---
title: "tldraw/tldraw: a very good whiteboard"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/tldraw-tldraw-a-very-good-whiteboard-mwu8nspdh
source_url: https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw
type: article
source: "Pointer"
published: 2023-09-17T09:00:52.726Z
updated: 2023-09-17T09:00:52.350Z
tags: ["github"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 385
comments: 22
language: en
---

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# tldraw/tldraw: a very good whiteboard

**[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · 3 min read · 385 upvotes · 22 comments

## Summary

Tldraw is a collaborative digital whiteboard available at tldraw.com. Its editor, user interface, and other underlying libraries are open source and available in this repository. You can use it to create a drop-in whiteboard for your product or as the foundation on which to build your own infinite canvas applications.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@digital39999** · 7 upvotes

> I actually found it on GitHub too and used to for a while and then i found https://excalidraw.com/, which is imo just.. better..

**@tdlm** · 4 upvotes

> Just tried tldraw.com, and it works well. Impressive that you can install this in your own project.

**@misterteick** · 3 upvotes

> This is a fantastic drawing application. Crafting something that exudes simplicity and intuitiveness can be quite challenging, but you've mastered it.
>
> An undo/redo buttons for mobile users is missing, however i might be stupid and missed it

**@ilorez** · 2 upvotes

> This web app give me sweet feeling when i start trying it.

**@jw743** · 2 upvotes

> What are their incentives as a company to open source almost all of their codebase? I can understand the value of open-sourcing general tools like react, but with this, their entire product can just be copy-pasted?

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