architecture-decision-record/architecture-decision-record resource

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases no_license

Adoption not part of the score

16744 stars · 2799 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A curated collection of architecture decision record (ADR) examples, templates, and tutorials for documenting important software architecture decisions. It serves as a reference guide for software planning, IT leadership, and project management documentation.

Use cases

• learn how to write architecture decision records
• find ADR templates for my team
• document important architecture decisions with context and consequences
• set up an ADR process with git for my project
• train my team on decision record best practices
• compare different ADR template formats like MADR or Nygard

When to choose

• you want to start documenting architecture decisions and need templates and guidance
• you need examples of different ADR formats to pick one for your team
• you want tutorials and teamwork advice for introducing ADRs to an organization

When to avoid

• you need a tool that generates or manages ADRs automatically
• you want executable software rather than documentation and templates

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

documentation documentation developer-tools tutorials cross-platform adr architecture-decision-record templates project-management teamwork decision-record

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="architecture-decision-record/architecture-decision-record")