// DEVELOPER TOOLS
Excalidraw
Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
Excalidraw is an open source developer tools project written in TypeScript, with 122,750 stars and 13,566 forks on GitHub. It is licensed under MIT and falls in the Developer Tools category. Key topics: canvas, collaboration, diagrams, drawing, hacktoberfest.
// FACTS
- Stars
- 122.8k
- Forks
- 13.6k
- Open issues
- 3.0k
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Added
- 10d ago
- Updated
- 9d ago
// ABOUT
Excalidraw is a virtual whiteboard tool for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams. It supports real-time collaboration, end-to-end encryption, a growing library of shapes, and export to PNG/SVG. The hand-drawn aesthetic makes technical diagrams look approachable, and the open source nature means you can embed it in your own applications.
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// REVIEWS [003]
Really solid project with a few rough edges in the configuration. Once set up, it runs flawlessly and the community Slack is very active for support. Would give 5 stars if the initial setup was smoother.
Best open-source project in its category by far. The maintainers are incredibly active and the roadmap is transparent. We contributed a small feature and the PR review process was professional and constructive.
Outstanding software. The architecture is clean, performance is excellent, and the documentation covers everything you need. Our team was productive within hours of starting. Replacing our paid solution with this was the best technical decision we made this year.
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// COMMENTS [003]
The developer experience here is unmatched. Hot reloading, great error messages, and the TypeScript types are spot-on. This has replaced three other tools in our stack.
Been using this in production for 6 months now. Zero downtime, great performance, and the team is incredibly responsive to issues. Highly recommend for any serious project.
This is an absolute game-changer. We migrated our entire backend to this and cut our infrastructure costs by 40%. The documentation is excellent and the community is super helpful.
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