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Excalidraw
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.
Ad slot — OSS middle
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