": "container2",
            "targetId": "externalSystem1"
        }
    ]
}

Usage

Run c3 from the command line:

Usage: c3 [options]

Options:

    -h, --help     output usage information
    -V, --version  output the version number
    -n, --new      Create example c3.json
    -s, --show     Open web app

Building

The web app and cli are built separately.

npm install
gulp
au build [--env dev|stage|prod]