Details
Excalidraw is a virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn style diagrams and wireframes, available as a free web app and as an embeddable React component library.
It is designed for developers, students, teachers, and teams who need to create diagrams, brainstorm, or take notes in a collaborative environment. The tool is open source under the MIT license, making it free to use in any project and self-hostable.
Key Features:
- Infinite canvas-based whiteboard with a hand-drawn aesthetic powered by Rough.js
- Real-time collaboration with end-to-end encryption and live cursors
- Rich drawing tools: shapes, arrows, free-draw, eraser, and image support
- Export options: PNG, SVG, clipboard, and .excalidraw JSON
- Embeddable React component library with customizable UI and localization support
- Shape libraries, arrow binding, dark mode, and self-hosting via Docker