Excalidraw
Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams
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Dead simple to embed. React component API is clean.
Embedding docs could be better but the tool itself is incredible.
We self-host Excalidraw for our design team. The collaboration features work great behind a corporate proxy. Replaced Miro and saved $2,400/year.
Embedding Excalidraw in our internal docs site was straightforward. The React component API is clean. Only issue: large diagrams (500+ elements) get sluggish on low-end machines.
Try enabling the canvas renderer flag. It switches from SVG to canvas for large scenes and performance improves dramatically.
Our fully remote team uses this for architecture reviews. The hand-drawn style keeps things informal and encourages rough thinking over pixel-perfect diagrams.