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Excalidraw
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Excalidraw
Open-source whiteboard with AI diagram gen.
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Best for
Best for engineering + product teams wanting OSS whiteboarding with AI.
At a glance
- Pricing
- freemiumfrom $6/mo
- Setup time
- 5 minutes
- Learning curve
- easy
- Last verified
- 5/25/2026
What we love
- ✓Truly OSS
- ✓Best hand-drawn whiteboard
- ✓Self-host option
Where it falls short
- −AI features still developing
- −Less polished than Miro for big workshops
- −No native infinite-canvas pan limits
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20262 tiers
Free
$0
per month
- ✓Solo + collab
Plus
$6
per user/month
- ✓Libraries
- ✓Workspaces
Overview
Excalidraw is the leading open-source whiteboard tool — hand-drawn style diagrams, collaborative editing, plus newer AI features for text-to-diagram and Mermaid imports.
Key features
- ●Hand-drawn diagrams
- ●Real-time collab
- ●Text-to-diagram (AI)
- ●Mermaid import
- ●Open-source
Best use cases
Architecture diagrams
Sketch system diagrams with engineering team in real-time.
Workshop facilitation
Run remote whiteboarding sessions with team.
Integrations
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