Whiteboards & diagrams
Excalidraw
Hand-drawn style whiteboard, open source.
open source self-hostable Excalidraw · USSketch diagrams in the browser; self-host the app and a small collaboration server.
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How you can run it
| Way | Where the data lives | Price basis | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host it myself | your own server or hardware | free | green — You run it yourself: no data leaves your own infrastructure. |
| Hosted outside Europe | servers outside Europe | free | red — Hosted outside Europe: your data sits under non-European jurisdiction. |
Facts
| Company / project | Excalidraw (US) |
|---|---|
| Licence | MIT |
| Self-hosting footprint | 128 MB RAM · 0.1 vCPU · 0 GB — small deployment: a household or a team of up to ~20 people |
| Commonly replaces | Miro, FigJam |
| Provenance | curated, verified 2026-09-04 |
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