Figma's Real-Time Collaboration Architecture

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Figma's Real-Time Collaboration Architecture — GENERAL architecture diagram

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How Figma enables multiple designers editing simultaneously. Shows WebSocket servers for persistent connections, CRDT engine for conflict-free resolution, Operation Transform queue for ordered operations, distributed document storage, presence service for cursor tracking, thumbnail generation for previews, and multiplayer session management.

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How Figma enables multiple designers editing simultaneously. Shows WebSocket servers for persistent connections, CRDT engine for conflict-free resolution, Operation Transform queue for ordered operations, distributed document storage, presence service for cursor tracking, thumbnail generation for previews, and multiplayer session management.

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About This Architecture

How Figma enables multiple designers editing simultaneously. Shows WebSocket servers for persistent connections, CRDT engine for conflict-free resolution, Operation Transform queue for ordered operations, distributed document storage, presence service for cursor tracking, thumbnail generation for previews, and multiplayer session management.

Figma's Real-Time Collaboration Architecture

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