An open source virtual hand-drawn style whiteboard.
Collaborative and end-to-end encrypted.
Create beautiful hand-drawn like diagrams, wireframes, or whatever you like.
Features
The Excalidraw editor (npm package) supports:
💯 Free & open-source.
🎨 Infinite, canvas-based whiteboard.
✍️ Hand-drawn like style.
🌓 Dark mode.
🏗️ Customizable.
📷 Image support.
😀 Shape libraries support.
🌐 Localization (i18n) support.
🖼️ Export to PNG, SVG & clipboard.
💾 Open format - export drawings as an .excalidraw json file.
⚒️ Wide range of tools - rectangle, circle, diamond, arrow, line, free-draw, eraser...
➡️ Arrow-binding & labeled arrows.
🔙 Undo / Redo.
🔍 Zoom and panning support.
Excalidraw.com
The app hosted at excalidraw.com is a minimal showcase of what you can build with Excalidraw. Its source code is part of this repository as well, and the app features:
📡 PWA support (works offline).
🤼 Real-time collaboration.
🔒 End-to-end encryption.
💾 Local-first support (autosaves to the browser).
🔗 Shareable links (export to a readonly link you can share with others).
We'll be adding these features as drop-in plugins for the npm package in the future.
Quick start
Note: following instructions are for installing the Excalidraw npm package when integrating Excalidraw into your own app. To run the repository locally for development, please refer to our Development Guide.
