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    donnemartin/system-design-primer

    Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.

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    education
    design
    design-patterns
    design-system
    development
    interview
    Python
    NOASSERTION
    377.3K stars
    59.2K forks
    6.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    The project lists 121 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #8 in the weekly ranking the week of Aug 30, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a comprehensive, organized guide to learning and preparing for large-scale system design and system design interviews.
    • Combines theory, practical interview questions with solutions, and Anki flashcards for effective, structured learning and retention.
    • Use for preparing technical interviews focused on system design at major tech companies.
    • Use for self-study to understand scalable system architecture concepts and trade-offs in distributed systems.
    • Use for educators or mentors to provide structured system design curriculum and practice materials to students or candidates.

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    From the README

    Learn how to design large-scale systems.

    Prep for the system design interview.

    Learning how to design scalable systems will help you become a better engineer.

    System design is a broad topic. There is a vast amount of resources scattered throughout the web on system design principles.

    This repo is an organized collection of resources to help you learn how to build systems at scale.

    This is a continually updated, open source project.

    Excerpt from the donnemartin/system-design-primer README on GitHub (NOASSERTION license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    +14,310 stars over 90 days across 34 snapshot days; best day +453 on Sep 2.

    Forks

    59.2K+1.4K

    Open issues

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