Choose Arcobay when…
- You need institutional memory — why components exist, not just what exists
- Onboarding new hires and stakeholder handoffs matter as much as docs
- You want PR gates that block architecture changes without decision notes
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Arcobay vs gjalla
gjalla focuses on living docs from repo. Arcobay goes further.
Living docs plus why, onboarding, stakeholder views, audit, and prompt path.
Key differences
What Arcobay adds beyond gjalla.
- Captures architectural decisions on components, not just structure
- Onboarding tours and knowledge checks for new hires
- Structural code audit and PR architecture gate for undocumented changes
- README bundles, embeds, and doc sync for solo dev workflows
Capability checklist
Side-by-side with gjalla.
How Arcobay compares on the capabilities teams care about most.
| Capability | gjalla | Arcobay |
|---|---|---|
| Auto diagrams from repo | Yes | YesScan + webhooks |
| Diagrams before code exists | No | YesPrompt path → merge with repo |
| Why on the diagram (not separate ADRs) | No | YesDecision notes on nodes |
| Drift + undocumented-change alerts | Partial | YesDrift + decision-gap nudges |
| Q&A grounded in code + decisions | No | Yes |
| AI structural code audit | No | Yes |
| Stakeholder auto-simplified view | No | Yes |
| Onboarding tour for new hires | No | Yes |
| Comments on architecture components | No | Yes |
| Multi-repo unified architecture | Partial | Yes |
| Animated video export | No | YesMP4 / WebM / GIF |
| Living doc sync to GitHub | Partial | YesARCHITECTURE.md + PNG on drift |
| Team + billing + notifications E2E | Partial | Yes |
gjalla may still fit when…
- You only need auto-generated markdown docs from repository structure
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See Arcobay on your codebase
Connect a repository or start with a prompt. Living diagrams, decisions, and doc sync — without maintaining a separate model or whiteboard.