Excalidraw

Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn-like diagrams

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Excalidraw is an open-source virtual whiteboard with a hand-drawn look, used for architecture sketches, wireframes, and collaborative brainstorming. It supports live collaboration, end-to-end encrypted sharing, and an embeddable React component.

Key features

  • Hand-drawn style diagrams
  • Real-time collaboration
  • End-to-end encrypted sharing
  • Embeddable React component and libraries

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