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System design symbols — free component library

Seventeen named component packs for system design interviews and architecture whiteboards: servers, datastores, caches, queues, load balancers, CDNs, clients, cloud design patterns, C4 and UML notation, data structures, and interview templates. Sixteen packs are community libraries from [libraries.excalidraw.com](https://libraries.excalidraw.com), MIT licensed and republished here with credit to their authors. Every component has a name in Blankpaper; copy a pack into your workspace library and rename or redraw anything you like. • Software architecture symbols — "Software Architecture" by Youri Tjang • System design components — "System Design Components" by Rohan Pithadiya • Systems design starter — "Systems Design Components" by Arach Tchoupani • Service cluster and MapReduce icons — "System Design Icons" by niknm • Service templates — "Basic system design" by pratheeshpm • Cloud design patterns — "Cloud Design Patterns" by Michel Caradec • Message queue components — "Message Queue components" by Andrew Ruan • Data flow diagram shapes — "Data Flow" by Wilian Martinez • C4 model elements — "C4 Architecture" by Dmitry Burnyshev • Architecture diagram components — "Architecture diagram components" by Anna Pastushko • Network elements — "Network elements" by samu_x86 • Database infrastructure — "Database" by Stefan Oehrli • UML and ER shapes — "Shapes for UML & ER Diagrams" by BjoernKW • Data structures — "Algorithms and Data Structures (Arrays, Matrices, Trees ...)" by intradeus • Decision flow control — "Decision flow control" by James Wiens • System design interview template — "System Design Template" by James Wiens • Blankpaper system symbols — drawn by Blankpaper

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System design interview study companion — Alex Xu volume 1

Sixteen editable study canvases covering Alex Xu’s System Design Interview, volume 1. Read and download the first five chapters free. Unlock all chapters with a one-time purchase or annual membership. Each chapter covers requirements, estimates, architecture, APIs, design trade-offs, and operations. Symbols come from Blankpaper and the free System design symbols collection, with source credits on each canvas.

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