Farkitect Docs

Whether you are drawing your first diagram or designing your own modelling language, this is the place to find out how.

Farkitect is a tool for modelling anything that has parts and connections: systems, organisations, processes, data. You can use a notation that already exists, or define your own. These docs will take you from your first diagram to your own metamodel, at whatever pace suits you.

Looking for something specific? Press Ctrl+K (Cmd+K on a Mac) to search every page. Been here before and only want the latest? Skip straight to What's New.

New here?

Three short pages will get you going, and there are videos if you would rather watch first.

WelcomeWhat Farkitect is, what you can model with it, and how the pieces fit together.

Quick StartSign in, create a project and draw your first diagram in a few minutes.

The WorkspaceA tour of the panels, menus and status bar, so you know where everything is.

VideosPrefer to watch? See Farkitect in use before you try it yourself.

What do you want to do?

Draw your first diagramAdd elements, connect them, and arrange them on the canvas.

Start from a ready-made modelPick a metamodel, sample model or starter project from the Farketplace.

Define your own modelling languageCreate a metamodel: your own element types, relationships, properties and notation.

Let FarkiBot helpAsk questions about your model, write reports, and generate or modify models with an LLM.

See your model as a table or a boardCatalogs list elements in a grid you can edit; boards group them into columns.

Work with your teamInvite people to a project and choose what each of them can do.

Change how a diagram looksColours, borders and line styles, in light and dark mode.

Import and exportMove models in and out as .farki files, and export diagrams, XMI and Ecore.

How these docs are organised

There are four kinds of page. Pick the one that matches what you need right now.

TutorialsLearn by doing. Step-by-step lessons that build a real model, start to finish.

How-to guidesShort recipes for one job at a time, for when you know what you want to do.

ExplanationThe ideas behind Farkitect: models, metamodels, notation, and why it works the way it does.

ReferenceLook things up: menus, shortcuts, property types, file formats and the glossary.

Stuck?

Common issuesThe questions that come up most, each with its answer.

Keyboard shortcutsEvery shortcut, on one page.

GlossaryWhat each term means in Farkitect.

Contact supportHow to reach a person, and what to include so we can help quickly.

What's new

The latest release is Release 281 (13 Oct 2026): Videos in the docs: a new Videos page where you can watch Farkitect in use.

What's NewThe changes that matter most, explained month by month.

ReleasesEvery release, with its number, date and what it changed.