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 50 alternatives to Excalidraw for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, Linux and Android apps. The best Excalidraw alternative is draw.io, which is free. 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 Mind Mapping Tools or Whiteboards 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.  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Dezy It icon
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    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 types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  3. MagicDraw icon
     6 likes

    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++.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. 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 types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. 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
     
  7. Sketch Toy icon
     6 likes

    A drawing application that lets you save and share replays of your work with friends.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. 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

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. DPaint JS icon
     6 likes

    Webbased image editor modeled after the legendary Deluxe Paint with a focus on retro Amiga file formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Vector drawing tool with nondestructive Boolean operations, smart shapes, gradient fills, shadows and so on built exclusively for tablets and hybrid devices on Windows 10.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Ilograph icon
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    With Ilograph diagrams, you define your resources once, then show how they're related from many different perspectives. Seamlessly change perspectives to demonstrate cross-functional dependencies and shared responsibilities.

    54 Ilograph alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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