Alternatives

Excalidraw alternatives

12 tools on the radar in the same space as Excalidraw.

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Excalidraw is an open-source virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn-style diagrams.. The tools below share its categories (Open Source, Productivity). Most are still pre-launch, so you are comparing direction and early access rather than finished feature lists.

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Ledge

Markdown notes that run shell commands, code, SQL and AI prompts in place.

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Jev Ultrafast

i. am. speed.

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Astro

A web framework for content-driven sites that ships zero JavaScript by default.

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Biome

A fast formatter and linter for JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON and CSS in one tool.

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Bun

A fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner and package manager in one binary.

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Butter

A video editor where creatives build and remix custom design tools right on the timeline.

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Compositor

The Photoshop alternative for Mac

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Convex

A reactive backend where queries, mutations and schemas are written in TypeScript.

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Copperhead

An open-source AI engineering platform for designing, verifying and shipping circuit boards.

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Drop

A rootless Linux sandbox for isolating coding agents and third-party programs.

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Dub

Open-source link management with short links, analytics and conversion tracking.

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Extend UI

An open-source React UI kit for document apps: PDF, DOCX, XLSX and CSV viewers and more.

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