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Excalidraw

Online whiteboard for drawing diagrams, sketches and visual explanations simply, quickly and readably.

Overview

Excalidraw lets you quickly produce readable diagrams, architecture sketches and visual work notes. The service is based on Excalidraw, a free whiteboard with a hand-drawn style, designed to move fast without the complexity of a full design tool.

This instance is well suited to individual use, quick diagrams and lightweight visual documentation. It is adapted to creating and sharing diagrams, but not to real-time collaborative editing.

Quick facts

Service URLdraw.hostux.net
Service typeOnline whiteboard / diagrams and sketches
Free software usedExcalidraw
Instance typeSelf-hosted Excalidraw client
Project websiteexcalidraw.com
Documentationdocs.excalidraw.com
Source codegithub.com/excalidraw/excalidraw
Account requiredNo

Why use Excalidraw

  • Draw a diagram quickly without a complex tool.
  • Visualize an idea, architecture or flow clearly.
  • Prepare a meeting, thinking or documentation support.
  • Create a technical sketch shareable as an image or file export.
  • Use a lightweight visual editor with a distinctive graphic identity.

Main features

  • Infinite whiteboard based on a canvas.
  • Hand-drawn visual style with light or dark theme.
  • Drawing tools: rectangle, circle, diamond, arrow, line, freehand, eraser and more.
  • Image and shape library support.
  • Export to PNG, SVG, clipboard and .excalidraw file.

Limits of this instance

This Excalidraw instance is well suited to creating and sharing diagrams, for example through image or file export. Real-time collaborative editing is not available on this self-hosted version.

The service is therefore useful for drawing quickly, exporting and sending a diagram, but not for live multi-user editing on the same canvas.

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