Excalidraw

What is Excalidraw

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

Excalidraw 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.

Install Excalidraw

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.

npm install react react-dom @excalidraw/excalidraw

or via yarn

yarn add react react-dom @excalidraw/excalidraw

Check out our documentation for more details!

Integrations

• VScode extension
• npm package