Excalidraw
★ 130.3kA self-hosted alternative to Miro
MIT LicenseOpen Source — No PaywallSingle Container — single container — minimal hosting footprintPackage · SourceNo external DB37 active committers (12mo)
About
Excalidraw is an open source drawing and whiteboarding project focused on hand-drawn style diagrams, wireframes, and sketches. It is presented as both a reusable npm package for embedding into other...
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Features
- infinite canvas whiteboard
- hand-drawn style
- dark mode
- customization
- image support
- shape libraries
- localization (i18n)
- export to PNG/SVG/clipboard
- export to .excalidraw JSON
- undo/redo
Details
- Last Updated
- Aug 24, 2026
- Created
- Jan 2, 2020
- Install Methods
- package-managersource
- Requirements
- Reactreact-dom
- Backup & Export
- native-exportfile-backup
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓Single Container — minimal hosting footprintsingle container
Docker Compose
1 service
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (4 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ 3372149 · scanned Jun 4, 2026
services:
excalidraw:
build:
context: .
args:
- NODE_ENV=development
container_name: excalidraw
ports:
- "3000:80"
restart: on-failure
stdin_open: true
healthcheck:
disable: true
environment:
- NODE_ENV=development
volumes:
- ./:/opt/node_app/app:delegated
- ./package.json:/opt/node_app/package.json
- ./yarn.lock:/opt/node_app/yarn.lock
- notused:/opt/node_app/app/node_modules
# ...
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