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Getting Started

Two-minute Set Up​

Get up and running with Multiplayer in under two minutes by following these simple steps:

(1) Sign up​

Visit go.multiplayer.app and sign up using Google, GitHub, GitLab, or your preferred email address. If you encounter any issues with your email or password, please refer to these troubleshooting steps.

(2) Name your workspace, team, and project​

Our setup process will guide you in creating a new workspace, team, and project. You can change the name and settings of each of these items at any time afterwards.

  • Workspace: this space will be the hub for your projects and teams. You can have multiple workspaces linked to your account.

  • Team: you can create a shared team for all the stakeholders involved in designing and managing a distributed system, or create individual teams to reflect your org structure — e.g. Backend, Frontend, QA, DevOps, PMs, etc. You can have multiple teams within a single workspace.

  • Project: a project corresponds to a specific application or system. You can have multiple projects within a single workspace.

Click “Continue”.

(3) Set up your Platform​

Visualize your system architecture by setting up a platform. A platform is a collection of components — i.e. software that uses or provides an API such as web apps, microservices, SaaS providers, etc.

You have two options on how to proceed:

Use AI Assist: Our AI Assist feature will process image files (.png or .jpg) of your existing diagrams or freehand sketches, extrapolating and listing all of your system components. You can then edit them and select those that will be added to your platform.

  • Upload as many image files as you wish, to get a full list of your components. This process may take a few minutes to complete.
  • Type in a platform name.
  • Review the detected components. You can rename them, change their type or add tags.
  • Click “Create a platform”.

Continue with the manual process: You can manually list all the components you want to add to your platform.

  • Type in a platform name.
  • Type the component name on “Enter to create a component”.
  • Click “+”.
  • You can now change the component type or add tags.
  • Once you have a full list, click “Create a platform”.

You will also be able to add, edit, and delete platform components at any point after its creation.

(4) Invite your teammates​

Architecture is a team sport and Multiplayer is built for synchronous and asynchronous collaboration from the ground up.

Invite your teammates by entering their individual email addresses, assigning appropriate permissions, and selecting the relevant team.

Click “Invite your team” to complete the Multiplayer set up and send the email invites.

You can click “Skip” to invite your team at a later time and finish the Multiplayer set up.

Next Steps​

You did it! Now that you have your project and first platform set up, you may be wondering: what next? You can do the following: