AutoGraph

AI-native infinite whiteboard for intelligent diagram generation, collaborative system design, and architecture visualization.

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🚀 Overview

AutoGraph is an AI-assisted collaborative whiteboard that transforms natural language into interactive diagrams.

Users can:

• Generate system designs using AI
• Create flowcharts instantly
• Collaborate in real-time
• Edit diagrams interactively
• Export diagrams in multiple formats
• Build architecture visually using natural language

Unlike traditional whiteboards, AutoGraph focuses on:

• intelligent graph generation
• structured diagram understanding
• architecture-aware editing
• AI-assisted visual engineering

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✨ Features

🧠 AI Diagram Generation

Generate diagrams from prompts.

Example:

Design a scalable chat application architecture

AutoGraph converts prompts into:

• nodes
• edges
• labels
• layouts
• connections

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🎨 Infinite Canvas

• Zoom
• Pan
• Drag & Drop
• Resize
• Multi-selection
• Smooth rendering

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🔗 Smart Connection Engine

• Auto-routing edges
• Intelligent spacing
• Collision avoidance
• Dynamic graph updates

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⚡ Real-Time Collaboration

Multiple users can:

• edit simultaneously
• track cursors
• sync changes live
• collaborate on architectures

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📊 Graph Layout Algorithms

Supports:

• DAG layouts
• force-directed graphs
• hierarchical layouts
• tree structures

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🧩 AI Editing

Example:

Add Redis cache between API and database

AutoGraph intelligently updates existing diagrams.

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📤 Export System

Export diagrams as:

• PNG
• SVG
• PDF
• Mermaid
• JSON

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🏗️ System Architecture

┌────────────────────┐
│      Frontend      │
│ React + TypeScript │
└─────────┬──────────┘
          │
          ▼
┌────────────────────┐
│    Canvas Engine   │
│      tldraw        │
└─────────┬──────────┘
          │
          ▼
┌────────────────────┐
│    AI Processor    │
│ Gemini / OpenAI    │
└─────────┬──────────┘
          │
          ▼
┌────────────────────┐
│ Structured JSON API│
│ FastAPI Backend    │
└─────────┬──────────┘
          │
          ▼
┌────────────────────┐
│Realtime Collaboration│
│ Yjs + WebSockets   │
└────────────────────┘

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	React + TypeScript
Styling	Tailwind CSS
Canvas Engine	tldraw
Backend	FastAPI
AI Layer	Gemini / OpenAI
Realtime	Yjs + WebSockets
Database	PostgreSQL
State Management	Zustand
Graph Layout	dagre / elkjs
Deployment	Vercel + Railway

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📂 Project Structure

autograph/
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├── frontend/
│   ├── components/
│   ├── canvas/
│   ├── hooks/
│   ├── store/
│   └── pages/
│
├── backend/
│   ├── api/
│   ├── ai/
│   ├── models/
│   ├── services/
│   └── websocket/
│
├── shared/
│   ├── schemas/
│   └── types/
│
├── assets/
├── docs/
└── README.md

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⚙️ Installation

1️⃣ Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/autograph.git
cd autograph

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2️⃣ Frontend Setup

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

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3️⃣ Backend Setup

cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn main:app --reload

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🔑 Environment Variables

Create a .env file.

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key
DATABASE_URL=your_database_url
WEBSOCKET_URL=your_websocket_url

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🧠 Example AI Response Format

{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "type": "service",
      "label": "API Gateway",
      "x": 300,
      "y": 100
    }
  ],
  "edges": [
    {
      "source": "1",
      "target": "2"
    }
  ]
}

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🎯 Roadmap

Phase 1

• Infinite canvas
• Shape rendering
• Basic AI generation

Phase 2

• Real-time collaboration
• Smart graph layouts
• AI editing engine

Phase 3

• Voice-to-diagram
• Plugin system
• Architecture templates
• AI-assisted wireframing

Phase 4

• Multi-agent architecture generation
• Deployment optimization
• Public sharing links
• Version history

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🔥 Future Ideas

• AI-generated UML diagrams
• Infrastructure simulation
• Live architecture validation
• Diagram-to-code generation
• GitHub repository visualization
• AI-assisted system design interviews

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🧪 Example Prompts

Design a Netflix-like infrastructure

Generate a compiler pipeline flowchart

Create an authentication microservice architecture

Visualize a distributed caching system

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

1. Fork repository
2. Create feature branch
3. Commit changes
4. Open pull request

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📜 License

MIT License

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🌟 Inspiration

Inspired by:

• Excalidraw
• tldraw
• Miro
• Figma
• modern AI-native developer tools

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👨‍💻 Author

Built by Animesh.

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⭐ Support

If you like the project:

• Star the repository
• Share feedback
• Open issues
• Contribute ideas

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🚀 AutoGraph

Turning ideas into intelligent diagrams.