Excalidraw

★ 129.3k · MIT · SLOW · ALT TO MIRO

Excalidraw is an open source alternative to Miro. Hand-drawn style whiteboard with real-time collaboration and a minimal hosted app for quick diagramming. MIT licensed, 129.3k GitHub stars, hosted version available, self-host with Docker, and last released 2026-04-21.

Alternative toAll alternatives to Miro

How to start today

In the product

Excalidraw whiteboard canvas with hand-drawn style diagrams and shapes. — Official screenshot

Should you switch?

Use it if

People who want a fast browser whiteboard for hand-drawn diagrams with real-time collaboration and no setup.

Skip it if

You need a full-featured design or ops platform beyond a focused whiteboard and sketching tool.

Watch out

The hosted app is described as a minimal showcase of the editor, so teams wanting more workflow structure may need paid or custom layers around it.

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Community proof

Some quotes here endorse the approach rather than report first-hand use, or report a problem. We label those.

"I use excalidraw for almost everything. Brilliant tool."
bunsenhoneydew · hacker_news · 2023-12-21

"Most companies / teams I know of use something like excalidraw or miro."
heluser · hacker_news · 2025-05-24Directional, not usage proof

Maintenance health

CadenceSlow

Last releasev0.18.1 · 2026-04-21

Can you do it today?

Get started

1. Use the hosted versionSee pricing

Open hosted version ↗GitHub