Excalidraw Alternatives

Excalidraw is described as 'Open-source whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams that have a hand-drawn feel to them. Available directly online as a web app and also through CodeSandbox to easily see how the code works, and the app vailable for self-hosting' and is a very popular Diagram Editor in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Excalidraw for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and SaaS apps. The best Excalidraw alternative is draw.io, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Excalidraw are Xournal++, LibreOffice - Draw, Miro and Dia.

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Excalidraw alternatives are mainly Diagram Editors, but if you're looking for Whiteboards or Mind Mapping Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source and Whiteboard. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Excalidraw.
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  1.  6 likes

    scrumblr - Collaborative Online Scrum (whiteboard + kanban) Tool Using Websockets, Node.js, jQuery, and CSS3

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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  2. Sketchpad icon
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    Whether you’re working on a school poster or brainstorming your next comic book character, Sketchpad makes it easy to bring your ideas to life. Easily draw, edit photos, or design your next business card. Craft images for social media posts, digital ads, paper, or even apparel.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. MagicDraw icon
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    MagicDraw is an award-winning business process, architecture, software and system modeling tool with teamwork support. MagicDraw UML can do comprehensive UML diagramming, reverse and forward engineering for Java and C++.

    34 MagicDraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Diagramiq icon
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    Diagramiq is an online app for creating Flowcharts, UML, BPMN, Network Diagrams, Decision Trees and more. It's blazing fast, intuitive and it has a wide-range of predefined shapes to get you started.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  5.  3 likes

    A Powerful idea processor.It's Open Source and Freeware. Create UML Diagrams, Network Diagrams, Flowcharts and many other types of diagrams with the versatile Dynamic Draw Software.

    57 Dynamic Draw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Dezy It icon
     2 likes

    Dezy It is a powerful yet super easy-to-use online collaboration tool that lets you run Design Sprints, sketch and review in one place.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM v14 is the only product that supports Visio legacy, runs on macOS and Windows, and is a perpetual license. Import/Export VDX, VSDX, VSSX and Import VSD, VSS files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  8. DGM icon
     1 like

    You can easily create sketches and diagrams with smart shapes, collaborate with team in real-time, and generate code with Vision AI.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  9. Draw.Chat icon
     2 likes

    Draw.Chat is a free, anonymous, online drawing board. You can create your chat room with one click - without any registration. Every whiteboard has a unique, randomly generated URL which you can send to other people to start draw online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  10. Diagramo icon
     20 likes

    Diagramo is an online flowchart software

    • diagrams (create, edit and share)
    • organization charts (create, edit and share)
    • network diagrams (create, edit and share)
    • graphs (create, edit and share).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Drawy icon
     2 likes

    Drawy is a work-in-progress infinite whiteboard tool, which aims to be a native desktop alternative to the amazing web-based Excalidraw.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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  12. Kavim icon
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    Power users need more than a scrolling chat. Kavim gives you a visual canvas to branch AI conversations, map reasoning and keep everything in view. Local, fast and built for deep thinking without extra AI costs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
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