Excalidraw

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An open source virtual hand-drawn style whiteboard.
Collaborative and end-to-end encrypted.


Excalidraw is released under the MIT license. npm downloads/month PRs welcome! Chat on Discord Follow Excalidraw on Twitter

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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](https://excalidraw.com) is a minimal showcase of what you can build with Excalidraw. Its [source code](https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/tree/master/excalidraw-app) 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](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@excalidraw/excalidraw) when integrating Excalidraw into your own app. To run the repository locally for development, please refer to our [Development Guide](https://docs.excalidraw.com/docs/introduction/development). ``` npm install react react-dom @excalidraw/excalidraw ``` or via yarn ``` yarn add react react-dom @excalidraw/excalidraw ``` Check out our [documentation](https://docs.excalidraw.com/docs/@excalidraw/excalidraw/installation) for more details! ## Contributing - Missing something or found a bug? [Report here](https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/issues). - Want to contribute? Check out our [contribution guide](https://docs.excalidraw.com/docs/introduction/contributing) or let us know on [Discord](https://discord.gg/UexuTaE). - Want to help with translations? See the [translation guide](https://docs.excalidraw.com/docs/introduction/contributing#translating). ## Integrations - [VScode extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pomdtr.excalidraw-editor) - [npm package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@excalidraw/excalidraw) ## Who's integrating Excalidraw [Google Cloud](https://googlecloudcheatsheet.withgoogle.com/architecture) • [Meta](https://meta.com/) • [CodeSandbox](https://codesandbox.io/) • [Obsidian Excalidraw](https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin) • [Replit](https://replit.com/) • [Slite](https://slite.com/) • [Notion](https://notion.so/) • [HackerRank](https://www.hackerrank.com/) • and many others ## Sponsors & support If you like the project, you can become a sponsor at [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw) or use [Excalidraw+](https://plus.excalidraw.com/). ## Thank you for supporting Excalidraw [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/0/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/1/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/2/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/3/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/4/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/5/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/6/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/7/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/8/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/9/website) [](https://opencollective.com/excalidraw/tiers/sponsors/10/website) Last but not least, we're thankful to these companies for offering their services for free: [![Vercel](./.github/assets/vercel.svg)](https://vercel.com) [![Sentry](./.github/assets/sentry.svg)](https://sentry.io) [![Crowdin](./.github/assets/crowdin.svg)](https://crowdin.com)