Shortcuts

You can almost do anything with shortcuts. Click on the help icon on the bottom right corner to see them all.

Curved lines and arrows

Choose line or arrow and click click click instead of drag.

Charts

You can easily create charts by copy pasting data from Excel or just plain comma separated text.

## Shape libraries

Find a growing list of libraries containing assets for your drawings at [libraries.excalidraw.com](https://libraries.excalidraw.com).

## Embedding Excalidraw in your App?

Try out [`@excalidraw/excalidraw`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@excalidraw/excalidraw). This package allows you to easily embed Excalidraw as a React component into your apps.


### Local Installation

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

#### Requirements

- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/)
- [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/getting-started/install) (v1 or v2.4.2+)
- [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)

#### Install the dependencies

```bash
yarn

Start the server

yarn start

Now you can open http://localhost:3000 and start coding in your favorite code editor.

Commands

Command	Description
yarn	Install the dependencies
yarn start	Run the project
yarn fix	Reformat all files with Prettier
yarn test	Run tests
yarn test:update	Update test snapshots
yarn test:code	Test for formatting with Prettier

Docker Compose

You can use docker-compose to work on Excalidraw locally if you don't want to setup a Node.js env.

docker-compose up --build -d

Self-hosting

We publish a Docker image with the Excalidraw client at excalidraw/excalidraw. You can use it to self-host your own client under your own domain, on Kubernetes, AWS ECS, etc.

docker build -t excalidraw/excalidraw .
docker run --rm -dit --name excalidraw -p 5000:80 excalidraw/excalidraw:latest

The Docker image is free of analytics and other tracking libraries.

At the moment, self-hosting your own instance doesn't support sharing or collaboration features.

We are working towards providing a full-fledged solution for self-hosting your own Excalidraw.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Notable used tools

• Create React App
• Rough.js
• TypeScript
• Vercel