Two hand-approved projects in our catalog replace Miro. Both are design software. Excalidraw has the most GitHub stars (134.9K). Tick what matters to you and the list re-sorts so the closest fits come first.
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Sketch diagrams and wireframes together on a hand-drawn whiteboard.
Sketch diagrams on an infinite canvas, then export PNG, SVG or an open .excalidraw file.
Draw on one canvas with colleagues in the hosted app, in sessions the project describes as end-to-end encrypted.
Embed the editor in a React app with the @excalidraw/excalidraw package.
Meets: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceDoes not meet: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in TypeScriptDoes not meet: In a stack
A browser whiteboard for mind maps, flowcharts and freehand sketches.
Puts mind maps, flowcharts, freehand drawing and images on one infinite canvas.
Converts Mermaid syntax to flowcharts and Markdown text to mind maps.
Saves boards in browser storage and exports PNG, JPG, SVG or JSON.
Meets: Permissive licenceMeets: Open-source licenceDoes not meet: Released ≤ 90 daysDoes not meet: Gaining starsMeets: Written in TypeScriptDoes not meet: In a stack
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