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whiteboard is an open-source design project by devdotfast (devdotfast/whiteboard on GitHub). It has 2,651 GitHub stars and 122 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 3 October 2026.
Whiteboard, diagrams-as-code, or component library — match the artifact.
Community templates and themes skip the blank page.
Real-time editing and version history included.
SVG/PNG/code output drops into products and docs.
Run the whole studio on your own server.
Brainstorm without page boundaries.
Production-ready UI kits with theming.
Version diagrams in git alongside your code.
Multiplayer cursors without the enterprise invoice.
The whole team joins free.
Download the source and move into the project folder.
git clone https://github.com/devdotfast/whiteboard.git
cd whiteboardEvery project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.
cat README.md | head -60Follow the project's launch command — Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.
# see README for the exact launch commandIt is an open-source project at devdotfast/whiteboard with 122 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.
MIT licensed — use it commercially, no strings attached.
Most of these offer Docker images for private instances.
Yes — CRDT-based editing is the standard approach now.
For whiteboarding and diagrams, yes. Deep product design still favors Figma's ecosystem.
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Diagram-as-code for AWS architecture.
Excalidraw — the virtual whiteboard with the hand-drawn look: infinite canvas, real-time collaboration and end-to-end encrypted sharing, MIT-licensed
AI-ready network design tool — draw topologies, export PowerPoint and Excel
Your design system as an API — an MCP server that connects AI to Figma for extraction, creation and debugging
The most-starred other Design projects in the LibreAI catalogue — the realistic shortlist if whiteboard is not the right fit.
Excalidraw — the virtual whiteboard with the hand-drawn look: infinite canvas, real-time collaboration and end-to-end encrypted sharing, MIT-licensed
Drop in a screenshot and convert it to clean code (HTML/Tailwind/React/Vue)
Turn any idea, plan or codebase into a beautiful interactive architecture diagram — an agent skill
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draw.io Desktop — the official offline desktop app for diagrams.net: flowcharts, architecture diagrams and wireframes in an Electron app that never sends your diagram data anywhere, GPL-3.0
Free and open — grab the source, star the repo, and start creating.