Open Source Miro AlternativesTop Mind Mapping Tools & Diagram Editors like Miro

The best open source alternative to Miro is Excalidraw. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Miro and 16 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Miro are AFFiNE, OpenBoard Whiteboard, DeepNotes and tldraw.

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  1. Excalidraw icon

    Excalidraw

     100 likes

    Excalidraw is an 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 is available for self-hosting.

    81 Excalidraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about Excalidraw as an Alternative to Miro
    Top Positive Comment
    Oleg Lavrovsky
    1

    Takes security seriously, sleek and minimal design, a delightful product that does exactly what it promises to do.

    BarnMTB
    Positive
    1

    Incredible alternative, works very well. It even saves whiteboard as a local file.

    But unfortunately if you like the convenience of auto-saves, or storing the files "inside the app itself" so that next time you can just launch the app & select the thumbnail in a couple of clicks without needing to touch File Explorer (like Miro), you're going to need the Excalidraw+ subscription; which has a pricing that is just overkill for personal/hobbyist use.

    KrullTheWarriorKing
    Positive
    2

    Click and play : Simple and encrypted.

    Also, it is open-source and can be installed on your server.

    3 of 5 comments
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    • Excalidraw is Freemium and Open SourceMiro is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Excalidraw is Privacy focused and LightweightMiro is not according to our users
  2. AFFiNE icon

    AFFiNE

     109 likes

    Open-source, privacy-focused workspace combining note-taking, project and task management, Kanban board, interactive whiteboard, Pomodoro timer, Markdown support, offline access, real-time team collaboration with @mentions, goal tracking, subtasks, and customizable features.

    135 AFFiNE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. OpenBoard Whiteboard icon

    OpenBoard Whiteboard

     70 likes

    OpenBoard is a cross-platform (Linux / Windows / macOS) interactive whiteboard application. It is currently maintained by the Education Department (DIP) of the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland.

    91 OpenBoard Whiteboard alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. DeepNotes icon

    DeepNotes

     47 likes

    DeepNotes is an open source, end-to-end encrypted visual note-taking app with deep page navigation and live collaboration. Create mind maps, diagrams, kanban boards, among others. Infinite nesting of infinite canvases.

    86 DeepNotes alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  6. tldraw icon

    tldraw

     21 likes

    tldraw is a collaborative digital whiteboard available at tldraw.com. Its editor, user interface, and other underlying libraries available in this repository and also distributed on npm. You can use tldraw to create a drop-in whiteboard for your product or as the foundation on...

    35 tldraw alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Business License under https://tldraw.dev/#pricing
     
  7. Lorien icon

    Lorien

     15 likes

    Lorien is an infinite canvas drawing/note-taking app that is focused on performance, small savefiles and simplicity. It's not based on bitmap images like Krita, Gimp or Photoshop; it rather saves brush strokes as a collection of points and renders them at runtime (kind of...

    32 Lorien alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Explain Everything icon

    Explain Everything

     6 likes

    Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere.

    27 Explain Everything alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  10. whitebophir icon

    whitebophir

     2 likes

    WBO is an online collaborative whiteboard that allows many users to draw simultaneously on a large virtual board. The board is updated in real time for all connected users, and its state is always persisted.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about whitebophir as an Alternative to Miro
    kuchengrab
    Positive
    0

    currently the only viable open source collaborative whiteboard tool – if you don't need something as advanced as miro.

    Guest
    Negative
    1

    lack of features... mindmaping, etc.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • whitebophir is Free and Open SourceMiro is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. Spacedeck icon

    Spacedeck

     5 likes

    Spacedeck lets you easily combine all kinds of media on virtual whiteboards: Text notes, photos, web links, even videos and audio recordings.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  12. TeamMapper icon

    TeamMapper

     7 likes

    Mindmapping made simple: Host and create your own mindmaps. Share your mindmap sessions with your team and collaborate on mindmaps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    TeamMapper screenshot 1
     

  13. scrumblr

     6 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    1
    Comments about scrumblr as an Alternative to Miro
    kuchengrab
    Positive
    -1

    if you just need an intuitive app to collaboratively arrange columns and cards on a whiteboard, this analogue-feeling open source tool might come in handy. no accounts needed.

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    • scrumblr is Free and Open SourceMiro is Freemium and Proprietary
  14. Drawy icon

    Drawy

     1 like

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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