Best Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration Tools

Collaborative online whiteboards for workshops, ideation, mapping and team brainstorming.

Top Open Source Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration platforms

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Excalidraw

Virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn style diagrams and collaboration

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118,206
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MIT
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draw.io

Configurable JavaScript diagramming and whiteboarding visualization application

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3,948
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Apache-2.0
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1 day ago
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Virtual whiteboard for hand-drawn style diagrams and collaboration

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tldraw provides a powerful React SDK to build infinite‑canvas whiteboards, supporting real‑time collaboration, rich drawing tools, and seamless integration with web apps.

Dominant language
TypeScript • 2 projects

Expect a strong TypeScript presence among maintained projects.

Leading Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration SaaS platforms

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Creately

Diagramming & visual collaboration for flowcharts, org charts, and whiteboards

Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration
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FigJam

Collaborative whiteboard for brainstorming, diagramming, and workshops

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Lucid

Suite for diagramming, whiteboards, and cloud architecture mapping

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Miro

Visual collaboration and online whiteboard for teams

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Mural

Collaborative online whiteboard for workshops, brainstorming, and planning

Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration
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Creately is a visual workspace for teams to map processes and ideas with flowcharts, org charts, mind maps, ER diagrams, and more. It offers an infinite canvas, real-time multiplayer editing, comments/mentions, data-linked shapes, templates, and integrations with tools like Confluence, Jira, and Slack.

Leading hosted platforms

Frequently replaced when teams want private deployments and lower TCO.