whiteboard / diagramming
Drawnix is an open-source all-in-one web whiteboard app built on the Plait plugin framework, combining mind maps, flowcharts, and freehand drawing with export and autosave.
Same problem, same approach. Swapping one for another is a config change, not a rewrite.
pick it when you want a battle-tested MIT web whiteboard with a huge ecosystem, accepting hand-drawn sketching instead of built-in mind-map/flowchart plugins
Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
lightweight hand-drawn-style sketch whiteboard web app; take it if you only need loose diagrams without mind maps or plugin extensibility
A whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them.
tiny self-hosted JS collaborative sketchboard; pick it when minimal footprint matters more than diagram and mind-map features
Lightweight collaborative Whiteboard / Sketchboard
Rust/WebGPU self-hosted whiteboard with live collaboration; choose it for raw rendering performance, accepting AGPL terms and no JS plugin ecosystem
Effortlessly self-host whiteboards. High-performance, cross-platform digital whiteboard with live collaboration built in Rust & WebGPU. Zero subscription, AGPLv3-licensed.
MIT infinite-canvas whiteboard SDK for React/React Native/plain JS; pick it to embed a canvas in your own product instead of adopting a finished app
The MIT-licensed infinite-canvas whiteboard SDK. An open-source tldraw alternative — no license fee, free for commercial use. React, React Native, and plain JS.
drawing board focused on creative brushes and artistic effects; take it for freehand art rather than structured diagrams and mind maps
🎨 A powerful multi-end drawing board that brings together a lot of creative brushes to experience a whole new range of drawing effects!
simple self-hosted collaborative whiteboard; choose it for effortless deployment, accepting AGPL and far fewer diagram features
Online collaborative Whiteboard that is simple, free, easy to use and to deploy
infinite-canvas whiteboard fused with an in-browser IDE; pick it when drawing next to live coding matters more than diagram tooling
Whiteboard as an IDE, draw and code in your browser
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
terminal TUI mind mapper; a swap only for keyboard-only mind mapping with no canvas, graphics or export pipeline
terminal mind mapper
web app that does mind maps only and is archived; choose it if mind mapping is the sole requirement and you accept no maintenance
:rocket: Web application to draw mind maps.
six-year-old single-file canvas demo; useful only as a minimal reference implementation of pan/zoom drawing
An infinite whiteboard built using a canvas element
Does the same job, but ships as an app. Useful to a person, not swappable into a codebase.
hosted online flowchart/mind-map/whiteboard service, only usable as a ready SaaS with no code to self-host
ioDraw is a free online drawing software, which is used to make flow chart, mind map, Gantt chart, whiteboard, mermaid, poster, and more—no registration required. It also features AI-generated charts.
a small React freehand sketching app for personal idea capture, not a deployable whiteboard codebase
✍🏻 The drawing app to express, grasp, and organize your thoughts and ideas. Draw to explain. Draw to grasp.
desktop collaborative raster painting program; choose it for natural-media painting sessions, not diagram/mind-map work
A collaborative drawing program
Windows desktop client of the PDDON diagram suite; install it for local diagramming, it is not embeddable and has not been pushed in two years
PDDON windows client, PDDON is a daily drawing tool that supports low code for learning or office use. It can be used for flowchart, mind map, UML diagram, ER diagram, network topology diagram, BPMN, Venn diagram, database model diagram, whiteboard drawing, infinite canvas, and more
unmaintained Flutter whiteboard app; only usable as a ready-made client, not as a maintained library
A offline and online Flutter Whiteboard with collaboration Features. Not maintained anymore. Demo is offline.
These projects were analysed and named drawnix among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how drawnix rates them is a separate judgement, made when drawnix is analysed in its own right.
calls drawnix “Choose it when you want a ready-to-run all-in-one whiteboard SaaS rather than an embeddable canvas component.”
Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
calls drawnix “Choose if you want a browser-based whiteboard that includes mind maps and collaboration, rather than an offline terminal app.”
terminal mind mapper