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Excalidraw — open source alternative

Virtual whiteboard for sketchy diagrams.

Strengths

  • Great for wireframes and brainstorms.
  • End-to-end encrypted rooms on official instance.
  • Embeddable in docs and wikis.

Weaknesses

  • Not a full design tool — sketch-style only.
  • Limited component/library system.
  • Real-time plus is behind a paid tier.
License: MIT Self-host difficulty: 1/5 Hosted cloud optionDesktop: Windows, macOS, LinuxMobile: iOS, Android

Official site · Source on GitHub

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