Top 7 TypeScript Whiteboard Projects

excalidraw

373 72,707 9.5 TypeScript

Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams

Project mention: Creating Animated Diagrams for LinkedIn | dev.to | 2024-04-22

ExcaliDraw - https://excalidraw.com/

tldraw

25 32,596 9.9 TypeScript

SDK for creating whiteboards and canvas experiences on the web.

Project mention: Tldraw License Change | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-05

SurveyJS

surveyjs.io sponsored

Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
AFFiNE

86 30,494 10.0 TypeScript

There can be more than Notion and Miro. AFFiNE(pronounced [ə‘fain]) is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting and creating all together. Privacy first, open-source, customizable and ready to use.

Project mention: Are we making the best notion open source alternative? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-20

Also has a self-hosted version however it’s a bit out of date with their SaaS product
https://github.com/toeverything/AFFiNE#self-host

flat

1 5,300 9.1 TypeScript

Project flat is the Web, Windows and macOS client of Agora Flat open source classroom. (by netless-io)
revezone

1 965 9.5 TypeScript

A lightweight local-first graphic-centric productivity tool to build your second brain. Supporting Excalidraw/Tldraw whiteboard and notion-like note. 一款以图形为中心、轻量级、本地优先的用于构建第二大脑的效率工具。支持 Excalidraw、Tldraw 白板和类 Notion 笔记。

Project mention: How to draw beautiful software architecture diagrams | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-27

For anyone who likes excalidraw & tldraw, there's this wrapper that handles local storage: https://github.com/revezone/revezone

tldraw-in-obsidian

1 97 7.8 TypeScript

A plugin to integrate Tldraw into Obsidian.

Project mention: Boox Palma review: A phone-shaped e-reader | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-12

Any chance you've tried the tldraw plugin? https://github.com/holxsam/tldraw-in-obsidian
Would love a review if you have one!

qboard

1 80 0.0 TypeScript

The efficient digital whiteboard.
WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).