tldraw
Free and instant collaborative whiteboarding
About tldraw
tldraw is a free, instant collaborative whiteboard and infinite canvas app that runs in the browser with no sign-up required. Beyond the hosted tldraw.com product, it offers a commercial SDK that lets developers embed a high-performance, multiplayer canvas into their own React applications, powering whiteboard features in products like ClickUp, Shopify, and Autodesk.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Hosted whiteboard is completely free and requires no account
- Loads instantly in the browser with a clean, fast interface
- Open-source SDK with a large active community on GitHub and Discord
- Trusted in production by major companies like ClickUp, Shopify, and Autodesk
- Highly customizable SDK for developers building canvas apps
Cons
- SDK commercial pricing is not published; requires contacting sales
- Hosted product is intentionally minimal compared to feature-rich whiteboard suites
- Advanced/custom functionality requires developer work with the SDK
- No native task management, video conferencing, or templates library in the free app
Key Features
Infinite canvas
Pan and zoom across an unbounded whiteboard space for diagrams, sketches, and brainstorming.
Real-time multiplayer
Collaborate live with others on the same board with enterprise-grade multiplayer sync and presence.
No sign-up required
Open tldraw.com and start drawing instantly; share a link to invite collaborators.
Drawing and shape tools
Comprehensive set of default shapes, arrows, text, sticky notes, and freehand drawing tools.
Copy, paste, undo and redo
Table-stakes editing features including cross-tab sync, undo/redo history, and clipboard support.
Embeddable SDK
Drop the tldraw React component into your own app and customize shapes, tools, themes, and UI.
Programmatic canvas API
A powerful runtime editor API gives full programmatic control over canvas contents, effects, and behaviors.
Persistence and export
Save board state, persist sessions, and export work for use elsewhere.
Pricing
- Instant collaborative whiteboard
- No sign-up required
- Real-time multiplayer
- Share boards via link
- Full SDK feature access
- Multiplayer sync included
- Evaluate in production
- No credit card required
- Commercial license for production use
- Full SDK feature access
- Multiplayer sync included
- Value-based pricing
- Host anywhere
- Startup and free hobby licenses available
Best For
Quick brainstorming
Sketch ideas and diagrams instantly without setup or sign-up.
Remote collaboration
Share a link and work together on a live multiplayer canvas in real time.
Embedding canvas features
Developers add whiteboard or diagramming features to their own React apps via the SDK.
Wireframing and design exploration
Use the infinite canvas to rough out UI flows and visual concepts.
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