architecture-overview.md

author	human
status	reference
last_reviewed	2026-03-05
source_of_truth_scope	visual architecture diagram and module map
normative_rules	docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

CoW Swap Architecture

This documentation is part of the broader https://github.com/cowprotocol/cowswap-diagrams

Overall architecture of the project

Modules

Core modules

• wallet
• transactions
• gas
• prices

Trading modules

• trade
• swap
• limitOrder
• twap

Helper trading modules

• cancelOrder
• wrapNative

Basic components (UI building blocks)

• components
• forms

UI modules

• account
• notifications
• activity

appData

• appData
• affiliate (not used right now)
• utm

Token modules

• tokens
• tokenLists
• tokenImages
• cowToken

Other

• misc